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It is a generally accepted best practice in corporate governance that directors should be remunerated
by paying them a
pre-defined fee, specified in their contract of service.
In most companies, the majority of non-executive
directors are independent, which means that they
have no business interests in the company they serve and are free from financial or other interests
derived from the company. If a non-executive director receives a percentage of profits or any
performance-related
incentives, these may be construed as a threat to independent judgement. For
this reason, options 2 and 3 should be discarded.
Any annual increments in fixed fees are similarly undesirable, as these presume that the
performance of non-executive directors will improve over time.
Example 3:
Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding integrated reporting is true or
false.
1. The capitals are one of three fundamental concepts underpinning integrated reporting
2. The organisation’s integrated report is required to cover all six capitals in the integrated
reporting framework
3. All capitals that an organisation uses or affects are owned by the organisation
4. The categories of information required to be included in an integrated report are referred
to as content elements
The correct answers are:
1 and 4 are true
2 and 3 are false.
The purpose of integrated reporting is to explain to investors and other users of a company’s reports
how a company creates, or intends to create, value over time. Integrated reporting was developed
in order to provide broader, more meaningful information beyond quantitative metrics.
The six capitals proposed by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) are:
financial
manufactured
intellectual
human
social and
relationship
natural
Option 2 cannot be correct, as some of the capitals do not apply to certain types of business
organisation. For example, companies involved in service provision but not the physical production
of goods do not have manufactured capital.
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Option 3 is incorrect because some capitals are derived from sources other than owned assets or
resources.
Option 1 is correct. The capitals are one of the three fundamental principles. The
other two concepts
are value creation and the value creation process.
Option 4 is also correct. These are the elements included in the IIRC Framework.
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