Opinion

Board directors don’t need to be able to fix a broken server, but they do need basic technology competence, which many still lack. Jean Hill of Alvarez and Marsal shares her guidance for probing questions directors should put to their...

The case of Steve Easterbrook, the former CEO of McDonald’s, is a salutary lesson in the dire consequences of failing to be fully transparent with investigators in the hope that one may be able to “get away with it,” writes...

The November collapses of FTX and BlockFi, two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, were shocking — and devastating for investors. But given the rocky history of crypto, they perhaps shouldn’t have been all that surprising. CUBE CEO and founder...

Corporate America seems to agree — DEI is important and should be among any company’s top priorities. But getting there is a different story. Torch’s Elizabeth Weingarten explores the disconnect between what business says it’s doing and the reality on...

The SEC has finalized its long-awaited clawback policy mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, issuing final rules that are scheduled to go into effect in late January 2023. ESG columnist John Peiserich offers his take on the nuances of the rule...

Today’s legal functions must become a growth engine for the business and focus on proactively creating value. But the transition isn’t easy. Kearney’s Mike Chapman, Phil Caruso, Seth Anderson and Paul Weichselbaum discuss five keys that can help chief legal...

The feds are cracking down, but they’ve also given us a cheat sheet

While 2022 had no shortage of chaotic events, ethics columnist Lisa Schor Babin shares her hopes for 2023 — and beyond. 2022 was quite a year, with a continuous news stream of bad behavior, human tragedy and natural disaster, and...

Nobody was canceled for anything they wrote for our pages in 2022 — at least that we know of. But a few of our writers went out on a limb to make their views known. Here’s a look at our...

You don’t have to look far in society to realize that as the generations change from Generation X through Y now to Generation Z (with Generation Alpha behind them), the ethics of the common person are changing. Ethics and compliance...

It’s easy to think of your company’s board of directors as simply a group of individuals. But OnBoard’s Rob Kunzler says it’s actually a stew of personalities, with most people falling into one of five types. How can you make...

Even as federal rulemakers are poised to issue ESG-related guidance, state leaders are using their powers to pump the brakes. ESG columnist John Peiserich explores how in Republican-led states Indiana and Louisiana, that means targeting rules around investing and securities. ...