Corporate Governance in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industries
Article from: OGEL 3 (2003), in Governance Issues
Introduction
The first article in this series introduced this broad subject with a review of the economic development, value and community perspectives on corporate governance. Those perspectives drive the formal and informal frameworks of responsibility and accountability applicable to the people and institutions that control, manage and influence corporations. In this article we will introduce the formal framework of laws and regulations, and focus on the company laws that govern shareholder participation in governance. Future articles on the formal framework will review shareholder participation ...