Vol. 27 No. 1, September 2002
Index
- Always ask the next question.
- I want my D&B!'.
- Governance kirisute: boards are better off studying East Asian history than governance checklists.
- Until proven guilty: ensuring that your D&O policy covers the costs of defending a criminal prosecution.
- The watchdog that did not bark: can corporate directors regain their reputations as reliable guardians?
- Sitting ducks and decoys: responding to the increased involvement -- and exposure -- of audit committees as a magnet for company information.
- Peculiar proposals; circa 1992: beware of many of the suggestions for remedying what is supposedly wrong with governance.
- Building Public Trust: The Future of Corporate Reporting.
- Why CEOs fail: there are surprisingly common themes in the tales of chief executives who lead a company into troubled waters.
- Winning back the public's trust.
- Seeing around corners: spotting problems before they become catastrophes is the special talent that directors have always needed, and will need even more so in the future.
- Principles-based behavior for boards.
- The street wakes up to governance.
- Be smart in your litigation defense: avoid the common mistakes that not just make for an inefficient defense when you are in litigation but can be a recipe for disaster.
- Personal loans get the legislative boot: what directors need to know about the personal loan prohibition contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
- Is a futures committee in your future?
- Advisory support for the board.
- Keeping the CEO 'on target': there are ways to conduct the CEO evaluation so that the CEO can be comfortable participating and the board can be candid.
- A pivotal role for a nonexecutive chairman: to succeed in a restructuring situation, there is a strong case to be made for engaging an outside chairman.
- Directors Roster: in affiliation with Spencer Stuart--a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- The Directors Roster.
- Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
- Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
- Simple, commonsense governance principles: some, apparently, too simple to apply.