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A practical guide for company directors / David Duffy, Anne McFarland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duffy, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin, Ireland : Chartered Accountants Ireland, 2017.
- Summary:
- A Practical Guide for Company Directors by David W. Duffy is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for those who want to know more about what it means to be an effective company director in Ireland.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Publisher's Information
- Contents
- Preface
- PART I: THE DIRECTOR
- Chapter 1. Corporate Governance
- Introduction
- Background to Corporate Governance
- 'Hard' vs. 'Soft' Law
- The Companies Act 2014
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. What is a Company?
- The Company as a Separate Legal Entity
- Types of Company
- Chapter 3. The Company Director
- Why Become a Company Director?
- Who Can be a Company Director?
- What is a Company Director?
- Types of Director
- Due Diligence and the Appointment of Directors
- Removal of Directors
- Chapter 4. Duties of a Director
- A Director 's Duties are Owed to the Company
- Principal Fiduciary Duties of Directors
- Other Duties of a Director
- Directors' Duties to Other Stakeholders
- Breach of Directors' Duties
- Chapter 5. Conflicts of Interest and Restricted Activities
- Areas of Conflict of Interest
- Connected Persons and Loans
- The Summary Approval Procedure
- Chapter 6. Directors' Responsibilities: What Directors Need to Know
- Strategy
- Finance
- Risk Management
- Information Communications Technology (ICT)
- Insurance
- Chapter 7. Regulatory Environment
- The Registrar of Companies
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
- Competition Law
- Money Laundering
- Bribery and Corruption
- Environmental Protection
- Relevant Foreign Legislation
- PART II: THE BOARD
- Chapter 8. Ethics
- Ethics and the Role of the Board
- Ethics in Practice
- Ethical Challenges
- Good Faith Reporting
- Chapter 9. The Role of the Board and of Individual Directors
- The Board of Directors
- The Chair
- Non-Executive Directors.
- The Company Secretary
- Chapter 10. How the Board Works
- Composition of the Board
- The Board as a Team
- Proceedings of Directors
- The Board Workplan
- Agendas for Board Meetings
- Chairing and Conducting the Board Meeting
- Minutes of Board Meetings
- Board 'Away Days'
- Confidentiality
- Information for the Board
- Evaluating the Board
- Chapter 11. Board Committees
- The Purpose of Board Committees
- The Audit Committee
- The Nomination Committee
- The Remuneration Committee
- Chapter 12. General Meetings, Resolutions and Registers
- Meetings of the Members
- Resolutions
- Written Resolutions
- Rights of Members
- Registers and Letterheads
- PART III: PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR DIRECTORS
- Chapter 13. Financial Matters
- Statutory Accounting Requirements
- Directors' Duties with regard to Financial Matters
- Directors' Duties to Keep Adequate Accounting Records
- A Company's 'Accounts'
- Management Accounts
- Statutory Financial Statements
- The Importance of 'True and Fair View'
- Further Requirements for Statutory Financial Statements
- Directors' Approval of the Statutory Financial Statements
- Obligation to have Statutory Financial Statements Audited
- Specific Considerations for Transactions involving Directors for Statutory Financial Statements
- Chapter 14. The Audit of Statutory Financial Statements and Internal Audit
- Statutory Audits and Auditors
- Appointment of Statutory Auditors
- What do Statutory Auditors Do during the Audit?
- Audit Rotation
- Removal of Auditors
- Resignation of Auditors
- The Rights of Auditors
- The Auditor's Report
- Other Reporting by Statutory Auditors
- Audit Exemption
- Internal Audit
- Conclusion.
- Chapter 15. Employer Responsibilities
- Employment Law
- Pensions
- Health &
- Safety
- Chapter 16. Directors' Remuneration
- Developments in Executive Director Remuneration
- Performance-related Pay
- The Components of Remuneration
- Remuneration of Non-executive Directors
- PART IV: FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY AND WINDING UP
- Chapter 17. Financial Difficulty and Insolvency
- Financial Difficulty
- Going Concern
- Fraudulent Acts, Fraudulent Trading and Reckless Trading
- Examinership and Receivership
- Chapter 18. Winding Up: Processes and Options
- Strike Off
- Members' Voluntary Winding Up
- Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up
- Winding Up by the Court
- Duties of Company Directors in a Winding Up
- Liquidators
- Dissolution
- Restriction and Disqualification of Directors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-912350-64-5
- OCLC:
- 1110719147
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