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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer	Watching the Insiders An interview with Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a research group that evaluates corporate governance policies, on why a rep should consider a company's corporate governance when deciding which stocks to purchase for a client.
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IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko	Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.
Knowledge@Wharton December 18, 2002	Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Louis Lavelle	Governance: Backlash In The Executive Suite Many in America's business community say reform is going too far, as activists dig in.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run.
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003	Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment.
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Mallory Stark	Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt.
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Capel et al.	Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights.
Knowledge@Wharton	Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance...
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BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor	Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway.
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game.
CFO September 1, 2010 Joseph McCafferty	Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
CFO May 1, 2003 Arthur Levitt	You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk	Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now.
Knowledge@Wharton May 21, 2003	Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling?
BusinessWeek January 22, 2007 Byrnes & Sasseen	Board of Hard Knocks Activist shareholders, tougher rules, and anger over CEO pay have put directors on the hot seat.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Henry et al.	The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle	A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.
HBS Working Knowledge September 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects.
CFO August 1, 2006 Don Durfee	More Rules, Higher Profits? New research shows that good governance practices may reduce your cost of capital.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Bill Mann	An Open Letter to CryptoLogic In an effort to open a dialogue with this stock pick about its compensation policies, the author sends this letter to the company's board of directors on the heels of a discussion he had with the company's director of communications.
CIO January 15, 2003 Meridith Levinson	Get On Board - Corporate Governance CIOs are being sought-after to serve on corporate boards, a unique opportunity to help right many wrongs. But there are risks -- you must be prepared, be aware and be diligent when you jump on board.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Dayana Yochim	It's Time for a Shareholder Revolution The Shareholder Bill of Rights Act is the most prominent, widely publicized proposal on corporate governance to come out of this crisis.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Rich Duprey	Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Bennett Voyles	Greed, Blatant Conflicts --- At Your Fingertips Web sites where you can learn which companies have corporate governance issues.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit?
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HBS Working Knowledge July 5, 2006 Joseph Hinsey	Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate.
CFO October 1, 2002 Ronald Fink	Other People's Money To encourage fund managers to act solely in the interests of shareholders, activists want their proxy votes disclosed.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Alyce Lomax	A Shift Toward Shareholder Rights Shareholder-friendly policies may become an increasing priority in corporate America.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America.
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HBS Working Knowledge December 22, 2003 Martha Lagace	How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter.
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan	Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat.
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