Do corporate board directors have sufficient access to supporting resources to fulfill their fiduciary duties? Alex Todd of Trust Enablement is conducting an anonymous survey of corporate directors to help me assess the market opportunity for providing enhanced support services to board directors.
Written by Scott Gracyalny of Protiviti, this article defines GRC, provides insights into developing a value proposition specific to your business context, and articulates measured steps toward evolving integrated GRC practices.
In yet another decision aimed at encouraging companies to focus on prevention and full disclosure in the face of investigations, the U.S. Sentencing Commission recently put forth a proposal that “would reduce fines and penalties even if company officers were involved in the criminal activity…if they meet standards for tackling white-collar crime at their companies.”
“Money for Nothing” highlights the many corporate board failures we have seen recently and illustrate how they are “ruining American business and costing us trillions.” CCI is giving you a chance to receive a free copy of the book.
This article by Steven Barth and Joshua Agen of Foley & Lardner discusses some of the corporate governance issues that boards of directors may confront in addressing the risks and opportunities arising out of this “new normal.”
Recently, Business Week published an adapted version of an executive summary of a policy brief released by the Committee for Economic Development. The brief was authored by Ben Heineman and offers six “essential tasks” that boards of directors and business leaders must undertake to restore faith in corporate governance.
Dan Hurson provides tips and advice on how to handle an internal corporate investigation gleaned from his experience as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel with the SEC enforcement division.
According to WeFollow.com, the CCI Twitter account (cci_compliance) is ranked #2 for the terms “compliance” and “governance” in terms of overall influence. Additionally, CCI’s Twitter account is ranked #4 for the term “ethics”.
According to an article published yesterday at RTT News, Bank of Florida has realigned the duties of some of its executive officers after receiving a non-compliance notice from NASDAQ.
Richard Perkey, a consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates, believes that many financial services company Boards were ill-prepared for the credit crisis. He offers up his prescription for how corporate boards can be more well-equipped in the future.
