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A legally binding agreement between two parties.
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Essential elements of an enforceable contract under English law include offer and acceptance, consideration, and legal capacity to contract (together with other legal requirements).
In the commercial context, the framework that provides guidance on corporate strategy including assessing risk, ensures effective monitoring of management by the board of directors and makes certain the board is accountable to the company and the shareholders.
 
 
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Comparable frameworks in non-commercial organisations. In the non-commercial context the term 'governance' (without the 'corporate' part) is more common.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Assignment]]
* [[Board of directors]]
* [[Breach of contract]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility ]]
* [[Capacity]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Condition]]
* [[Governance]]
* [[Consensus in idem]]
* [[Kay Review]]
* [[Consideration]]
* [[UK Corporate Governance Code]]
* [[Contra proferentem]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Counter-offer]]
* [[Agency risk]]
* [[Eiusdem generis]]
 
* [[Engagement letter]]
 
* [[Exemption clause]]
==Other links==
* [[Express term]]
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/10141 Doing the right thing, Sarah Boyce, The Treasurer, May 2014]
* [[Frustration]]
* [[Implied term]]
* [[Indemnity clause]]
* [[Invitation to treat]]
* [[Lease]]
* [[Liquidated damages]]
* [[Long term contracts]]
* [[Minor]]
* [[Misrepresentation]]
* [[Open interest]]
* [[Privity of contract]]
* [[Repudiation]]
* [[Restrictive covenant]]
* [[Service agreement]]
* [[Warranty]]


[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]

Revision as of 14:44, 5 November 2014

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In the commercial context, the framework that provides guidance on corporate strategy including assessing risk, ensures effective monitoring of management by the board of directors and makes certain the board is accountable to the company and the shareholders.


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Comparable frameworks in non-commercial organisations. In the non-commercial context the term 'governance' (without the 'corporate' part) is more common.


See also


Other links

Doing the right thing, Sarah Boyce, The Treasurer, May 2014