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Corporate Governance and the Nonprofit Board of Directors: This article is about "Corporate responsibility" which is not a new concept for nonprofit boards of directors. But a series of high-profile Wall Street accounting scandals that have focused attention on standards of corporate governance, not just among public companies, but also among private companies and nonprofits. In light of...; Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Board, Board Of Directors, Faegre & Benson, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Leadership, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002: New Corporate Responsibility and Disclosure Requirements: The webcast provides briefing as a comentary on current legal issues, and it should not be considered a legal advice which depends upon the facts of each situation. The Sarbanes-Oxley act came into the effect on 7th July, 2002 after President Bush signed the law. "It was a sweeping overhaul."...; Tags: Audit, Corporate Responsibility, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Audit Committee, Financial Person, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Webcasts 2002-08-13
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: New Corporate Responsibility And Disclosure Requirements: A recent Act seeks to overhaul the nation's securities laws. It establishes a new, independent board for the accounting industry, creates higher standards for corporate governance and audit committees and ushers in transparency in corporate transactions. The paper focuses on the corporate governance framework and financial disclosure obligations for public...; Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Fulbright & Jaworski, Act, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Business Ethics, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, Finance; Presentations 2002-08-13
Ethics And Corporate Responsibility: Business ethics consists of a set of moral principles and values that govern the behavior of the organization with respect to what is right and what is wrong. Corporate Social Responsibility CSR spells out an organization's commitment towards society and is a measure of the organization's social responsiveness. Ethical issues...; Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, Organization, McGraw-Hill Companies, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, Business Operations; Presentations 2003-01-01
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: What Executives And Boards Should Know: From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act can be divided into accounting oversight provisions and corporate responsibility provisions. Although the Act only applies to public reporting companies, its accounting oversight provisions will have farther reaching effect because the changes made by the Act will eventually trickle down to all other...; Tags: Accounting, Corporate Responsibility, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Board, Bricker & Eckler, Accounting Oversight Provision, Corporate Responsibility Provision, Business Ethics, Sarbanes-Oxley, Corporate Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Leadership, Management, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2002-07-01

Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Compliance: A Different Kind of Pharmaceutical Merger: The resource document discusses a director's fiduciary obligations/duties, unique challenges faced by healthcare organization directors, and a list of eighteen questions, which Boards of Directors can use to further their understanding of their company's compliance program's scope and operations. This Alert provides a summary of the key "take-always" from the...; Tags: Benefits, Business Ethics, Business Operations, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Corporate Responsibility, Director, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Merger, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Resource Document; White papers 2003-04-01
Coke Needs Corporate Responsibility Image Refreshed After Battles Over Labor and Obesity: Coca-Cola is looking for help advertising its corporate social responsibility efforts in the U.K. and Europe. The soda company is considering pitches from WCRS, Publicis and Coke U.K. roster agency VCCP. Coke is highly sensitive on issues such as obesity, environment, child labor and poverty. by Jim Edwards; Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Coke U.K. Roster Agency, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Jim Edwards; Blog posts 2009-10-26

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 : Public Accounting and Corporate Reform Bill Becomes Law: On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 into law. The law provides sweeping changes to the oversight of the public accounting industry, increases corporate governance and disclosure standards for public companies. It increases the penalties for those that violate the securities laws. Foreign companies and...; Tags: Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Law, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management; White papers 2002-07-31
Century Communications and Centennial Cellular announce appointment of VP-Legal Affairs and Corporate Counsel: NEW CANAAN, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 17, 1997--Century Communications announced today that Clifford A. Bail has joined Century in the capacity of Vice President-Legal Affairs and Corporate Counsel. Bail, formally a Senior Partner at the law firm of Leavy Rosensweig & Hyman, will have responsibility for corporate legal and...; Tags: Business Wire, Cable, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, WIRELESS; Research articles 1997-01-17
