Corporate Governance Articles
The Corporate Governance Articles library holds articles related to the cutting-edge of corporate governance today. Articles are organized by the following categories:
Principles-based Governance
Board of Directors Issues
Principles-based Governance
Principles-Based Governance of Executive Compensation
By Donald Delves and Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Spring 2010
From Directors & Boards Magazine
This is an update on the IDEC Project. San Juan Cafferty and Delves explain the importance of principles-based compensation, share the six principles that Project participants advocate as a starting point for boards, and mention that two boards are committed to this process while others are considering it.
Board of Directors Issues
Succession Planning: A ‘Must-Do’
By Don Delves
FEI, May 2010
Planning for management succession is everyone’s job – starting with the board of directors – and should be linked to the performance evaluation and promotion process for senior managers.
How Boards Can Hold Executives Accountable
By Donald P. Delves
March 18, 2010
From Forbes.com
Delves suggests that executive compensation should include rewards for those who develop successors by promoting from within, and foster innovation. This is the first in a series of articles on each of the IDEC Project principles: accountability.
The Evolution of the Compensation Committee
By Don Delves
Director & Boards, 2008
Corporate America is entering a new era of higher-quality corporate governance, bringing boards of directors to a new level of responsibility and accountability to shareholders and other key stakeholders. The catalyst for this change has not been just Sarbanes-Oxley, the Enron debacle, or new accounting rules for stock options, although each has had some influence. Rather, boards of directors of publicly traded companies, in general, are just plain doing a better job.
