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Commentary & OpinionMarch 9, 2010 Analyzing ‘Corporate Risk Oversight Principles’Source:Compliance Week.comIt’s way too early for nostalgia about the financial crisis. But one of the most telling anecdotes coming out of this period was from John Thain, remarking to the Wall Street Journal on his time as CEO of Merrill Lynch. “Merrill... March 5, 2010 A Game of Resisting the I.R.S.Source:Floyd Norris, NY TimesIf ever there was an area of taxation that needed simplification, it is the American corporate income tax. Companies end up filing tax returns containing thousands, or even tens of thousands, of pages. March 4, 2010 Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social EngagementSource:Environmental LeaderOur civilization’s central organizing project is to transform our adverse impact on the climate system. Scientists tell us that we must act now to mitigate the most severe effects of climate change; that we have a very small... March 4, 2010 Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
Source:Working Knowledge - Harvard Business School
Toyota's ever-widening problems are a tragic case study in how not to lead in crisis. Under the media spotlight, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, grandson of the founder, went into hiding and sent American CEO Jim Lentz to make apologies.... March 3, 2010 ANSWERING THE QUESTION: IS ESG IS HERE TO STAY?
Source:Richard Barr – Featured Commentator
In a word, yes. However, to offer some encouraging support to the argument pro and con, a company simply named “Mercer” has assessed the state of the field of academic research into environmental, social, and corporate...[more] February 26, 2010 CEO Pay and the SEC: The Power of ShameSource:BusinessWeekMany people can recite the first half of Louis D. Brandeis' quote about the cleansing qualities of disclosure—"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants...." Few bother with the rest of the sentence, in which Brandeis... February 25, 2010 Corporate Governance: Whose Governance – Board Of Directors Or InvestorsSource:istockanalystThe global banking industry was thrown into turmoil and stock markets tumbled after US President Barack Obama, responding to public rage over the financial crisis, proposed the most far-reaching overhaul of Wall Street since the... February 25, 2010 How to Write a Code of Ethics for BusinessSource:Inc.A code of ethics can help a business determine its priorities and values. It can also help you down the line if one of your employees or vendors drags you into legal trouble February 25, 2010 Why Shareholders Are About To Be Heard — Big TimeSource:Joshua Brown, The Faster TimesEssentially, each Proxy Season, corporations send their ballots out to shareholders. The problem is, only around 30% actually bother to cast a vote one way or the other. In most cases, a company could have Adolf Hitler’s name... February 24, 2010 What Toyota Could Learn from TigerSource:BNET.comAs I write, Toyota is under the hot lights of a Congressional hearing, and it’s just the first round of a series of House and Senate investigations into what the company knows and when it knew it. How Toyota handles itself in the... [What would you find useful here?]
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