Corporate governance objectives

Essentially, corporate governance focuses on three key objectives ... 

A considerable number of publications have been written about the use of metrics to drive business, government, and communities towards more sustainable practices. The reader is referred elsewhere for a discussion of what metrics have been proposed. There has also been much written about the characteristics of metrics, or what constitutes a good metric (Bennett and Jones, 1999 NRC, 1999 Corporate Environmental Performance, 1999). It is generally agreed that metrics must be clearly defined, relevant and meaningful (easily understood and accepted), easy to reproduce, few in number but sufficiently diverse, cost-effective, measurable, and objective rather than subjective. They must also yield nonperverse results, should... 

The objective of this review is to draw together and briefly discuss the available information on the health, safety and environmental aspects of the soluble silicates. The sources of information for this review include scientific publications, reports of regulatory bodies and government agencies, and the incidental records of a corporation which has manufactured soluble silicates for over 120 years( ). ... 

Control of government. Because of their size, prestige, and financial resources, the owners of company towns were easily able to persuade local, state, and federal politicians to establish and enforce laws compatible with corporate objectives. Just as easily, large corporations could get those responsible for law enforcement to ignore many legal mandates. The owners of company towns feared government intervention in their operations almost as much as unionization, and used their towns to persuade lawmakers that all was well in the coalfields (hence the name model towns). ... 

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