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A Model of Maturity: The OCEG Corporate Governance Maturity Model (2007) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed

This article describing the OCEG Corporate Governance Maturity Model first appeared in the March 2007 issue of Corporate Secretary Magazine and reflects the first draft of the model. Key messages from the article include:

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Achieving Best Practices for Corporate Performance (2008) resource White Papers OCEG Reviewed
Financial services institutions can gain and keep competitive advantage through achieving new levels of operational excellence. To do so, they will need to gather and mine customer data more effectively. This paper describes how enterprise intelligence processes and technologies can unite business and technical teams toward this common goal.   Hosted by American Banker. Registration required for free download.
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Aligning COBIT 4.1, ITIL V3 and ISO/IEC 27002 (2008) resource White Papers OCEG Reviewed
The briefing applies generally to all IT best practices but focuses on three specific practices and standards that are becoming widely adopted around the world. It has been updated to reflect the latest versions: • ITIL V3—Published by the UK government to provide a best practice framework for IT service management • Cobi T 4.1—Published by ITGI and positioned as a high-level governance and control framework
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Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) resource Organizations & Associations Member contributionOCEG Reviewed

The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) is an independent, non-profit membership organisation dedicated to working with investors, companies and regulators in the implementation of effective corporate governance practices throughout Asia.

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Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) - Singapore Codes and Rules resource Organizations & Associations OCEG Reviewed

Contents and links on this site:

  1. Laws
  2. Accounting Standards
  3. Regulations
  4. Listing Rules
  5. Official Codes and Guidelines
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BIS, External audit quality and banking supervision (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, 2008) resource White Papers OCEG Reviewed
Summary: This paper summarises four key areas of the Committee’s focus, including:
  • Bankers’ and supervisors’ reliance on external auditors’ expertise and judgments has increased
  • High-quality audits, which enhance market confidence, particularly in times of severe market stress
  • An increasing reliance on high-quality bank audits to complement supervisory processes
  • The globalisation of major external audit firms has contributed to the complexity of their structures and a lack of transparency regarding their gover
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Burger King: Code of Business Ethics and Conduct resource Examples OCEG Reviewed
Introduction: "Doing What’s Right means that everything we do must be done with the highest standards of ethics, honesty and integrity. This Code provides guidelines on the laws, rules, regulations and Company policies that govern our business and how we conduct it each day. When it comes to ethics, there is no compromise."
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Chief Information Officers Council (CIO) resource Agency Web Sites Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
A Federal interagency forum to assist with information management and IT issues.
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CIOC, Best Practices Guide for Coordinating the Preparation and Audit of Federal Financial Statements (2007) resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
This Guide’s objective is to continue to foster and refine constructive working relationships between agency CFO and Inspectors General (IG), in the financial statement preparation and audit processes.   Goals: Consistent with the purposes of the CFO Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978, the CFO and IG communities have shared goals for the: (1) Production of complete, reliable, timely, and consistent financial information and (2) Improvement of systems of accounting, financial management, and internal controls.
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ConsortiumInfo.org Standards MetaLibrary resource Private Lists / Directories OCEG Reviewed
MetaLibrary is the only on-line research resource focusing exclusively on standards and standard setting. The goal of ConsortiumInfo.org is to be the most comprehensive source of information on the Internet regarding standards, standard setting, and open source software, and on the role that these essential tools play in business and society.
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