Keeping Good Company: Study of Corporate Governance in Five Countries - Tapa dura

This study describes in turn the systems that operate in five leading industrial countries - Germany, Japan, France, the USA and the UK. It establishes two basic principles of good corporate governance and shows how they are applied in each country - indicating where methods vary and how most countries fall short of the ideal. The book concludes by highlighting the UK's strengths and weaknesses, and calls for a thorough overhaul of policy.

About the Author: Jonathan Charkham was for twelve years an advisor on industry to the Governor of the Bank of England. He is a member of the Cadbury Committee (whose Code for corporate governance is reproduced in this book).