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''Corporate governance''.  
Law made by ministers under delegated powers given to them by Parliamentary Acts.
Sometimes referred to as secondary legislation or subordinate legislation.


A form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.


Ideally, CSR policy is a built-in, self-regulating mechanism where the business or other organisation  monitors and ensures its adherence to law, ethical standards, and international norms.  
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The organisation embraces responsibility for the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, other stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. The organisation also proactively promotes the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere.  
A secondary source of UK tax law that is not written by parliament but usually by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.




All this means both:
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#Adherence to existing laws and
 
#Acting in a way that is significantly better than the minimum standards required by law.
Law created by any other subordinate law-making body, within the authority of an Enabling Act - or other primary legislation - enacted by the primary law-making body.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Corporate governance]]
* [[Enabling Act]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Secondary legislation]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Statutory instrument]]
* [[Greenwash]]
* [[Public interest]]
* [[SRI]]
* [[Stakeholder]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Profit maximisation]]


[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Revision as of 17:04, 23 March 2016

1.

Law made by ministers under delegated powers given to them by Parliamentary Acts. Sometimes referred to as secondary legislation or subordinate legislation.


2.

A secondary source of UK tax law that is not written by parliament but usually by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.


3.

Law created by any other subordinate law-making body, within the authority of an Enabling Act - or other primary legislation - enacted by the primary law-making body.


See also