A model of maturity
We still tend to think of a boardroom’s ‘silver-haired foxes’ as the earmark for mature governance. Not because that is what today...
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Boardroom archive
A potential for conflict
In January, San Francisco-based Glass Lewis became the most recent proxy advisory firm to be bought out by a larger company. After...
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Stamping out delinquency
Perennial tardiness is a quality not often appreciated in social circles. But in the business world many participants, including...
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Valuing experience
The concept of corporate governance can conjure different ideas from different people. There are many divergent perspectives on...
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Joining forces to revamp disclosure
Legalese is out at the SEC. If reformers have their way, so is jargon’s derivative: ‘bifurcated communication’. That is what can...
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A solution without a problem
When he wasn’t hanging around the Algonquin Hotel’s Round Table with James Thurber and Dorothy Parker, humorist Robert Benchley...
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Rewriting the book
Despite advances in technology and a host of new regulations, the paperwork associated with company listings and filings has not...
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Revealing relationships
Investors are concerned executive pay firms have a conflict of interest in representing both management and the board and are...
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Bringing privilege back
Investigations into corporate behavior have become much more aggressive over the past several years. The long-established...
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Strategic agendas
When Stacy Ingram arrived at Tyco in September 2004, the company had well and truly been through the scandal mill. Facing the...
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