Resource Centre
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Good Governance Guide — Risk management policy
It is considered good governance for an organisation to have in place a risk management policy that articulates the organisation’s commitment to effectively managing risk.
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Ethics Index 2020
Read about the Ethics Index 2020, a national survey of 1,000 people’s attitudes to ethical conduct, challenges and dilemmas.
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Good Governance Guide — Risk framework
Managing risks can be a complex task for any organisation but necessary to ensure achievement of strategic objectives. It is good governance for an organisation to demonstrate leadership and commitment to managing risks by establishing and documenting a formal risk management framework, approved by the board.
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Best practice documents — Minutes
Sample minutes accompanied by an explanation of the purpose of each element of the minutes.
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Good Governance Guide — Board minutes: what to record, the business judgment rule
This Guide sets out the issues to consider when developing the processes and procedures in drafting minutes in relation to the business judgment rule.
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Good Governance Guide — Issues to consider when recording and circulating minutes of directors' meetings
Under s 251A of the Corporations Act, a company must keep minute books in which it records, within one month, the proceedings and resolutions of directors’ meetings (including meetings of a committee of directors).
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Good Governance Guide — Issues to consider in relation to political donations
It is good governance for a company to establish a policy or protocol in relation to political donations in Australia.
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Donated member document - Working from home checklist
A working from home checklist to be used in association with the working from home policy.
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Governance through a crisis: Learning from COVID-19
Governance through a crisis: We've teamed up with the AICD to publish a report about the impact of COVID-19 on board practices and insights into the governance challenges.
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Good Governance Guide — Risk governance
Those exercising authority and making decisions within an organisation exercise power to facilitate the strategic objectives of the organisation. Each entity is faced with a range of risks that it needs to identify and manage in order to achieve strategic objectives.
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Good Governance Guide — The Company secretary: separation of roles
It is considered good governance for organisations to appoint separate persons as the chief executive officer (CEO) and the company secretary of the organisation. However, it is the practice for some organisations, particularly not-for-profits, to appoint the CEO as the company secretary.
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