Governance & Business Ethics Publications

2005

1. 2005 Institutional Investment Report: U.S. and International Trends

   September 2005 | Research Report

   This report covers the most relevant aspects of domestic and international institutional investment trends.

2007

1. 2007 Institutional Investment Report

   February 2007 | Research Report

   This report is widely regarded as the most definitive source of information on U.S. institutional investor ownership and control.

2008

1. 2008 Institutional Investment Report

   September 2008 | Research Report

   This report tracks the influence that major categories of institutional investors have on U.S. equity markets and on the ownership structure of U.S. corporations.

2009

1. 2009 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report

   March 2010 | Research Report

   This report analyzes director compensation and board structures in U.S.-based public companies based on proxy data through May 2009 from 2,436 companies and the results of a 2009 survey of corporate secretaries by The Conference Board.

2. 2009 Institutional Investment Report

   October 2009 | Research Report

   The Institutional Investment report, which is released annually in the fall, is the most comprehensive analysis of the asset growth and portfolio composition of institutional investors operating in the United States.

2010

1. 2010 Institutional Investment Report: Trends in Asset Allocation and Portfolio Composition

   November 2010 | Research Report

   The annual Institutional Investment report provides a comprehensive analysis of the asset growth and portfolio composition of institutional investors operating in the United States.

2. 2010 U.S. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report

   October 2010 | Research Report

   The 2010 U.S. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices Report analyzes findings from a survey of 279 corporate secretaries administered by The Conference Board in May and June 2010.

2011

1. 2011 U.S. Director Compensation and Board Practices Report

   November 2011 | Research Report

   This report analyzes findings from a 2011 survey of 334 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2010 and on board practices.

2. 2011 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report

   September 2011 | Research Report

   This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

2012

1. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report

   October 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

   Navigating the Management/Shareholder Partnership: Making Performance Really Matter

2. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report

   January 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

   Paying for Performance Alignment

A

1. Achieving Pay for Performance

   December 2012 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the three dimensions of pay for performance, demonstrates how to measure them using historical pay data, and presents a simple pay plan that achieves perfect pay for performance using annual grants of performance shares.

2. Achieving a Successful Annual Meeting

   January 2013 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the current environment in which companies must conduct their annual meetings and offers suggestions for management and boards to help achieve a successful meeting that informs and educates shareholders.

3. Activism and the Move toward Annual Director Elections

   December 2011 | Director Notes

   This report documents the extent to which activism pushes corporations to implement annual elections and compares the influence different forms of activism.

4. After Enron It's Back to Basics: 10 Questions Boards of Directors Need to Ask

   June 2002 | Executive Action Report

   The adversarial history of corporate governance, the responsibilities required of directors, effective board processes, and red flag processes.

5. Are You In or Out? In-House vs. Outside Counsel

   January 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Some companies use outside counsel, but many small and midsize companies have made the switch to in-house counsel to combat their ballooning fees. What is the right move for your company?

6. Are You the Next Enron? Why you might be . . . and what to do about it

   August 2002 | Executive Action Report

   A Conference Board survey finds that even corporate ethics officers believe there is still more talk than action going on when it comes to ethics in the business world.

7. Assessing Pay for Performance

   October 2011 | Director Notes

   This report explores five interpretations of the “pay for performance” concept, presents a practical way to measure it, and offers questions for directors to consider to assess and improve pay for performance at their company.

8. Allure of Private Equity and Its Impact on Performance Pay in Publicly Held Companies

   March 2008 | Executive Action Report

   Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, privateequity packages may not help public sector companies win the war for talent.

B

1. A Brief Overview of Corporate Governance Reforms in India

   December 2010 | Director Notes

   This report briefly outlines the process undertaken to reform India’s corporate governance laws. It also provides an overview of Clause 49, the pending corporate governance-related provisions in the Companies Bill, and the MCA’s Corporate Governance Volun

2. Beyond Compliance: The Future of Risk Management

   January 2005 | Executive Action Report

   According to recent interviews with business managers, Enterprise Risk Management is gaining ground as a comprehensive approach for evaluating activities and assessing a multitude of risks associated with conducting business.

3. Board Asia Newsletter

   September 2012 | Periodical

   Quarter Three 2012

4. Board Asia Newsletter

   July 2012 | Periodical

   Quarter Two 2012

5. Board Diversity and Director Qualifications

   August 2010 | Director Notes

   This is the third in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

6. Board Diversity in U.S. Corporations: Best Practices for Broadening the Profile of Corporate Boards

   January 1999 | Research Report

   Major organizations have found that diversity at the board level is a tool for success. This study covers the how's and why's of board diversity.

