"[I don't think you understand] just how limited my role is," said Kenneth Feinberg, special master of compensation for the Obama administration, at the
Directorship Boardroom Leaders Forum at the Metropolitan Club in New York City Monday evening. Feinberg clarified his role, noting that "czar is a terrible
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Welcome to the third edition of the
Directorship 100, the who’s who of the corporate governance community, or, more accurately defined, the most influential people in the boardroom. When we set out three years ago to identify those 100 individuals who exert the most profound influence on the boardroom agenda, it
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As he was leaving an interview with the Times of London, Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, bantered with a reporter saying, "I'm off to do God's work," resulting in viral rampage of his off-the-cuff remark. Asked later how he should act in front of the media, Blankfein said he's been told to "do anything but be
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Environmental disclosure is a top priority on many boardroom agendas. The Obama administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the leadership of Chairman Mary Schapiro, are ardent in their pursuit to reform corporate environmental disclosure practices.
Recently, the SEC formed the Investor Advisory
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Now that financial markets have calmed down enough that companies can focus on longer-term business prospects, one thing that directors have to worry about is whether they will be re-elected in the coming 2010 proxy season. A host of new proxy rule developments make it more likely that shareholders will exercise their
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