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What Every Board Member and C-Suite Executive Should Know About Transforming...

By Terry F. Yosie A growing number of the world’s largest companies are turning to “sustainability” as a strategic lens to help anticipate and navigate the complexity of the international economy, meet...

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Why corporate governance failures continue

By Frederick D. Lipman, Esq In 2012, I wrote a Director Notes publication for The Conference Board entitled “From Enron to Lehman Brothers:  Lessons for Boards from Recent Corporate Governance...

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What causes corporate directors to overreach their fiduciary responsibilities?

By Patrick R. Dailey, Ph.D. Present-day corporate directors are being equipped by governance educators, driven by regulators, and pressured by activists to be more actively engaged in pursuing their...

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The Conference Board/Millstein Center General Counsel Summit highlights...

The Conference Board Governance Center and the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School recently released the highlights of a Summit they co-sponsored on...

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Expect the impact of any Dodd-Frank Act rollback to be minimal

By Gary Larkin, Research Associate, The Conference Board Nearly four months into President Trump’s first term, the perception is that a full rollback of the Dodd-Frank Act rules related to corporate...

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In search of effective board assessment programs

By John Morrow Most major U.S. public companies have an annual assessment process. For many, the process is pretty basic and routine with a checklist that never changes. It has become a necessary evil...

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The latest corporate governance research from The Conference Board

Over the past three weeks, The Conference Board has released three corporate governance-related reports. They focus on such issues as CEO succession, board refreshment, gender diversity, and tenure as...

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Activist Insight: The Conference Board proxy advisor report ‘a little harsh’

“Just What Is the Corporate Director’s Job?” That is a question The Conference Board’s Governance Center is in the midst of posing to different groups of stakeholders over the next two years.

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The recent ransomware attacks are a call to action for boards

It has been a busy few months. The WannaCry ransomware attack made big news in May, raising a lot of antennas. Everybody waited for more shoes to drop from the leaked NSA hacking tools ransomware...

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Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation

  Download the current issue of Director Notes, entitled “Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation: What needs to change?” Enterprise risk management (ERM) stemmed from the laws and...

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