Corporate Board articles from January 1995

Corporate Board archives from January 1995

Training, equity and power.
January 1, 1995... I am a card-carrying free marketeer. No other economic system can approach it in promoting overall human good, and no other economic system is compatible with a democratic form of government. Indeed, the free market system has worked as Adam...

Duties in sale of the company.
January 1, 1995... For many years, the courts of Delaware and virtually every other state have held that decisions by directors are protected by the "business judgment rule." Under this rule, the courts will not substitute their own judgment for that of the...

The board and the CFO. (chief financial officer)(includes related article)
January 1, 1995... Given the highly publicized losses at Procter & Gamble, Gibson Greetings and others from speculative derivatives investments, a lot of attention has been paid to how closely a company's board of directors should monitor the day-to-day financial...

Succession and the reluctant CEO. (chief executive officer)(includes related article)
January 1, 1995... In a recent movie, the heroine, after twenty years of marriage, believes she is dying and decides to find a suitable replacement for her husband as her final girl. One of her most difficult moments in seeking the new wife, however, is realizing...

Global lobbying in the new Europe. (includes related article)
January 1, 1995... Multinational companies are being compelled to learn the art and science of global lobbying. Global lobbying requires the coordination of monitoring and public affairs programs from various trade areas throughout the world. This is not a...

Ralph Nader: corporate Raider? (interview with consumer activist) (Conversations) (Interview)
January 1, 1995... The Corporate Board: Have you seen a lot of change in corporate governance in recent years? Ralph Nader: I've seen modest change. The increasing influence of outside directors has been one. Another is the willingness by corporate officers to...