Corporate Board articles from March 1997

Corporate Board archives from March 1997

World-class audit committees. (includes related article on Ford Motor Co.'s audit committee practices)
March 1, 1997... Is fraudulent financial reporting our leading growth industry? It certainly seemed so in the 1980s, and how much has really changed since? Major breakdowns in internal control - from Barings to Prudential - remain very much in vogue. In this...

Investor activism goes worldwide.
March 1, 1997... Corporate governance activism may have come to life in the United States, but it has found new forms of expression overseas. Europe in particular has embraced the concept and, over the last five years, forged a vision of corporate governance that...

Opening the door to the new age of corporate governance. (includes related article on Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s guidelines for corporate governance)
March 1, 1997... Director activism. Board independence. Partnership with management. Shared decision-making. Strategic involvement. Evaluation and improvement. Shareholder value. These words resonate throughout U.S. offices, boardrooms and stockholders' meetings...

Corporate governance model from an unexpected source - nonprofits.
March 1, 1997... What can corporate boards learn from nonprofit boards? Corporate directors have normally viewed their role as a world apart from non-business governance. After more than twenty years working with governance in all settings, I am compelled to...

Boards and internal investigations.
March 1, 1997... Internal compliance investigations are becoming a necessary, but increasingly hazardous operation. Legal and regulatory mandates demand voluntary disclosures, compliance reviews, audits, and investigations to uncover suspected wrongdoing. Coupled...

Charles Elson: the board outsider goes inside. (interview with shareholder activist)(Interview)
March 1, 1997... The Corporate Board: How did the Sunbeam nomination come about? Charles Elson: Al called me up; we'd worked together on the director stock pay issue. Al has always been in the forefront of the governance movement, and he felt it was very...