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Internal investigations are an essential response amid allegations of corporate misconduct. This report discusses steps corporate management should take upon learning of such allegations and the decisions that must be made during an investigation.
Director Notes
| 11 pages |
February 2012
Benton J. Campbell, Katelyn Beaudette
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report examines the corporate governance practices of 50 U.S. companies at the time of their initial public offerings (IPOs) and finds that pressure to update governance practices at larger companies has had a limited effect on IPO-stage companies.
Director Notes
| 9 pages |
January 2012
Richard Sandler, Elizabeth Weinstein
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This tri-annual journal presents original articles by leading global thinkers and practitioners on risk management and corporate governance. Authors have a mandate to express opinions and ideas that test readers’ assumptions.
Review
| 22 pages |
January 2012
| The Conference Board of Canada
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It is generally accepted that the full board has overall responsibility for risk oversight, mirroring the board’s responsibility for overseeing strategy.
Director Notes
| 9 pages |
January 2012
Carol Beaumier, Jim DeLoach
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report documents the extent to which activism pushes corporations to implement annual elections and compares the influence different forms of activism.
Director Notes
| 9 pages |
December 2011
Re-Jin Guo, Timothy Kruse, Tom Nohel
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report gives a brief overview of governance in Crown corporations in Canada today and provides two scorecards designed to support sector leaders in their evaluation of success and the application of good governance practices.
Report
| 24 pages |
December 2011
Michael Bassett
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report examines the concept of integrated reporting and its current state of adoption around the globe.
Director Notes
| 9 pages |
November 2011
Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This 2011 report summarizes the results of The Conference Board of Canada’s biennial survey on the fees, retainers, and other compensation received by directors for board and committee service as well as governance practices.
Report
| 48 pages |
November 2011
Karla Thorpe
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report examines empirical data on board diversity and finds that reliance on the business case has not translated into appreciable gains. As such, it suggests that moral and social rationales be reincorporated into strategies for advancing diversity.
Director Notes
| 8 pages |
November 2011
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report analyzes findings from a 2011 survey of 334 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2010 and on board practices.
Report
| 128 pages |
November 2011
Matteo Tonello, Judit Torok
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report discusses the role of the board in requiring, overseeing, supporting, and evaluating their organization's fraud risk management program.
Director Notes
| 11 pages |
November 2011
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report discusses excess pay’s cost to investors, explains why most existing clawbacks fall short of what Dodd–Frank is likely to require, and offers guidance for boards seeking to minimize excess pay not reached by Dodd–Frank.
Director Notes
| 9 pages |
October 2011
Jesse M. Fried, Nitzan Shilon
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report explores five interpretations of the “pay for performance” concept, presents a practical way to measure it, and offers questions for directors to consider to assess and improve pay for performance at their company.
Director Notes
| 12 pages |
October 2011
Stephen O’Byrne
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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Stakeholders are demanding improved oversight in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. This report presents a model for effective corporate oversight.
Executive Action
| 10 pages |
October 2011
Sean Lyons
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report highlights issues to consider when approaching the task of overseeing a sustainability strategy.
Report
| 92 pages |
October 2011
Matteo Tonello
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This tri-annual journal presents original articles by leading global thinkers and practitioners on risk management and corporate governance. Authors have a mandate to express opinions and ideas that test readers’ assumptions.
Review
| 26 pages |
September 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report examines recent compensation program changes made by some Fortune 500 companies to enhance the link between pay and performance in preparation for their first say-on-pay votes, and provides recommendations for companies to consider.
Director Notes
| 8 pages |
September 2011
Russell Miller, Yonat Assayag
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report analyzes litigation in M&A offers and shows that predeal litigation raises the expected takeover premium received by target company shareholders, more than offsetting the expected fall in the deal completion probability.
Executive Action
| 9 pages |
August 2011
C.N.V. Krishnan, Ronald W. Masulis, Randall S. Thomas, Robert B. Thompson
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report examines some of the academic literature surrounding the debate of whether to separate the chairman and CEO roles and examines other factors that affect board effectiveness.
Executive Action
| 12 pages |
August 2011
Richard Leblanc, Katharina Pick
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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More than 2,200 Russell 3000 ® Index companies have held say-on-pay votes this annual meeting season. This report analyzes the results of votes held through June 17, 2011, across several metrics.
Executive Action
| 8 pages |
July 2011
Farzad Damania, Michael Littenberg, Justin Neidig
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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