Corporate governance

The structures, processes and safeguards that allocate direction, oversight and accountability in a company, including applicable legal duties and responsibilities to stakeholders.

Corporate governance in practice

Hypothetical: a board links executive pay to targets and adopts a policy requiring independent-director approval of specified related-party transactions. The approval requirement is an assumed policy, not a universal rule.

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