7. Board Leadership Structure

   August 2010 | Director Notes

   This Director Notes is the second in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure

8. Board Oversight of Management’s Risk Appetite and Tolerance

   December 2012 | Director Notes

   This Director Notes analyzes the handicaps created by current risk oversight and assurance approaches and tools, highlights six goals for boards in executing their risk oversight duties, and provides practical advice for directors on how to achieve them.

9. Building an Ethical Company

   September 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Whether large, small, or medium-sized, ethics and compliance programs are now essential to a company's DNA.

10. Bar Is Rising on Sustainability Leadership

    January 2013 | Director Notes

    Companies are putting more effort and investment into demonstrating good corporate citizenship on environmental, social and related governance factors. However, research shows that it may be getting harder for them to gain recognition for doing so.

11. Board Evaluation Process in the UK and Selected Continental European Countries

    November 2011 | Council Perspectives

    This Council Perspectives examines the differences in practices and requirements between several European countries including the UK regarding board evaluations and individual committee evaluations, and includes samples.

12. Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility

    June 2011 | Director Notes

    This report documents some of the potential bottom-line benefits to companies of being attentive to CSR: reducing cost and risk, gaining competitive advantage, developing and maintaining legitimacy and reputational capital, and achieving win-win outcomes

C

1. A Closer Look at Negative Say-on-Pay Votes During the 2011 Proxy Season

   July 2011 | Director Notes

   More than 2,200 Russell 3000 ® Index companies have held say-on-pay votes this annual meeting season. This report analyzes the results of votes held through June 17, 2011, across several metrics.

2. CEO Succession Practices: 2012 Edition

   April 2012 | Research Report

   An analysis of succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies in 2011.

3. CEO Succession Practices: 2013 Edition

   April 2013 | Research Report

   An analysis of succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies in 2012.

4. CEO-Board Chair Separation: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

   June 2013 | Director Notes

   One of the most contentious corporate governance issues is board leadership, specifically whether sitting CEOs should also serve as board chairs. This report examines three types of CEO-board chair separation and their consequences on company performance.

5. CEOs and The Glass House

   May 2004 | Executive Action Report

   This report is based on John R. Hall's remarks to The Conference Board's Director Institute. Hall emphasized the need for boards to ensure that ethical procedures are followed, and the company's Chief Executive Officer carefully monitored.

6. Can You Gain the Whole World Without Losing Your Soul?

   November 2008 | The Conference Board Review

   While supply chains and markets are global as never before, the typical corporate-globalization model remains stubbornly colonial in its ambition and execution as organizations colonize one market at a time.

7. Case Studies in Strategic Performance Measurement

   February 1997 | Research Report

   How do you measure strategic performance effectively? Here are real-world answers from corporations that have done it.

8. Charting a Path to Sustainability Leadership

   November 2012 | Director Notes

   This report looks at the potential benefits of demonstrating good environmental, social, and governance performance and discusses five traits of companies that excel in the operational and communication dimensions of sustainability.

9. Collaboration Between Multistakeholder Standards: A Governance Perspective

   June 2012 | Director Notes

   This report examines the nature, benefits, and shortcomings of existing multistakeholder corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards, and it discusses how businesses can better coordinate their participation in a variety of initiatives.

10. Collapse: Alan Wurtzel helped make Circuit City a great company. And then he set out to learn why it failed.

    October 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    A Q&A with Alan Wurtzel, former chairman and CEO of Circuit City and author of "Good to Great to Gone."

11. Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise

    January 2003 | Research Report

    This report details the recommendations on executive compensation, corporate governance, and accounting and audit practices made by The Conference Board's Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.

12. Committed Management Builds Sustainable Enterprises

    March 2005 | Executive Action Report

    This report considers how some Europe-based businesses are integrating environmental, social, and corporate governance reporting into their mainstream activities.

13. Communicating Corporate Performance: A Delicate Balance

    July 1997 | Research Report

    This executive summary looks at how global companies communicate their strategic performance measures to investors.

14. Communicating Sustainability Leadership The Difficulty of Achieving Differentiation

    April 2013 | Director Notes

    The report presents an analysis of real and perceived sustainability performance across and within industries to highlight the importance of communications in helping to drive positive perception of the corporate brand.

15. Company Focus on the Risk of Third-Party Misconduct — A New Strategic Consideration

    November 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The need for partners in global markets, and the competitive and external pressures for high standards of business conduct from governments, international organizations, and NGOs are resulting in an increased company focus on third-party business conduct.

