directors
Thursday, July 28, 2011
SEC Proxy Rules Decision
Bob discusses the DC Circuit Court decision regarding the SEC proxy rules in Dodd-Frank. The ruling "tells you more about the Court than it does the issue or the SEC." July 26, 2011. July 28, 2011 | CEO power , directors , SEC , proxy , Dodd-Frank , regulation
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Regarding the DC Circuit Court on SEC Proxy rules: a legal system that preserves the hegemony of the CEOs. What does a board do that would be impossible to do with an outside director there? July 26, 2011.
July 28, 2011 | CEO power
, directors
, SEC
, proxy
DC Circuit Court decision preserves CEO power
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Robert Monks discusses Director Liability
Bob Monks talks about director liability -- one of the "polite lies of corporate governance." June 16, 2011. June 29, 2011 | directors , independent directors , accountability , fiduciary duty , director liability
Thursday, January 1, 2004
Resolution submitted Exxon Annual Meeting 2004
2004 shareholder resolution to ExxonMobil proposing an independent chairman. January 1, 2004 | Exxon , annual meetings , directors , independent chairman , shareholder resolutions , shareholder resolutions , ownership
Sunday, May 5, 1991
The Oxymoron in the Board Room
Independent directors? Take a closer look at how boards are chosen. 1991 article by Bob Monks in the New York Times. May 5, 1991 | directors , corporate governance , independent directors
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
In thinking about director liability lately -- and it's a subject that never seems to go away -- I'm convinced that it's an underlying weakness in corporate governance. Can a director truly fulfill their required duty to shareholders if they are indemnified and insured against every action, word, deed…
June 29, 2011 | accountability
, directors
, fiduciary duty
, shareholder rights
, director liability
Director Liability is the Polite Lie at the Core of Corporate Governance
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Appearance of Reality: Directors
This is the fifth post in my effort to clarify corporate governance terms that now seem misleading to me. We all know what these words mean in a literal sense but in the context of governance, of business and of our post-crash world do they still mean the same… April 28, 2011 | accountability , directors , fiduciary duty , independent directors , Disinformation
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Directors: Like parsley on fish
Some reflections after reading What's a Director to Do? By Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen. The emergence of the CEO as autocrat has reduced the position of boards of directors to "parsley on fish." If a different system is desired, boards will have to change in virtually all… April 26, 2011 | accountability , fiduciary duty , board collegiality , directors , independent directors
Thursday, April 7, 2011
What's going on here? For $3 million you're going to take one of the great reputations in America and expose it to all measure of questions?
I talked with Ben Berkowitz of Reuters yesterday about the Berkshire Hathaway Board. Read the story. April 7, 2011 | directors , corporate governance , independent directors
Wednesday, March 9, 2011