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Articles from boardprospects.com
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Companies Facing Significant Activist Pressure
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Engine No. 1 CEO Jennifer Grancio on the Firm's New Approach After Winning The Battle Against Exxon
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Adam Neumann in His First Public Interview Since Leaving WeWork
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Question of The Week -- October 29, 2020
Read Full ArticleAs outlined this past week by The Boston Globe, executives and board members at pharmaceutical companies involved in the development of Covid-19 vaccines have been amassing small fortunes during the past few months through the sale of stock they own in those companies -- benefiting from public speculation on the efficacy of such vaccines. Although legally, on its face, there is nothing wrong with such sales, is it time for the SEC to take a closer look at placing restrictions on stock sales by insiders at pharmaceutical companies?
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Question of The Week -- October 22, 2020
Read Full ArticleThe Wall Street Journal reported this past week that 4 recent large financial scandals were all previously audited by Ernst & Young -- "While it wasn’t possible to pinpoint why EY has had so many recent audit clients with financial scandals, certain elements of EY’s business strategy might help explain the cluster of blowups. EY had ties with executives and board members at some of its troubled audit clients. In some cases, former EY partners sat on the companies’ boards, including on their audit committees."
Should former Auditors (Partners & Senior Managers of CPA firms) NOT be permitted to serve on ...
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Question of The Week -- October 15, 2020
Read Full ArticleRecruiting high-value board members is always a challenge for non-profit organizations -- and this is especially true during the Covid-19 pandemic. Should non-profits compensate board members as away to attract top talent?
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Question of The Week -- October 8, 2020
Read Full ArticleShould all boards have an ad hoc committee addressing Covid-19 -- not only the impact upon the business but also the oversight of re-opening? If so, what is the appropriate scope of such a committee?
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Question of The Week -- October 1, 2020
Read Full ArticleWith Governor Gavin Newsom's signing of Assembly Bill 979 on Wednesday, California became the first state in the nation to mandate corporations to have board members from racial or sexual minorities. Do you believe legislating board diversity is appropriate?
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Cramer Recommends Palantir at the Right Price, But Says its Governance is Most ‘egregious’ Since WeWork
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Question of The Week
Read Full Article"Overboarding" -- or serving on too many boards, continues to be a problem in corporate governance. Not only does it potentially stretch a board member too thin in regard to their ability to provide the appropriate attention to a particular board, it also serves as an impediment to board refreshment. What are appropriate limitations for service on multiple boards?
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Question of The Week -- September 17, 2020
Read Full ArticleShould you only accept a board position if you would be willing to one day serve as Non-Executive Chairman of that board?
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Carl Icahn: "I Fired 12 Floors of People"
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Question of The Week -- September 10, 2020
Read Full ArticleAt what point, if ever, does the failure or misconduct of a CEO (e.g. Dennis Muilenburg at Boeing, or Steve Easterbrook at McDonald's) rise to such a level that the entire board of directors needs to be replaced?
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Question of The Week -- September 3, 2020
Read Full ArticleAs board meetings and annual shareholder meetings have now gone virtual in the era of Covid, what, if any, will be the major corporate governance trends to emerge from the pandemic?
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Question of The Week -- August 27, 2020
Read Full ArticleThe average age of public company directors is now 62 years old. Should age diversification (i.e. the addition of younger executives and leaders) be taken into consideration by nominating committees when recruiting new directors?
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Question of The Week -- August 20, 2020
Read Full ArticleThe average size of a corporate board in the U.S. is now 9.2 directors -- and that number has come down during the past decade. As the decrease in the number of directors serves as an impediment to board refreshment and overall diversification, should NYSE and NASDAQ require a minimum board size (beyond the listing requirement that an Audit Committee have at least 3 members)?
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Question of The Week -- August 13, 2020
Read Full ArticleAccording to a report from Spencer Stuart, 71% of S&P 500 boards have a mandatory retirement age for directors -- and 46% of those set the age at 75 or older. Should the listing requirements from NYSE and NASDAQ require a mandatory board retirement age?
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Question of The Week -- August 6, 2020
Read Full ArticleRecent shareholder derivative lawsuits against Facebook, Oracle and Qualcomm raise the following question: Should directors be held liable for the failure of their companies to diversify their board and executive management teams?
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Question of The Week -- July 30, 2020
Read Full ArticleThe list of sought-after credentials in board candidates continues to grow -- but in one word, what should be the most important trait in a new board candidate?
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Question of The Week - July 23 2020
Read Full ArticleA report released earlier this week by Bain & Company, "Covid-19: Is Your Board Hitting the Brakes on CEO Succession?", found that CEO transitions worldwide fell in April and May 2020 compared with same months in 2019. Is it prudent for boards to be reluctant to remove a CEO in a time of crisis?
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Question of the Week -- July 16
Read Full ArticleDick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) just appointed current NFL player Larry Fitzgerald to its Board of Directors. Fitzgerald joins a growing list of athletes and celebrities serving on corporate boards. Do such board appointments benefit shareholders?
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Investor Activism Has Fallen Off a Cliff, Lazard's Rossman Says
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Question of the Week -- July 9 2020
Read Full ArticleAre there any valid arguments remaining for the use of classified board structures (where director elections are staggered as opposed to annual)?
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