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Item List : "Corporate governance"

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1. Comments from VW Benjamin, undated.

Comments on the absence of input from business, executive remuneration, separation of roles, application of the code to smaller listed companies and various aspects of auditing. Also includes comments on specific paragraphs.

3. Committee meeting, handwritten notes, undated.

Concentrates on the form of the report to be produced by the Committee. Includes notes headed Mike Sandland, ISC and Brandon Gough, Coopers & Lybrand.

4. Letters from three recipients of the [Cadbury] report.

Acknowledgement letters from Scottish Hydro-Electric, TSB Group and BET.

5. Handwritten notes, undated, headed 'Views'.

Contains notes that appear to be drawn from a variety of sources, e.g. Mercury Asset Management, Accountancy Age, Coopers & Lybrand, The Times (Graham Searjeant), CIMA, ICAS, FRAG.

6. What can American boards learn from the British?

This appears to be a typescript of an article that appeared in Directors & Boards, Spring 94, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p42-45, 3pp.

7. Untitled and undated, definitions of 'corporate governance' by Nigel Peace with a later note by Sir Adrian Cadbury.

Sets out a definition and the definition used in the final report. Note this occurs in the file BEFORE CAD-03233.

8. Letter, final draft, undated, from Richard Balarkas of City Group for Smaller Companies with comments on [draft] report.

The letter has attached detailed suggested refinements when the code is applied to smaller quoted companies.

9. Letters from Marcy Murninghan of the John W McCormick Institute of Public Affairs, November, December 1990, January 1991 about an interview for Harvard Business Review and hand written notes.

Includes a photocopy of an article in the Times about staff training. AC's notes concentrate on openness, regulation and communication.

10. Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte paper on corporate governance and accountability, 30 January 1991

Paper summarises the issues in corporate governance and accountability, including responsibilities, current UK Legislation and EC Directives

12. Correspondence, June and July 1991, between Roger Haywood, Institute of Public Relations and Sir Adrian Cadbury

Letter suggests including a public relations representative on the Committee.

13. Letter, dated 18 June 1991, from Sciteb about technology aspects of corporate governance discussion

Draft list of participants [all drawn from manufacturing industry] to discuss technology implications of corporate governance

15. Correspondence relating to CBI Steering Group on Corporate Governance meeting on 25 June 1991.

Comprises letter, agenda, list of corporate governance steering group members and Sir Adrian's handwritten notes for his report.

16. A note, date 27 June 1991, on corporate governance.

The note sets outs a what good corporate governance will achieve and how it is to be achieved.

17. Discussion draft: the purpose and responsibilities of the Public Company, 2 July 1991

Draft recommending the RSA conduct an enquiry into the objectives and values which a public company should serve.

18. Letter, dated 3 July 1991, from AC Hugh Smith, Chairman of London Stock Exchange

Letter expresses surprise that no Chief Operating Officer or Chairman of a industrial company is a member of the Committee.

19. Letter, dated 4 July 1991, from Hugh Collum, SmithKline Beecham about meeting dates

Correspondence advising Sir Adrian Cadbury of suitable and unsuitable meeting dates. Handwritten note by Nigel Peace - alternative dates being sought.

20. Correspondence with and papers from CBI, 10 July 1991, including minutes of meeting

Includes the CBI response to the ABI discussion paper on the responsibilities of institutional shareholders and minutes of meeting held on 25 June 1991.

21. Excerpt from Mr Charkham's note for record of his visit to Marks and Spencer (Sir Richard Greenbury) on 15 July 1991.

Expresses concern about tone and prescriptiveness of the report with regard to non-executive directors.

22. Letter, dated 17 July 1991, from Sir Ron Dearing, Financial Reporting Council

Letter advises Sir Adrian Cadbury of meeting where a wider remit was suggested and successfully argued against.

23. Letter, dated 18 July 1991, from JP Charkham, Bank of England.

Reports a recommendation to add another industrialist to the Committee.

24. Letter, dated 29 July 1991, and notes on corporate governance from Lord Ezra, House of Lords

Notes refer to role and responsibilities of non-executive directors of larger publicly quoted companies.

25. Letter, dated 14 August 1991, from AC Hugh Smith, London Stock Exchange, about additional member of the Committee

Considers the inclusion of an additional member of the Committee at Chief Executive or Chairman level.

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