"Not just conformance but better performance"

So says Investec's Carol Goodwin, who explains that getting things done in the right way at the first time of asking will bring its own rewards

Corporate governance is not just about conformance - in fact, it's rather about performance and is an indicator of a strong and well-managed company.

Traditionally corporate governance has been viewed as simply burdensome bureaucracy, a set of procedures that distract from the core focus of maximising return and, as such, it has often been stuck at the foot of the priority list.

The corporate scandals in the early years of the twenty-first century such as Enron and WorldCom were rooted in a

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