Corporate governance implies a connection between business and ethics; that is among the management, governance and control systems of an organization. Considering the importance of corporate governance in the context of sustainable development, the prime objective of the study is to know the corporate governance reporting practices of the Indian corporate units, considering Clause-49 as a benchmark for the purpose. For the purpose of the study, corporate governance reporting practices of various Indian units were analyzed for the year ending on March 31, 2006. 130 units listed with BSE were taken as a sample for the study.
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