Table of Contents

1. Introduction and traditional due diligence 2. Due diligence in corporate finance 3. Money laundering 4. Drivers for due diligence and corporate governance 5. Key due diligence and corporate governance organisational areas 6. Commercial due diligence case studies 7. Reputation risk management 8. Cultural due diligence 9. Information technology and e-commerce: Issues of due diligence, risk management and corporate governance 10. Corporate governance issues 11. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 12. International dimensions and corporate governance: the Indian perspective 13. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People's Republic of China 14. International dimensions: Corporate governance in Australia 15. Corporate governance in Japan

About the Author

Dr Linda Spedding holds an LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., Ph.D. She is a Solicitor (England & Wales), and Advocate (India) and an Attorney (USA). Having worked with international law firms, she set up her own practice and remains a consultant to law firms and institutions. Dr. Spedding has authored many articles for professional journals and several books for a professional and business audience, including "Due Diligence and Corporate Governance". She has been an international advisor to many commercial and professional bodies both in the private and public sector, including SERM and EFR. She serves on several committees, including the SCI Business Strategy Committee. Dr Spedding is International Sustainability Advisor to the CII and to TERI in India and is as an International Consultant Advisor with the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard.