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The right to control a company is a very valuable right since it provides thecontrolling party a numerous perk. These perks include both financial and nonfinancialbenefits such as power and prestige, expense accounts and many more.Therefore, this shall give concern to various stakeholders such as shareholders,employees, customers, suppliers, government, communities and groups ofrepresenting certain interest. Fama and Jensen’s “The Separation of Ownership andControl”...

This study focuses on the internal auditor’s intention to whistleblow in Malaysian Public Listed Companies. The purpose of this study is to examine the predictors of internal auditor’s intention to whistleblow in Malaysian Public Listed Companies and had adopted the theory of planned behaviour. Whistleblowing is the act of reporting any wrongdoing to the responsible parties. Whistleblowing plays an important role for the internal control system in the company to encourage good corporate go...

One of the main controversial issues arises from the weaknesses in the corporategovernance practices is the directors’ remuneration. The question raised is whether theremuneration paid to the directors is consistent with the interest of the shareholders.Therefore, the main aim of this study is to identify the key determinants of directors’remuneration in Malaysia. This study examines the relationships between thecompany’s characteristics and corporate governance charact...

In 2017, Malaysia was placed at rank 62 among 180 countries in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) with score of 47 over 100. It was the lowest rank since the index was introduced in 1994. One of the factors that contributed to the lower rank is the increasing of ethics and integrity issues among the top management and leaders in Malaysian Government-Linked Companies (GLCs). This issue has raised the concern of the stakeholders on the need of ethical leaders in GLCs. One of the reasons to ha...

Corporate internet reporting is a platform for the organization to communicate to theirstakeholders by using internet as the intermediary. Corporate internet reporting offersseveral advantages for the organization to reach it audience globally and locally. Thisstudy observed the level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among the listedcompanies in Malaysia. The study was conducted involving 233 companies listed onthe Main Market and ACE Market of Bursa Malays...