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- Executives and Charity: One CEO's Approach
- How much should executives contribute to charity, either personally or by setting policies for their company? The figures of corporate performance tend to be rather bleak. According to a recent study by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, only about one percent of corporate profits goes to charity,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Five Big Challenges for CEO Compensation Committees
- As thousands of public companies contemplate the 2008 proxy season, which will once again center around the issue of CEO compensation, here's what smart comp committees ought to be thinking about: Get the math right. How can you get the resources and information to really get a...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- LIONORE MINING INTERNATIONAL LTD - Management Proxy Circular.
- LIONORE MINING INTERNATIONAL LTD. MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MEETING SOLICITATION OF PROXIES This management proxy circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the management of LionOre Mining International Ltd. (the "Corporation") of ...
- Research articles 2005-04-13
- Bank Bill Delayed in House, Senate Divided
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out of town for a Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving further...
- News items 2009-11-19
- SP 99 Is Underway - But Do Not Wait
- ISA has launched the SP99 standards committee to address the needs of cyber security in the manufacturing and control systems environment. Although the committee has a sense of urgency, the consensus standards setting process is time consuming. Manufacturers need to be evaluating their cyber security now. This paper offers some...
- White papers 2003-01-02
- Mental Illness Should Be Recognised as a Disability
- A House of Commons committee is urging better protection against discrimination for people with mental illness. Protection should also be extended for people with progressive illnesses and given to people with severe depression that lasts for more than six months. A joint parliamentary committee that was set up specifically to...
- White papers 2004-06-05
- Housing Counsel: You Have the Right to Fly the American Flag
- Most community associations throughout the country have some form of architectural review committee. Although the scope of these committees varies, the general theme is that in order to keep some semblance of uniformity and balance within the association, unit owners must receive advance approval from a committee before any exterior...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- OPerational Risk (OPR)
- This template is used for OPerational Risk OPR with OPR ref list and OPR loss ref list.
- Tools & templates 2006-10-16
- Communication, Decision-Making And The Optimal Degree Of Transparency Of Monetary Policy Committees
- This paper develops a theoretical model of dynamic decision-making of a monetary policy committee with heterogeneous members. It investigates the optimal transparency, and the optimal way of transmitting information of committees, by analysing the effects different communication strategies have on financial markets. It is shown that the communication strategy of...
- White papers 2008-02-11
- Bernanke on Restoring Fiscal Balance
- In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. is now on a process of "slow and gradual repair" but urged planning for "the restoration of fiscal balance."
- Videos 2009-06-03
- Securities Industry Outlook Brightens in 1Q 2001
- The Basel committee on banking supervision of the bank of international settlements is a committee comprised of banking supervisory authorities in G10. The committee has released a proposal for a new capital adequacy framework that would replace the prior accord which was issued in 1988. When finalized & adopted the...
- White papers 2001-02-28
- Natural Gas Infrastructure Issues
- This report makes a significant commitment to the overall understanding of energy interrelationships today, particularly the linkage between natural gas and electricity, and the price of energy resources. The release of the Committee draft of this report, several parties asked the Energy Commission to delay adoption of the report so...
- White papers 2001-10-01
- Bank Bill Delayed in House, Senate Divided
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out of town for a Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving further...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Financial Statements and Related Disclosures
- Financial statements are at the center of business reporting. The Committee's study confirmed the importance of financial statements — they generally provide users with essential information that heavily influences their decisions. Despite the general vote of confidence, however, users were strongly critical about certain aspects of financial statements and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Audit Committee Strategic Plan
- The PCIE is charged with conducting interagency and inter-entity audit, inspection and investigation projects to effectively and efficiently deal with government-wide issues of fraud, waste and abuse. The Council accomplishes this through committee activity. This article explains goals, objectives and performances measures of auditing committee.
- White papers 2002-10-01
- SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Disclosure About Nominating Committees and Communications Between Shareholders and Directors
- Article narrates the rule adopted by SEC for nominating committees and communications between shareholders and directors of the organization. It talks about the changes adopted by SEC to the Proxy Rules to "enhance the transparency of the operation of boards of directors. The new rule requires a statement as to...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Proposed SEC Rule Would Increase Disclosure About Nominating Committees
- Article focuses on rules proposed by SEC that increases disclosure about nominating committees. It enhances the transparency of the operation of boards of directors. Currently the Proxy Rules require a company to disclose whether it has a nominating committee and, if so, whether the nominating committee considers nominees proposed by...
- White papers 2003-08-19
- New NLRB Ruling May Ease Restrictions On Employee Committees
- In a decision made some years ago, some employee involvement committees were invalidated on the theory that they were actually a ‘labor organization' dominated or supported by the employer in violation of an Act. Now a new ruling aims to ease such restrictions on employee committees. With this, the employers...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- NLRB Rules That Some Labor-Management Committees Are Legal, But Workers Should Remain Skeptical
- US labor law has outlawed the establishment of employer dominated labor organizations, since long. But in recent years, business leaders have been pushing hard to promote labor-management committees as a way to promote cooperation and teamwork. A recent ruling has opened the door for greater employee involvement in management...
- White papers 2000-08-07
- A New Design For Committees
- Few aspects of organizational life cause more frustration and waste more time than committees. At the same time, a group of people focused on a task can be a most valuable resource. The difference is in how the group is structured and how it operates. It is essential to redesign...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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