Members of supervisory boards of companies serving public interest* should be selected from persons representing public interest, on the one hand, and professional experts, on the other hand. They all should have clean criminal record, not be in a situation of conflict of interest and have minimum qualification requirements for exercising their function in the area where the company is active.
* A company serving public interest means an undertaking or a company (firm) owned by the state, regions or municipalities.
If next to persons representing public interest also experts were nominated to supervisory boards of enterprises serving public interest both expert as well as public control of these enterprises could be ensured
Sources:
- OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-owned Enterprises, OECD, 2005, II.F., VI.E.
- OECD: OECD Guidelines on Boards of Directors of State-Owned Enterprises, 2013, p. 40-42, 48, 51-52, 57
- Czech Government Anti-corruption Conception for years 2015 - 2017, Chapter 2.1.2., p. 6
- Fadrný, M., Bouda, P., Czech Republic, the country of gravy trains, Frank Bold, 2014, points 1, 5 and 6, p. 26 - 27
- Public Money and Corruption Risks – A Comparative Analysis, Frank Bold, 2013, p. 81
- REST. Expert nominations to supervisory boards [online], Reconstruction of the State, 2013, principles 1, 2 and 5
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 14: Supervisory boards of companies serving public interest, December 2013
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