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The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry was established in December 2017. The reports of the commission highlighted several breaches on the part of the financial institutions. The report of the commission chaired by Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne could be found at the commission's website among the resources in the resources section below.

• The most important of its terms of reference is to 'examine misconduct across the entire financial services sector' (Australian Government, n.d.). The major banks have conceded their behaviour has not always been in their customers' interests and have taken steps to rectify these problems (Hunt & Terry 2018). Bligh (2017) noted the need to push through industry-wide reforms in the sector.

• As a student of Corporate Accounting, it is essential to consider the Corporate Governance lapses in the day-to-day running of corporations as there are consequences for doing otherwise. In this assignment, you will be focusing on the banking sector.

Problem 1. What is Corporate Governance? Explain a few theories and advantages of corporate governance

Problem 2a. Identify the various stakeholders in NAB case. Next to each of them, identify the corporate governance responsibilities owed by NAB. It is possible that some corporate governance responsibilities are owed to more than a stakeholder

Problem 2b. Using the 8 principles of the ASX, analyse the Corporate Governance of National Australia Bank which was singled out by Commissioner Hayne. You should clearly highlight the 8 principles and match them with the specific ASX corporate governance principles and recommendations.

Problem 3. What were the consequences of these lapses for the big four banks in Australia?