GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
At the dawn of Good Governance
Is corporate governance an old or young phenomenon? For starters, let’s travel back in time a bit. I won’t go as far as mankind’s earliest days; I’ll make a stop in Ancient Greece, to Plato’s (427 – 347 B.C.E.) lifetime, to be specific. You may have heard of this philosopher, a lover of wisdom. And the man behind the concept of Platonic love, of course. [Note: Philosopher is the opposite of philodoxer, i.e., the lover of opinions or beliefs.]
Plato himself mistrusted and generally advised against physical expressions of love. But you and I …
Read the rest »
LECTURE ON GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
BZSE law office on Sint Maarten celebrates merger
On October 2, 2009 BZSE law firm (BergmanZwanikkenSnowEssed) celebrated the merger of Bergman and ZwanikkenSnowEssed law offices and the official opening of their new offices in Belair (St. Maarten) with a lecture on good corporate governance. I was the keynote speaker and delivered my presentation in the Dutch language (click here for the presentation or click here for The Daily Herald’s coverage of the event).
I argued that government-companies should be left out of the political sphere as much as possible, so they can …
Read the rest »