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The Motley Fool
April 8, 2009
Alyce Lomax
Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
Jay Lorsch
Book Excerpt: 'The Future of Boards' In an excerpt from "The Future of Boards," the author discusses why directors are newly questioning their roles. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
June 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan
Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Michael Sisk
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian
Best and Worst Corporate Boards Did any of your companies make the Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Alyce Lomax
Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Gary Schneider
Fund Industry Being Forced In Wrong Direction In the aftermath of some of America's biggest scandals in the history of the mutual fund industry, proposed standards are wrongheaded and unnecessary. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 10, 2003
Will Leitch
Citi Board Receives Dubious Distinction Well, here's more bad news for Citigroup, in case the company isn't immune to it by this point. A study released by Portland, Maine-based The Corporate Library (TCL) says that Citigroup has the worst board of directors in the country. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2010
Alyce Lomax
The Battle for Independence Shareholders need more independent minds and critical thinkers on corporate boards. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Ilan Moscovitz
Let's Fix Director Nominations Should we make it easier for shareholders to nominate their own representatives? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Emily Thornton
ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2007
Alyce Lomax
Shareholders Have Spoken at Applebee's Two independent directors have been elected to the restaurant's board. Seeing an activist's candidates get elected by shareholders certainly seems like a good sign that shareholders are starting to take ownership more seriously. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2006
Joseph Hinsey
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Alyce Lomax
When Companies Do the Right Thing Not every corporation fights its shareholders' requests. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2009
Jack Milligan
In Banking, Judgment Counts Does an experienced banker necessarily make for a good bank director? Citigroup and Bank of America Corp. are about to find out, bowing to pressure from federal banking regulators to recruit veteran bankers and finance experts to serve as independent directors on their boards. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2014
Jay B. Stephens
Companies Need Sound Governance In publicly-traded aerospace and defense companies, strong internal controls in an organization -- especially in business units far from the mother ship -- are essential to transparency and process fidelity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton
July 30, 2003
Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2006
Brian Lawler
ImClone's Board Shakeup A new face in the boardroom heralds change for the troubled company. Shareholders yesterday elected notorious corporate raider Carl Icahn to the company's board of directors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Job Journal
February 25, 2007
Michael Kinsman
Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Rich Duprey
CEOs Get the Golden Boot Boards of directors are giving away shareholder money to outgoing executives as compensation for poor performance. Shareholders ought to take note of how their boards deal with management separation. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2011
Dawn Kawamoto
Reshuffling Yahoo!'s Board: A New House of Cards? It may take an activist shareholder to bring about meaningful change. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
For Your Review What financial institutions directors are thinking about-the results of 2009 research by Corporate Board Member and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP... What's ahead for banking... mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005
Boards Must Focus on More Than Just Compliance The result of the ongoing debate over nonprofit accountability has led to the perception among many boards of directors that compliance is their only responsibility, according to a new report. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
John Reeves
Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Alyce Lomax
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax
This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
January 17, 2007
Malcolm Salter
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2006
Tim Beyers
Kingpin of the Citi? Citigroup chooses to make Chuck Prince both chairman and CEO. Bad idea. With its checkered past, Citigroup should know better than to repeat history. Investors deserve better. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Louis Lavelle
A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2009
Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
David Welch & Jeff Green
Be Careful What You Wish For GM finally has an activist board. But its private equity directors are making executives squirm. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Alyce Lomax
Shareholders Want This Power More and more investors agitate for the right to act by written consent. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 1, 2003
Lori Calabro
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2008
Rich Duprey
No Equality in Bailout Automakers will never get the sweetheart deal that was given to Wall Street. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
December 22, 2003
Martha Lagace
How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2009
Alex Dumortier
Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
November 14, 2012
Kim S. Nash
Boards Want to Learn About Emerging IT Issues Directors admit they aren't adequately engaged in topics such as social media and IT-enabled business innovation mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003
Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2006
Jay W. Lorsch
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Selena Maranjian
More Women Than You Think It's better to focus on the strides women have made into the corporate boardroom rather than on more depressing data. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2010
Alyce Lomax
Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say. mark for My Articles similar articles
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Hechinger & Bobowick
Governance Matters The 12 principles of governance share some common denominators and enable the board to operate at an exceptional level. mark for My Articles similar articles