Item List : "Corporate governance"

26. Letter, dated 19 August 1991, from Andrew Likierman, London Business School

Letter addressed to Nigel Peace includes comments by chapter on the structure of the report, with handwritten side annotations and a note by Nigel Peace.

27. Letter, dated 23 August 1991, from Sir Ron Dearing

Suggests possible representatives on the Committee.

28. Fax letter from Mrs SE Brown, DTI, 30 August 1991.

Fax contains comments on a proposed structure for the final output and short comments on papers for the next meeting

29. Letter, dated 5 September 1991, from JP Charkham, Bank of England

Letter comments draft work programme and report, additonally commenting favourably on training programme for directors and legislation.

30. Letter, dated 6 September 1991, and documents on the non-executive director in the UK and corporate governance: the art of good boardmaking from CRA - Corporate Renewal Associates.

Includes handwritten notes by Sir Adrian Cadbury and a summary of CRAs' corporate governance colloquium, 4 Dec 1991.

31. Letter, dated 6 September 1991, from Nicholas Beale, Sciteb

Letter reports on two meetings about the technology-related aspects of corporate governance.

32. Letter from Ian Hay Davison, dated 10 September 1991, should have speech to ICAS attached

Letter should be accompanied by transcript of speech to ICAS - may be elsewhere.

33. Nigel Macdonald's comments on the consultation responses, 24 September 1992

Covers full range of the report.

34. Letter from Mark H Sheldon, Linklaters & Paines, 25 September 1991

Concentrates on role of Chairman and their recruitment to the Committee of Chris Hogg.

35. Letter from Mrs SE Brown, DTI, 1 October 1991

Administrative letter.

36. Letters from Howard D Sherman, Institutional Shareholder Services, October 1991

Letters refer to a service Institutional Shareholder Services is developing.

37. Letter, 2 October 1991, from Sir Denys Henderson, ICI

Letter refers to recommendations by institutions on corporate governance and highlights lack of sanctions for codes of conduct and possible conversation about the role of Chairman.

38. Record of meeting with the Institute of Public Relations on 3 October 1991 and correspondence with the Institute

Sets the background to interest by the Institute.

39. Letter from Professor Henry T.C. Hu, University of Texas at Austin, 9 October 1991

Highlights two US articles about the principle that a corporation is run for the benefit of its shareholders.

40. Letter from JP Charkham to Sir Adrian Cadbury, 25 October 1991

Letter introduces Richard Greenbury and his wish to give evidence.

41. Issues for the Committee's successor body, 30 November 1994 and Sarah Brown's response to enquiries about progress in implementing three recommendations in [the Cadbury] report.

Highlights issues for a successor body, namely, research into compliance, research funding and recommended amendments to the Companies Act. Sarah Brown's letter deals with directors' service contracts, fees paid to audit firms for non-audit work, protection for auditors reporting fraud.

42. Handwritten [notes for] CBI President's reception, 12 November 1991

Outlining the Committee's remit and work.

43. Letter, dated 3 December 1991, from Hugh Collum The Hundred Group of Finance Directors

Covering letter to their (the 100 Group of Finance directors) report, financial aspects of corporate governance

44. Letter, dated 13 December 1991, to Andrew Hugh Smith

Letter seeks to clarify the focus for the Committee. Letter also sent to Sir Ron Dearing and Mike Lickiss.

45. Correspondence, dated November, from Clive Boxer, Davies Arnold Cooper and Laurence Cockcroft of Transparency International and KG Wilton.

Davies, Arnold, Cooper proposes insurance for non-executive directors. Transparency International asks for support for its cause. Wilton proposes greater involvement of institutional shareholders.

46. Letter, dated 14 January 1992, to MG Lickiss

Letter is responding to MG Lickiss' comments on his draft [Standards of financial reporting and auditing] and clarification of focus of the Committee.

47. Letter, dated 24 March 1992, from Sir Ron Dearing.

Main purpose of the Committee was to strengthen the position of the auditor and clarify the responsibilities of the directors. Two vulnerabilities identified were accountability to the worker and the small shareholder.

48. Letter and note, dated 24 March 1992, from JP Charkham.

The note suggests a definition of corporate governance that includes employees, alternative working for the foreword and some suggestions on tenure.

49. Letter, 7 July 1992, from JP Dobrowolski, Argos plc.

Comments on the role of internal auditors.

50. Papers from the Ditchley Conference, an international discussion 'Role & Governance of Companies' 24-26 April 1992, including Sir Adrian Cadbury's opening statement.

Includes Sir Adrian Cadbury's handwritten notes for the opening remarks, and on the two plenary sessions, various briefing notes, reports of the three groups and a list of attendees.