Chambers' Corporate Governance Handbook, 7th Edition

Part A: Effective Boards and Directors
Chapter A1 The Effective Board 
Chapter A2 Considering Joining a Board 
Chapter A3 Independence Issues 
Chapter A4 Resigning a Directorship 
Chapter A5 Board Committees 
Chapter A6 Board Policies and Policy Statements 
Chapter A7 Family Firms and their Governance 
Chapter A8 Governance of International Organisations 
Chapter A9 Directors with Company Loans: Independence and Conflict of Interest Implications 

Part B: Guest Chapters
Chapter B1 Avoiding the Pitfalls in Running a Private Company 
Chapter B2 Board Dynamics: Evaluating Board Effectiveness 
Chapter B3 Board Dynamics: A Female Perspective 
Chapter B4 Board Dynamics: The Chairman’s Perspective 
Chapter B5 Board Dynamics: The Non-Executive Director’s Perspective 

Part C: Understanding Corporate Governance
Chapter C1 Understanding Corporate Governance 
Chapter C2 Grand Themes in Corporate Governance 
Chapter C3 Applying the Theories that Underpin Corporate Governance 
Chapter C4 Do Non-Executive Directors Add Value? 
Chapter C5 Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Reporting and Sustainability 
Chapter C6 Culture, Ethics and the Board 

Part D: Corporate Governance in Practice
Chapter D1 The UK’s Companies Act 2006 – Corporate Governance Issues 
Chapter D2 The UK Approach to Corporate Governance 
Chapter D3 Critique of UK Corporate Governance 
Chapter D4 The Walker Review of Corporate Governance in UK Banks and other Financial Industry Entities 
Chapter D5 Checklist to Benchmark Corporate Governance Practice in the Context of the UK Corporate Governance Code 
Chapter D6 British Governance Standard (2013) – Code of Practice for Delivering Effective Governance of Organizations 
Chapter D7 Gulf Corporate Governance 

Part E: Audit Committees
Chapter E1 Overview of Audit Committee Responsibilities 
Chapter E2 Effective and Efficient Conduct of Audit Committee Business 
Chapter E3 Audit Committees and Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK 
Chapter E4 Audit Committee Oversight of Published Information 
Chapter E5 Audit Committee Oversight of Risk Management and Internal Control 
Chapter E6 Audit Committee Oversight of External Audit 
Chapter E7 Audit Committee Oversight of Internal Audit and other Review Agencies 
Chapter E8 The Development of Audit Committees over Time 
Chapter E9 Board Risk Committees 
Chapter E10 Board Remuneration Committees 

Part F: The Corporate Governance Journey
Chapter F1 The Corporate Governance Framework 
Chapter F2 Evolution of the UK Code and the Impact of Higgs and Smith 

Part G: Risk Management and Internal Control
Chapter G1 Risk Management and Internal Control 
Chapter G2 Current Developments in Internal Auditing 
Chapter G3 Three Lines of Defence 
Chapter G4 New Enhanced Guidance on Internal Audit 
Chapter G5 New Enhanced Guidance on Internal Audit’s Interface with Regulators 

Part H: External Oversight
Chapter H1 External Control 
Chapter H2 Is Audit failing the Global Capital Markets? 

Appendix 1 The UK Corporate Governance Code 
Appendix 2 The UK Stewardship Code 
Appendix 3 The Chartered Director (C Dir) qualification 
Appendix 4 Board Committees – Terms of Reference 
Appendix 5 Suggestions for Good Practice from the Higgs Report 
Appendix 6 Cadbury, Greenbury and 1998 Combined Codes
Appendix 7 Code of Ethics 
Appendix 8 International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing 
Appendix 9 Independent External Board Evaluations Code of Practice