Due Diligence and Corporate Governance

Due Diligence and Corporate Governance is a general guide to a subject of growing importance. This handbook shows you how due diligence is used to assess the risk of any transaction, customer or investor for all businesses regardless of size or location. With its diverse coverage and focus on the practical uses of due diligence, combined with explanations and illustrations of best practice by case studies, diagrams and checklists, this book is the essential guide for all those involved in corporate transactions and risk management.

This handbook provides a broad introductory guide to due diligence. It examines due diligence in the context of risk management and corporate governance in a straightforward, comprehensive and practical manner. Case studies are used to illustrate business users, and checklists are included to monitor risk management. The book also offers insights into comparative corporate governance framework.

This book will be a valuable resource for directors; finance professionals; company secretaries; risk officers; consultants; and compliance officers.

1. Introduction and traditional due diligence
2. Due diligence in corporate finance
3. Money laundering
4. Drivers for due diligence and corporate governance
5. Key due diligence and corporate governance organisational areas
6. Commercial due diligence case studies
7. Reputation risk management
8. Cultural due diligence
9. Information technology and e-commerce: Issues of due diligence, risk management and corporate governance
10. Corporate governance issues
11. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12. International dimensions and corporate governance: the Indian perspective
13. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People’s Republic of China
14. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Australia
15. Corporate governance in Japan