DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Abstract

Modern trends in the economy's development are characterized by a significant influence of digital information technologies. Research of the digital economy as a separate industry, the determination of mutual influence with corporations, which are active participants and engines of the development of the digital economy, is becoming increasingly important. The spread of the concept of «digitalization» in society causes some confusion due to insufficient understanding of the essence of this concept and its difference with digital transformation, as well as their role in the digital economy. Digital transformation of corporate governance has its own specific features and characteristics associated with a large number of stakeholders and national characteristics of corporate governance.The article analyzes the functions of corporate governance at the enterprise. We determine the mechanism and the persons involved in the corporate governance process, focus on the peculiarities of corporate governance in the context of digital transformation of business, and outline the advantages and disadvantages of corporate governance digitalization. The stages for the implementation of digital technologies into the company’s corporate governance system are highlighted. The paper examines the features of corporate audit, assessment of systems, and the effectiveness of their interaction. The dilemma of using digital corporate governance complexes is considered: to buy a ready-to-use one or create own? Legal regulation of the functioning of electronic systems of corporate governance in the world’s leading companies is especially emphasized. The authors consider in detail the protection of corporate governance in the digital age and conclude about the possibility of corporate blackmail using digital technologies.