Index
Accountability
Activist firms
Activists. See also Shareholder activists
governance
institutional
pay decisions
Administrative costs
Aflac
Alignment
Allen, William
Allstate
Ambac Assurance
American International Group (AIG)
Anderson, Richard
Andreessen, Marc
Apotheker, Léo
Application Techniques in Enterprise Risk Management (COSO)
Arthur Andersen
Association of Corporate Counsel
Atkins, Betsy
Audit committee
Audit Committee Effectiveness (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Audit committee performance
external auditors
internal auditors
management
Auditor attestation
Auditor reporting obligations
Augustine, Norman
Bair, Sheila
Bank fraud
Bank of America
Barings Bank
Bear Stearns
Berkshire Hathaway
Bernstein, Peter
Best practices
Black swans
Blankfein, Lloyd
Board book
Board governance models
about
considerations
dual boards
full-time boards
shareholders' authority
Board of directors. See also Personal liability of directors; Pitfall avoidance
agendas
and alignment
annual workload
communication timing to
communication with shareholders
composition of
with constituent groups
distractions
dynamics within
failures of
groupthink in
with internal divisions
monitoring role
newly-mandated practices
oversight
oversight vs. management
performance measures role
pitfalls
responsibilities for risk management
responsibility allocation
responsibilities of
risk averse
roles of
time limitations
tone at the top
value addition areas
Board of directors, structural issues
CEO powers
chairman-CEO, combined ...
