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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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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The new reporting landscape
Pensioners save little by little most of their working life, sharing in their mind the spirit of Leonard Cohen’s soulful lyrics...
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Board failure EXPOSED
Few things are as gruesomely eye-catching as a major accident. Maybe that’s why Hewlett-Packard’s recent public train wreck has...
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Going for gold
Leading by example, or tone at the top as it is often referred to in governance circles, is an idea that is certainly gaining...
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