Corporate Board articles from November 1997

Corporate Board archives from November 1997

Meeting the audit committee's needs.
November 1, 1997... Corporate boards are under increasing pressure today to perform effectively and wisely. There are several reasons: stepped up shareholder activism during the past decade, more liability, the faster pace of global competition, and the fact that...

Summing up the governance reports. (includes list of major governance studies)
November 1, 1997... During the 1990s a number of reports on corporate governance have been published in different countries, accompanied by recommended guidelines or codes of best practice. Aside from the U.S., reports and codes of this kind have been issued by...

Governing for stakeholders. (greater corporate accountability for social performance)
November 1, 1997... Stakeholder activists are demanding greater public accountability of a company's social performance. Why not consider a "triple bottom line" approach to corporate reporting, a corporate social report that will help the board to better manage the...

New shareholders, new markets.
November 1, 1997... Formidable changes in stock ownership are driving fundamental changes in the way stocks are traded, with corporate directors of publicly traded companies inevitably caught up in the change. Earlier this year, The Nasdaq Stock Market...

Board size, composition and maintenance. (corporate boards)
November 1, 1997... What factors should a company consider when deciding how many people should sit on its board of directors? How many of those directors should be independent of management? What particular qualities characterize an "independent" director? Over...