Thursday, February 09, 2006

IT, corporate governance must go hand in hand


Information Technology (IT) systems should work to strengthen corporate governance practices in the country, assisting the efforts of the regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), its Executive Director, S C Das said on Saturday.

Making this observation in his inaugural address at a seminar on "Secure IT environment and Corporate Governance," organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, he said SEBI was only an 'umpire,' with a secondary role to play, in facilitating corporate governance practices.

Companies should make voluntarily disclosures to shareholders, public and stock exchange. In a disclosure-based system, the role of IT was important as it could assist the monitoring process.

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