Boards of the most global firms come up short in foreign experience
There’s a mismatch of mega proportions in corporate boardrooms. The disparity between the largest companies’ global footprints and...
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Boardroom archive
New evidence in favor of proxy access?
Much like say on pay and majority voting proposals, CFA Institute expects proxy access would also motivate increased engagement...
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Last chance to avoid unclaimed property audit in Delaware
When it comes to compliance, filing annual unclaimed property reports with the state in which they’re incorporated is often...
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Concerns about combining the GC and corporate secretary roles
In early September, I posted a query on the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ online discussion board...
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Making data governance a bigger priority
Data governance initiatives aren’t keeping pace with the efforts US companies are putting into other kinds of data projects, such...
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Challenging shareholder value primacy
Ever considered how much employee and customer loyalty are worth? The board of privately held grocery chain Market Basket – all...
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Protecting non-US whistleblowers from retaliation
Compliance officers' jobs just got a little tougher. Last week, a federal appellate court dismissed an appeal of the New York...
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From Twitter to Hootsuite: a primer for the unplugged director
Our college graduates can’t write!’ is the kind of provocative statement that Bruce Nolop, chairman of Marsh & McLennan’s audit...
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Opening the cyber-kimono
The high-profile hackings of Target and Wyndham Worldwide have spurred lawsuits against corporate officers and directors...
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An era of more rigorous disclosure
It might be said that publicly traded companies stand at the precipice of a new, more rigorous age of disclosure. Not only are...
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