16. Company Programs for Resisting Corrupt Practices: A Global Study

    October 2000 | Research Report

    This report looks at policies, practices, and procedures that represent standards of best practice for company efforts to resist corrupt practices.

17. Compensation-Related Risk and Compensation Consultants

    August 2010 | Director Notes

    This is the last in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

18. Conducting Independent Investigations

    August 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Corporate leaders now must determine whether to conduct an independent investigation in response to a legal, regulatory, or corporate integrity crisis.

19. Corporate Behavior Standards: A Worldwide Call to Reform

    May 2003 | Executive Action Report

    The worldwide effort to restore public and investor trust in companies and their executives following recent corporate scandals in both the United States and Europe has spawned numerous calls for change in corporate conduct.

20. Corporate Director Selection and Recruitment: A Matrix

    May 2013 | Director Notes

    The ideal mix of director skills and experience depends on a number of company-specific factors. This report provides a matrix to help boards define their needs and provoke discussion about how to improve company-specific corporate governance.

21. Corporate Governance Best Practices in Europe

    August 2005 | Research Report

    This report explores the various corporate governance codes and practices currently in place in countries throughout Europe, and also examines the development of the European Union’s corporate governance Action Plan.

22. Corporate Governance Best Practices: A Blueprint for the Post-Enron Era

    May 2003 | Research Report

    This blueprint best practices report is intended as a sourcebook of leading governance practices for board members and management.

23. Corporate Governance Data

    May 2011 | Periodical

24. Corporate Governance Handbook 2005: Developments in Best Practices, Compliance, and Legal Standards

    July 2005 | Book

    In addition to bringing the 2003 report Corporate Governance Best Practices: A Blueprint for the Post-Enron Era up-to-date, this report is intended to provide boards and management with a compendium of the leading corporate governance practices.

25. Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices

    July 2007 | Book

    This handbook is intended to be an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and rules and the best practices adopted by leading companies.

26. Corporate Governance Handbook: Legal Standards and Board Practices (Third Edition)

    September 2009 | Book

    Revised in 2009, this handbook presents an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and regulations and the best practices adopted by leading companies.

27. Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness

    March 2011 | Research Report

    A survey of The Conference Board paints a detailed picture of how businesses are balancing security, business continuity, and operational risk management as part of governance.

28. Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness

    May 2011 | Key Findings

    A survey of The Conference Board paints a detailed picture of how businesses are balancing security, business continuity, and operational risk management as part of governance.

29. Corporate Governance and Cross-Border Mergers

    June 2000 | Research Report

    This report discusses the role of corporate governance before, during, and after a cross-border merger.

30. Corporate Governance:Global Trends Examined From an Asian Perspective

    January 2001 | Research Report

    This briefing paper compares corporate governance initiatives in Asia with those underway in other parts of the world and finds the notion of an "Anglo-Saxon" or "Asian" governance model irrelevant.

31. Corporate Misconduct and the Market for Directorships

    November 2010 | Director Notes

    This report analyzes the changes in directorships held by outside board members of 113 public companies involved in a shareholder class-action lawsuit alleging the misrepresentation of information to investors.

32. Corporate Oversight and Stakeholder Lines of Defense

    October 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Stakeholders are demanding improved oversight in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. This report presents a model for effective corporate oversight.

33. Corporate Political Spending: Policies and Practices, Accountability, and Disclosure

    December 2012 | Research Report

    When it comes to political spending and the related questions of how to demonstrate accountability and how much information to disclose, there is no single right answer.

34. Cultural Resistance to Whistleblowing Systems—Myth or Reality?

    April 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Americans may think that whistleblowing systems don't work abroad because workers and governments don't want them. But they can work, and new conversations explore some of the challenges of taking the concept abroad.

35. Culture Crash

    October 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    A Lehman Brothers insider reveals why the firm's best traits turned out to be its worst.

36. Compensation Committee Of The Board: Best Practices For Establishing Executive Compensation

    October 2001 | Research Report

    This study examines best practice processes used by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in designing executive compensation programs.

37. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2011: Mid-Market

    September 2011 | Research Report

    An analysis of the responses to the 2011 CEO Challenge survey from the 114 U.S. firms with revenues of under $1 billion.

38. Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation

    September 2009 | Research Report

    The Conference Board convened the Task Force on Executive Compensation in March 2009 to address the loss of public trust in the processes for oversight of executive compensation.

