This best-selling book provides concise, practical
guidance to corporate directors in meeting their responsibilities. The focus is
on the role of the individual director in the context of the duties and
functions of the board and its key committees: audit, nominating and
governance, and compensation. This authoritative guide will help directors
effectively fulfill their duties to the corporation.
Relevant to all corporate directors, the Corporate
Director's Guidebook, Eighth Edition explores the role of directors
in the ever-evolving area of engagement between a corporation and its
shareholders. Director decisions and oversight responsibilities continue to be
subject to a significant level of public and shareholder scrutiny. To help
directors engage in effective oversight and decision-making processes, as well
as effectively fulfill their duties to the corporation, this eighth edition
covers:
- Joining a board-evaluation, expectations, and your
contributions - Duties of the corporate director, including
special situations and under the federal securities laws - Director rights and duties, including the
allocation of rights and duties among directors, shareholders, and management - How boards and board committees are structured and
operate - Risk oversight and compliance
- Board composition, diversity, skills, and
compensation - The role and operations of the audit,
compensation, and nominating governance committees - Relationship between the board and shareholders
- Fiduciary duties with respect to the mergers and
acquisitions and defensive actions - And much more!
