The Market Foundations initiative
Foundations of how markets work have often built up in an ad hoc fashion.
These foundations include:
- participants (whether as principals, agents or advisers) that can trust and be trusted;
- accepted, predictable and transparent standards of behaviour; and
- effective and efficient mechanisms to intervene in the markets where needed to correct the behaviour.
- We consider whether market foundations can be improved to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
If you would like to comment on the topics covered by the Market Foundations programme, contribute to the ongoing work it refers to, or follow progress and receive copies of subsequent reports, contact us at:marketfoundations@icaew.com
Publications
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Business and economic crime in an international context
- Jan 2010
- PDF (244kb)
A review of international law and practice in relation to crime committed by or on behalf of business.
Evolution of British Business forms: a historical perspective
- Apr 2017
- PDF (479kb)
Business organisational structures have evolved in a somewhat haphazard fashion to meet the needs and character of society over the ages. While forms of business have changed over the past couple of centuries, many of the underlying concerns for government and for enterprise endure.
Future enterprise: assessing forms of business
- Aug 2016
- PDF (387kb)
Our paper future enterprise: assessing forms of business gives an overview of the main forms of business used today and explores whether they are truly serving the needs human enterprise of the 21st century or whether there might be better alternatives, perhaps modelled on the human networks we form in private life.
Real integrity report
- May 2012
- PDF (724kb)
Practical solutions for organisations seeking to promote and encourage integrity. This research report looks at the meaning of integrity and how it can be promoted in organisations.
Instilling integrity in organisations
- Feb 2011
- PDF (227kb)
This publication includes a number of suggested questions that directors could pose to determine the role of integrity in their organisation, and how it is assessed and instilled.
Reporting with Integrity
- Apr 2007
Reporting with Integrity published in April 2007, is the seventh report in the ICAEW's Information for Better Markets campaign.
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