WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Directors of public companies are strengthening their boards' structures, processes and commitment to director professionalism. These findings, among many others, were revealed in today's release of the 2011 NACD Public Company Governance Survey. The 2011 survey provides insights from nearly 1,300 public companies and 2,400 proxy statements on a wide range of issues including shareholder communications, CEO succession planning, director competence, proxy disclosure requirements and executive compensation. The results of the NACD survey indicate how engaged directors can create strong boards and help create strong companies--which are essential for our country and our economy today," said Kenneth Daly, CEO and president of NACD. "The 2011 NACD P...
Fiduciary duty is one of the most litigated areas in corporate law and the subject of much academic attention, yet one important question has been ignored: Should fiduciary liability be assessed individually, where directors are examined one-by-one for compliance, or collectively, where the board's compliance as a whole is all that matters? The choice between individual and collective assessment may be the difference between a director's liability and her exoneration, may affect how boards function, and informs the broader fiduciary duty literature in important ways. This Article is the first to explore the individual/collective question and suggest a systematic way to approach it. This Article offers both a descriptive examination of how some courts have answered this question (often i...
THE word retirement does not exist in Datuk Jaffar Indot's vocabulary. At 76, when most people his age look forward to a lifetime of rest and recreation, Jaffar is busy trying to raise the bar of professionalism among company directors via the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD). He tells Sharmila Valli Narayanan of his spectacular corporate career with Shell Malaysia, explains why MACD is important for corporate Malaysia and shares the secrets of a happy marriage. DATUK Jaffar Indot's appearance belies his age. At 76, his handsome features have settled well with age. He is the epitome of someone who has grown old gracefully. One can imagine how he must have looked all those years ago when he swept his wife Datin Patricia off her feet while serenading her when he was the le...
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting their ongoing commitment to advance diversity in the boardroom, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and PwC co- hosted more than 120 corporate leaders to discuss opportunities for women in the boardroom on September 15 in New York City. The forum was the latest step in NACD's efforts to increase diversity in boardrooms across Corporate America. NACD is absolutely for diversity, absolutely for women on boards, and that's why we're here," said keynote speaker Barbara Hackman Franklin, chairman of NACD, director of Aetna, Dow Chemical and American Funds, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. "In order for boards to fulfill their mission and act as an effective, independent overseer of management, they must incorpora...
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. corporate directors are optimistic about the economy's strength moving into 2011 and beyond, according to the quarterly NACD Board Confidence Index (BCI), a leading indicator of the health of the economy as viewed through the corporate boardroom lens. The Q4 2010 survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Heidrick & Struggles and Pearl Meyer & Partners, revealed a gain in confidence of almost 14% compared to last quarter, and reinforces the positive assessment of the economy that President Obama offered in his recent State of the Union address. NACD's BCI for Q4 2010 rose to 64.4, reflecting a positive outlook about long-term economic growth amidst rising corporate profits and a rebounding stock market. Becaus...
This study investigates the proposition that women directors have positive effects on the gender composition of senior management by examining their impact on the number of women corporate officers, the number of women officers holding line jobs, the presence of a critical mass of women officers, the extent to which women officers hold powerful titles, and women officers' pay. To determine the relationship between women directors and women officers, the author undertook a series of linear and logistic regression tests on the companies in the 1999 Fortune 500 list using the following variables. The findings of this study empirically support the notion that women corporate board directors and top management gender diversity are positively related. Since the empirical data on women corpora...
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