Resource Centre
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Good Governance Guide — Cybersecurity
It is good governance for organisations to consider how they will ensure the effective management of cyber risks, determine appropriate policies and develop insightful reports within their cybersecurity framework.
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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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Good Governance Guide — Developing a risk register
It is good governance for an organisation to have a risk framework and a defined risk appetite. In doing so, it is good to have a mechanism/tool for capturing, analysing and monitoring risk-related information.
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Good Governance Guide — Public sector entities — Conflicts of interest
The community expects that board members of public sector entities will not be influenced or appear to be influenced by personal interests when making decisions.
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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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Good Governance Guide — Board structure
It is considered good governance for a not-for-profit (NFP) organisation to structure its board to ensure achievement of its purpose while meeting its ethical, legal and financial obligations.
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Good Governance Guide — A practical guide to categorising risk
In order to better identify and manage risk, it is good governance for an organisation which plans to use a risk register as a tool to capture, analyse and monitor the risks which it has identified as part of its risk management framework, to classify those risks into separate categories.
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Good Governance Guide — Risk appetite statement
It is good governance for organisations to articulate and communicate their appetite for risk with a formal risk appetite statement. Regulators may require the board to set a risk appetite statement.
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Good Governance Guide — Risk management overview
It is good governance for an entity to ensure that all directors and senior executives have a shared understanding of risk, which is the effect of uncertainty on an entity achieving its strategic objectives and maintaining its long-term viability and reputation.
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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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Good Governance Guide — Integrated organisational planning
Strategic (or corporate) and operational planning are well established features of the public sector. It is good governance for public sector entities to plan for their future. For some public sector entities, such planning is mandated by legislation while for others it is a policy requirement.
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