Federal-Mogul Appoints Robert L. Katz, Vice President and General Counsel: SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Chairman, President and CEO Jose Maria Alapont announces the appointment of Robert L. Bobby Katz as vice president and general counsel, and an officer of the Company, effective January 8, 2007. Katz will assume overall global responsibility for all legal affairs at Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB:FDMLQ). "Bobby's...; Tags: Company, Federal-Mogul Corp., FINANCE, General Motors Corp., Investment, Strategy; Research articles 2006-12-12
A Real Death: Is Corporate Evil to Blame?: A Real Death: Is Corporate Evil to Blame?RE: A Real Death: Is Corporate Evil to Blame?I think we can go a long way toward determining what each of us should do about "evil" without getting hopelessly ensnared with a definition of evil. The first thing to note is, as...; Tags: Benefits, Corporate Evil; Discussion threads 2008-08-05
Landmark Corporate and Accounting Reform Law Seeks to Stem Financial Abuses: This article explains about the law signed by the president, a sweeping reform of corporate fraud, accounting and securities laws that aims to curb corporate financial abuses and restore confidence in U.S. markets. The article also describes about the Act which severely penalizes deceptive management and accounting practices, imposes new...; Tags: Accounting, Financial, SEC, McGuireWoods, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; White papers 2002-07-30
Reducing and Managing Workplace Absenteeism: Productivity loss due to absenteeism is a serious and growing challenge. In the United States, the annual cost to employers for time lost due to accidents is almost $100 billion, and other unscheduled worker absences costs even more. Absence management is a growing body of knowledge and experience that managers...; Tags: absenteeism, management, workplace, team; Articles 2007-03-27
Liabilties for Corporate Executives: Directors' and officers' liability is a dynamic area, especially as case law expands its scope and insurance products evolve to meet the changing legal landscape. Risk managers must continually assess the exposure to the corporation and its directors and officers to D&O claims, and be alert to new forms of...; Tags: Risk Manager, Officer, D&O, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance; White papers 2003-01-01
Indigenous Rights, Resistance, and the Law: Lessons from a Guatemalan Mine: ABSTRACT Using a case study of a controversial mine in an indigenous area of Guatemala, this article explores the transnational dynamics of development and regulation of large-scale extractive industry projects in the developing world. It examines the roles played in the Marlin mine dispute by national law, international law, international...; Tags: Glamis Gold Ltd., World Bank, World Bank Group; Research articles 2008-12-01
Corporate Governance Guidelines - Hilton Hotels Corporation: The Board of Directors of Hilton Hotels Corporation (the "Company"), acting on the recommendation of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, has developed and adopted a set of corporate governance principles (the "Guidelines") to promote the functioning of the Board and its committees and to set forth a common set...; Tags: Board, Hilton Hotels Corp., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law; White papers 2003-01-01
Legal and Ethical Challenges for Entrepreneurs in the New Age of Scrutiny: Since the collapse of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Worldcom, and the investigations at AOL Time Warner, Tyco, QWest, Global Crossing and other major companies, the public's trust in corporate leaders and financial markets has been virtually destroyed - the "public" meaning employees, shareholders and bondholders. What can be done to rebuild...; Tags: Duty, Board, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Entrepreneurship, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Director Compensation Up Dramatically at High-Tech Companies as Stocks Rise, Sarbanes-Oxley Increases Director Responsibility: NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley accounting reform law and other corporate governance reforms have increased outside directors' responsibility for protecting shareholders, America's top corporations have raised director compensation levels to attract and retain qualified people, according to a new survey by Frederic W. Cook...; Tags: Benefits, compensation, director, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NYSE Euronext, stock; Research articles 2004-10-13
Searching for transparency: corporate responsibilities in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: RIORITIES for corporate America are changing. Companies that want to be successful still care about earnings per share, but regulators now demand more for investors- responsibility and transparency. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rulemaking feature important corporate governance and securities reporting requirements. Companies have just...; Tags: accounting, audit, certification, Companies, director, FINANCE, financial, officer, Quality, Sec, SEC; Research articles 2002-10-01
Avery Dennison Names Richard P. Randall as Vice President, Corporate Governance and Associate General Counsel: PASADENA, Calif. -- Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) announced today that Richard P. Randall has been promoted to the position of vice president, corporate governance, associate general counsel and assistant secretary, effective June 1, 2007. In this role, Randall will retain primary responsibility for corporate and legal subsidiary matters,...; Tags: Randall; Research articles 2007-06-05