“There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.” ; Jairam Ramesh

Introduction
In common with our first survey (Conducted June 2015), this survey has its origins in the research for a book that we (Anil Kariwala, Robert Purse & Graham Smedley) are currently writing.  Rather than simply relying upon anecdotal evidence and personal experience, we decided to undertake some survey-based research and hence the survey, which was open for responses during the first half of July 2015.  The survey was intended to provide us with an understanding of people’s general perceptions of Corporate Governance and how it is applied, or should be applied, to their organisation.  A number of the survey questions were rather more forensic than in our first survey.
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This survey has its origins in a book that we (Anil Kariwala, Robert Purse & Graham Smedley) are currently writing. Rather than simply relying upon anecdotal evidence and personal experience, we decided to undertake some survey-based research and hence the survey, which was open for responses during the first half of June 2015. The survey was intended to provide us with an understanding of people’s general perceptions of Corporate Governance and how it is applied in their organisation. The survey questions were quite deliberately ‘broad-brush’ in nature and we will shortly be launching a more forensic, but still short, survey.

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