CHAPTER
5
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
5.0
Introduction
This
section
provides
an
assessment
of
the
progress
made
in
implementing
the
recommendations
under
the
Corporate
Governance
portion
of
the
National
Programme
of
Action.
5.1
Develop
Single
Corporate
Governance
Guidelines
The
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
(SEC)
notes
that
there
is
still
no
single
document
on
Corporate
Governance
guidelines.
The
country
has
however
a
number
of
mandatory
and
voluntary
codes
and
these
include:
•
Companies
Code,
1963
(Act
179)
•
Corporate
Governance
Manual
of
the
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
•
Institute
of
Directors
(IoD)
Code
of
Ethics
for
Directors
•
Ghana
Business
Code
•
Multinational
corporations
have
Corporate
Governance
Guidelines
of
their
parent
company
The
SEC
says
more
funds
are
needed
in
order
to
harmonise
and
develop
unified
corporate
governance
guidelines
that
will
be
used
by
companies
in
the
country.
However,
a
number
of
private
sector
organisations,
including
Private
Enterprise
Foundations
(PEF)
are
working
to
harmonise
the
current
voluntary
and
mandatory
codes
into
a
unified
document.
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