Good-governance guides released
Dan Wade • September 23, 2020
Good-governance guides released
The Governance Institute ( https://www.governanceinstitute.com.au/ ) has released three new good-governance guides that explore key challenges.
Topics examined include:
Technology governance :
- The role of technology governance in a corporate-governance framework
- The role of directors
- Technology-governance committees, and
- Emerging technology, innovation opportunities and risks.
Emerging risk :
- What are emerging risks?
- Environmental and social risks
- Technology risks, and
- Where are emerging risks recorded?
Compliance guide (revised) :
- A compliance framework
- Compliance culture
- Compliance management systems, and
- Oversight of the compliance function.
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