Scottish Government

Annex C: ERADDMB Terms of Reference

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Environment and Rural Affairs Department

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate governance is the way in which organisations are directed and controlled. It defines the distribution of rights and responsibilities among the different stakeholders and participants in the organisation, determines the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs including the process through which the organisation's objectives are set, and provides the means of attaining those objectives and monitoring performance.

This document sets out the role of corporate governance in the Environment and Rural Affairs Department, and is structured in 6 sections.

Section 1: Parliamentary Accountability
Section 2: The Departmental Management Board
Section 3: Skills
Section 4: Independent Non-Executives
Section 5: Internal Controls
Section 6: Arms' Length Bodies

July 2006