<div>As always - my views on this list are my views as an individual and not a reflection of any of my affiliations nor associations.</div><div><br></div>Following the link that McTim provided, I saw that there is a Corporate Governance Report on Governance Comparisons dated April 17, 2012 which had recommendations. The Report was a brief comparison of the OECD, IBM Corporate Governance rules.<div>
<br></div><div>The issue that Gideon raises when it comes to Corporate Governance on conflicts of interests and how they are dealt with is an important issue as it affects governance. </div><div><br></div><div>In Governments - we see the importance of the separation of powers and the need for accountability and transparency. It would follow that one would not expect a Government Minister to be colluding with the private sector which is why there are framework in place to ensure that things like "Abuse of Office" is prevented etc or there are systems in place to ensure that there are checks and balance.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For companies, conflicts of interests are managed through varying corporate governance mechanisms and for public companies or listed companies the standards are pretty high and most countries generally refer to the International Organisation of Security (IOSCO) Principles. On the issue of disclosure they have 10.3 and 10.4 on page 23, see: <a href="http://www.iosco.org/library/pubdocs/pdf/IOSCOPD154.pdf">http://www.iosco.org/library/pubdocs/pdf/IOSCOPD154.pdf</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The difference with ICANN is that it is not a regulator. It is a not for profit company. It also deals with the "issuance of TLDs" which makes it a good example of chop suey. With the Second Report on Corporate Governance doing a comparison of the OECD and the IBM, I was surprised that they did not draw from the IOSCO simply because the development of the IOSCO principles were developed by various countries in the world. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The OECD principles were probably only developed by its member states which leaves many of the developing countries who make up an important part of the global community out.</div><div><br></div><div><div>
I recognise that there is a big difference between "securities" and "gTLDs" (although some could make the argument that they share similar characteristics) but the principles behind disclosures can be useful for eg. from the IOSCO:</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Disclosure rules should extend to, at least:</b></div><div><br></div><div>• the conditions applicable to an offering of securities for public sale; </div><div>• the content and distribution of prospectuses or other offering documents (and, where relevant, </div>
<div>short form profile or introductory documents); </div><div>• supplementary documents prepared in the offering; </div><div>• advertising in connection with the offering of securities; </div><div>• information about those who have a significant interest in a listed company; </div>
<div>• information about those who seek control of a company (discussed in greater detail below); </div><div>• information material to the price or value of a listed security; </div><div>• periodic reports; </div><div>• shareholder voting decisions</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Sala</div>