Thomas Fox entertains a few questions: What are the obligations of a Board member regarding the FCPA? Are the obligations of the Audit Committee under the FCPA at odds with a director’s “prudent discharge of duties to shareholders”? Do the words prudent discharge even appear anywhere in the FCPA?
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.
“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.
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.
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.
It is not often that you see the phrase “the worst in our entire coverage universe” to describe the proposed corporate governance structure of a company about to enter an initial public offering. Such is the case, however, for Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Directorship has announced it’s third annual Directorship 100, a list of the most influential people in the boardroom and corporate governance community. Topping this year’s list is, not surprisingly, President Barack Obama…who seems to be topping every list released these days.
Dell has agreed to corporate governance changes as part of settlement with the SEC that was tied to its past financial reporting practices.
Robert Rothrock, Vice President for NexBank, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Dallas White Rock Marathon.
Theresa Mack, Senior Manager at CCA Advisors, discusses how newly proposed SEC regulations, as well as the struggling economy, are highlighting the need for increasing disclosure as well as thorough background investigations of applicants and on-board employees.
