Governing the Corporation Regulation and Corporate Governance in an Age of Scandal and Global Markets

Governing the Corporation is a unique forum combining the insights of some of the most influential minds involved in the governance of global financial markets with internationally recognised academics and practitioners.Divided into three sections, the book first examines changes to the regulation of markets and assesses the global implications of the export of Sarbanes-Oxley for financial sector governance. The second section examines the challenges facing the professions with critical analysis from leading lawyers and accountants. The final section calculates the effectiveness of state and self-regulatory policy and posits the importance of institutionalising an ethical framework tied to incentives. Each section of the book features contributions from regulators, practitioners and academics from a range of disciplines, including finance, political science, criminology, law and philosophy.

Dr Justin O'Brien runs the Corporate Governance Programme at the School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of Wall Street on Trial, also published by John Wiley & Sons. He is currently working on a major international research project examining regulatory regime change in global financial markets, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.