Blowing the whistle
The term ‘whistle-blower’ often comes with a stigma attached, as words like ‘snitch’ and ‘big brother’ can get thrown around. But...
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Separation of power
It’s easy to forget that we’re already years into the Sarbanes-Oxley era of corporate governance. Companies continue to struggle...
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Managing subsidiary boards
Many companies have subsidiaries, either wholly or partially owned, whose financial data are consolidated into the par- ent’s...
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Buying a safety net
In the wake of a wave of corporate scandals and bankruptcies, litigation targeting directors and executives at US companies has...
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Disconnected
In an informal show of hands at this summer's annual meet- ing of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance...
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Reclaiming your property
For years, it was common practice for companies to write general ledger unclaimed property over to income. Assets like un-cashed...
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Valuing intelligence
On March 2005, Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the wildly successful Blackberry wireless business, was forced to pay...
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A private concern
Can companies skate by with their current staff, simply requiring them to work harder and smarter, or do they need more personnel...
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No one to blame
From the time of the Vietnam War, I remember a subtle, ambiguous poem describing a protest march on Richard Nixon’s White House...
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A rare opportunity
In a striking similarity to 2004, this year’s annual national conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance...
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