All Boards & Shareholders articles – Page 14
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CCO reporting to a board
A look at some best practices for chief compliance officers to follow when reporting to the board of directors.
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Bluegreen Vacations names chief legal and compliance officer
Bluegreen Vacations, a vacation ownership company, has named Jorge de la Osa as executive vice president, chief legal and compliance officer.
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Companies grapple with guns
Gun bans and NRA boycotts may just be the start of new risk management strategies and corporate governance reforms. The true test of corporate mettle will come as the media furor dies down.
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Former McDonald's executive to join Welbilt board
Welbilt, a global provider of commercial foodservice equipment, has nominated Janice Fields to stand for election to its board of directors at its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2018.
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The role of boards is to ‘put sand in the shoes of management’
One of the ongoing questions from members of boards of directors is how to resolve the tension between oversight and managing. An excellent starting point to understanding this role is to consider the metaphor, “put sand in the shoes of management.”
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Key factors to consider in any board-led investigation
Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other legal issue arises. Many boards, however, do not have the same rigor when it comes to an investigation, which should be conducted or led by the board itself, writes The Man From the ...
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Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm gets complicated
A government agency has forced a delay to a shareholder meeting that would have set the stage for a hostile takeover of the company at the heart of smartphone technology.
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Distilling compliance lessons from Novartis
Ethics and compliance officers in the pharmaceutical industry can learn a lot from the troubles of Novartis, which faced a firestorm of criticism from shareholders at its last annual meeting.
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Top issues at shareholder meetings include global trade, misconduct
Executive misconduct, cyber-breaches, global trade concerns, demands for transparency, and historic changes brought about by the new tax law are among the topics being discussed in corporate board rooms, according to a new report by BDO USA.
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Autoliv elects two new board members
Autoliv, an automotive safety systems company, has added two new independent directors to the Autoliv Board, Hasse Johansson and Thaddeus “Ted” Senko, effective March 2. With the addition of Johansson and Senko, Autoliv has expanded its board size from nine to eleven directors.
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The board's role in internal controls
Internal controls for a board or board compliance committee should be broken down into five concepts, says The Man From FCPA.
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CCO reporting to the board
Chief compliance officer reporting to the appropriate board of director’s compliance committee has to be structured carefully to promote ethics and compliance. Inside are five best practices that should guide the reporting.
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Compliance lessons from the HP-Autonomy fiasco
The Man From FCPA discusses the reasons behind one of the greatest corporate disasters in the past few years: the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett-Packard.
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Board’s prudent discharge of compliance obligations
A look at how board members might want to enhance their prudent discharge to shareholders in regard to the FCPA, as the SEC and Justice Department could be giving it their full attention.
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OIG guidance for boards on compliance
It turns out that 2015 guidance from the OIG provides an excellent roadmap in today’s world for how companies can structure a compliance committee for their board and for the board’s obligations.
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SEC’s Jackson seeks dual-share compromise with ‘sunset’ provisions
SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson is urging exchanges to prohibit companies with dual-class shareholder structures from listing if that arrangement does not include sunset provisions.
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How much disruption can shareholder activists cause?
The rising trend toward shareholder activism has incited boards of directors to seek defensive measures, but do shareholders pose that much of a threat?
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Does your board have a compliance expert?
The Federal Reserve Bank this month assessed a penalty against Wells Fargo for the bank’s widespread customer abuse from its fraudulent accounts scandal, other regulatory violations, and lack of response by the bank’s doard of directors to these problems and other risk management issues.
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Why board oversight matters, in investing and compliance
The case of Outcome Health is a clear lesson for the anti-corruption compliance practitioner: Levels of oversight not only provide a backup to make sure that no mistake should slip through, but also the rigor of financial oversight.
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HomeStreet appoints new board member
HomeStreet, the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, has appointed Mark Patterson to the board of directors of the company and the board of directors of the bank.