The Walt Disney Company has nominated Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of online social utility company Facebook, to be a new independent director of its board of directors, effective upon her election at the company’s next annual meeting on March 10, 2010.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...