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Avoiding Enron: Counseling the Audit Committee In general, the role of the audit committee is to review the financial operations and statements of a company and to affirm the integrity and accuracy of the preparation and dissemination of that information. Now audit committees need closer observation, support and liability protection. |
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Can You Spot the Finance Expert? Two years after the SEC started requiring finance experts on audit committees, it's still not clear who qualifies, or whether it really makes a difference. |
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Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
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New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
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All Aboard: AMD Investors, here's a look at the board of directors of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices. Meet the gang whose task is beating mighty Intel at its own semiconductor game. |
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This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders. |
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Across the Board Spurred by regulatory change, directors and CFOs forge a new relationship. |
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Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
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Board-ing School A growing number of programs are being offered to teach board-member skills. |
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Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth? |
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So Much for "Death by Committee" Audit committees have expanded their scope, and new rules may force them to broaden it even further. |
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1 Path to Better Boards in 2012 Strong companies require strong directors; diversity would help. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 17, 2007
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Learning from Private-Equity Boards Boards of professionally sponsored buyouts are more informed, hands-on, and interventionist than public company boards. The author argues that this board model could have helped Enron and perhaps your company as well. |
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Tip For The Board: "Don't Assume" Former Illinois Governor and current Hollinger board member James Thompson on lessons learned from the Conrad Black years |
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June 2006
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Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue. |
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Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees? |
