Business think tank launches initiative to boost women board appointments
‘Every other one’ is the ambitious slogan of an initiative that a Washington think tank launched last week to increase the number...
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New push for board diversity -- but not in the US
With US companies making scant progress on board diversity, there is fresh inspiration to be found across the pond.Earlier this...
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What investors look for in CSR disclosure
It makes a whole lot of sense that companies’ sustainability disclosures are being subjected to increasing scrutiny by regulators...
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Cyber risk conference urges building resilience to attacks
At Advisen’s Cyber Risk Insights Conference, former US Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge urged major corporations to build...
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Getting the most value from your board
This past May, Neiman Marcus Group added three new directors with technology experience to its board. The appointments, which were...
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Lessons from Tesco’s accounting nightmare
Tesco’s leadership team and its board of directors are under fire for accounting errors that led to an overstated profit forecast...
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Strategic motivating terms: encouraging boardroom change
Consider the myriad of instances over the past few years in which board directors have appeared woefully unresponsive or ill...
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Cyber haunting we will go
With Halloween less than two weeks away, forget haunted houses, Walking Dead parties and masks that drip ‘blood’. Ransomware that...
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Board makeup first key to inspiring innovation, says NACD
Reatha Clark King, Board Chair of the National Association of Corporate Directors, opened the 2014 Board Leadership Conference by...
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One-stop shop to manage foreign entity risk
As more US companies expand into new geographic territories, it’s more crucial than ever for corporate secretaries and other...
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