A blog concerning accountability By Hank Boerner, Chairman of Governance & Accountability Institute


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NOT EASY BEING ON THE RECEIVING END OF GOVERNMENT RESCUE? AIG’S CEO IS IN THE HOT SEAT AND MEDIA, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CRITICS KEEPING WATCH

November 12, 2008

Two months ago when the massive federal government’s bailout of large banks and financial service firms began, the largest flow of cash to a private company went to AIG (American International Group), the nation’s largest...[more]

DOING IT RIGHT – EYES ON MACY’S

November 11, 2008

Are you seeing the delightful TV commercials currently being placed by Macy’s? A parade of stars from movies and television are being featured in the original settings portrayed by the actors – with scenes from such movies as...[more]

AS WE SURVEY THE CARNAGE IN THE CAPITAL MARKETS, THE 2009 BURNING QUESTION WILL BE: WHAT REGULATIONS, AND OVERSIGHT ARE REALLY NEEDED GOING FORWARD?

November 10, 2008

The new president and his administration will have lots of issues awaiting them on “Day Two,” after the inaugural balls have ended and the partygoers have flown home. One of the biggest headaches – one that may have President...[more]

NEXT UP FOR A RESCUE: IT’S THE US AUTO INDUSTRY… AS THE BIG THREE APPEAL FOR TAXPAYER RELIEF

November 07, 2008

The leadership of the US auto industry traveled from Motor City to Capital Hill yesterday to plead for federal government intervention in their business affairs…as the American economic situation worsened. This was an important...[more]

REACHING BACK TO FDR FOR HISTORY’S LESSONS – WILL THEY BE APPLICABLE IN JANUARY 2009?

November 06, 2008

We heard today that President-elect Barack Obama’s advisors are scouring the records for examples of the crises events that faced President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt 75 years ago, when FDR took the oath of office. Some of...[more]

HISTORY WAS MADE YESTERDAY – AND WE CAN CONTINUE

November 05, 2008

What drama we’ve been witness to, unfolding over the past year-and-a-half, when the first candidacies were announced by aspiring presidential hopefuls in both major political parties – remember Romney and Edwards and Huckabee and...[more]

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING… AS WE NEARED THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF?

November 03, 2008

Hello again. This commentator’s voice was temporarily “semi-silenced” in early October by a minor stroke. I was in New York City at a luncheon meeting when a tiny blood clot laid me low. Happy to report I expect full...[more]

ON THE AMERICAN FLAG – HONOR OR DISHONOR? DO POLITICAL PARTIES HANDLE FLAG-THINGS THE RIGHT WAY? WHAT ABOUT FLAG-ACCOUNTABILITY?

September 08, 2008

September 6, 2008 – It’s a Saturday, slow news day for the most part, and the cable guys and gals are a-chattering! Seems that when the Democrats left their huge love-in for their presidential candidates at Invesco Field in...[more]

THIS AND THAT – NATIONAL PARKS AND TIMBER HARVESTING AND …LAND PRESERVATION – AND EXPLOITATION OF AMERICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES – THE CONTROVERSIES CONTINUE 100 YEARS AFTER “TR”

August 15, 2008

The Washington Post reports that “secret negotiations” that were going on between the US Forest Service and a publicly-traded company – Plum Creek Timber Company (NYSE: PCL) – would allow the company to use taxpayer-owned land to...[more]

IT’S A COMPLICATED WORLD FOR CORPORATE LEADERS, ISN’T IT?

August 13, 2008

Each day’s news flow across this commentator’s desk brings a series of news reports that point to the complicated world in which executives and boards make decisions – and which stakeholders and stockholders in some way react to!...[more]

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