在我国独立董事制度的强制性制度变迁过程中,部分上市公司出现了主动设立独立董事的“自愿行为”。针对引发自愿行为的动机进行理论分析,并以沪深两市主动设立与非主动设立各50家上市公司为样本进行实证检验,结果表明我国上市公司中存在主动设立独立董事的“监督的动机”和“顾问的动机”。该研究为我国上市公司从强制合规到步入主动守规的自主治理阶段以及如何改革独立董事制度等方面提供了经验支持。
During the process of compulsive change of the independent board director system in China, some listedcompanies appeared “voluntarily behavior” to establish independent board directbr. Taking 100 listed companies, 50 ofwhich were established voluntarily and 50 were involuntarily in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange, as samples,this paper gave a theoretical analysis on the motive which caused the voluntarily behavior. The result show that thereare “direct motive” and“adviser motive” in voluntarily establishing the independent board director in listed compa-nies. The paper provide some experience support on how to step into the independent governance stage by guarding the rule voluntarily from the stage of obeying the rule compulsorily and how to reform independent board director' s system in China.