39. Convergence of Principle- and Rule-Based Ethics Programs: An Emerging Global Trend?

    March 2007 | Executive Action Report

    There is a growing recognition that principles and rules are both essential elements in an effective ethics and compliance program. What is at stake in the ethics versus compliance debate?

40. Corporate Board: A Growing Role in Strategic Assessment

    August 1996 | Research Report

    This 10-country study of the board's role in strategy deliberations documents external forces that contribute to the board's growing involvement in strategic issues.

D

1. Dangerous Terrain: How to manage corporate political spending in a risky new environment

   January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

   With attention focused on the money that SuperPACs are spending to influence election results, companies are likely overlooking their own risks in the new campaign-finance system.

2. Debating European Corporate Governance Issues

   May 2000 | Research Report

   This report focuses on corporate governance issues that dominate the current debate in Europe, particularly how successfully European governance models and practices position companies to compete for global capital.

3. Defining Corporate Governance Best Practices to Add Firm Value

   September 2005 | Executive Action Report

   European family-controlled public companies tend to perform less well in the stock market than their American counterparts. Would best practices followed by family firms in the United States be helpful examples for similar enterprises in Europe?

4. Defining Pay in Pay for Performance

   September 2012 | Director Notes

   This report examines pay-for-performance (PFP) issues to consider in making year-end compensation decisions, designing pay plans, and drafting 2013 proxies. It also offers examples of how to define “pay” for PFP analysis and disclosure purposes.

5. Defining The Values-Based Enterprise

   June 2004 | Executive Action Report

   A renewed interested in the concept of a values-based enterprise has emerged. At the heart of the values based enterprise is the belief that companies need both “private” and “public” capital to survive and prosper.

6. Defining the Corporate Ethics Brand

   November 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility, although seen as equivalent by the public, have different lines of authority, and different sources of institutional support. Is there a way to integrate them and mold a coherent Corporate Ethics Brand?

7. Determining Board Effectiveness

   November 1999 | Research Report

   Organized around key issues, this handbook draws on the experience of seasoned board directors and leading corporate governance experts to tackle the challenges boards face as they review their structural and decision-making processes.

8. Director Compensation and Board Practices: 2013 Edition

   February 2013 | Research Report

   This report analyzes findings from a 2012 survey of 359 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2011 and on board practices.

9. Director Notes: The Role of the Board in Risk Oversight—Adapting to Regulatory Developments and Emerging Practices

   November 2009 | Director Notes

   This report highlights a range of considerations for directors as they approach the assessment and oversight of their risk management programs.

10. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003

    November 2003 | Research Report

    This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.

11. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004

    October 2004 | Research Report

    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.

12. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2005

    November 2005 | Research Report

    This is a data compilation of Director's compensation for the year 2005. Data includes basic analysis providing information on which industries pay the highest amount of compensation to their executives.

13. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006

    October 2006 | Research Report

    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2006 in 402 companies in three major industry sectors.

14. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007

    June 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report reflects the changes in director compensation reporting required by the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules of 2006.

15. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008

    December 2008 | Key Findings

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

16. Directors' Duties under the New SEC Rules on Disclosure Enhancement

    February 2010 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the new SEC rules and reform in detail and touches on the implications for boards of directors.

17. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008

    December 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

18. Directors’ Duties and the Pursuit of Social Investments

    January 2010 | Director Notes

    This report examines the implications of sustainability on business corporations and on the body of law that governs them.

19. Does Your Board Have an Effective Management System of Its Own?

    February 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Reviews the key areas directors should focus on to ensure they meet their increasingly stringent fiduciary liability.

20. Duty to Monitor under Delaware Law: from Caremark to Citigroup

    February 2010 | Director Notes

    Have corporate governance laws struck the right balance between risk taking and risk mitigation? This report provides an overview of Delaware law developments on the fiduciary duty to monitor.

E

1. E-Proxy Reform, Activism, and the Decline in Retail Shareholder Voting

   December 2010 | Director Notes

   This report explores issues that have arisen since the introduction of the new electronic forms of delivering voting materials: the observed shareholder response-rate decline and the impact on activism.

2. Embracing the Enemy: Why companies need to encourage whistleblowers, not fear them

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Why do good corporations not try harder to search for and act on information about potential wrongdoing—before someone blows a whistle in public?

3. Emerging Governance Practices In Enterprise Risk Management

   February 2007 | Research Report

   This report examines how ERM departs from the fragmented and compartmentalized risk management solutions already in place at many organizations.

4. Enterprise Risk Management Systems: Beyond the Balanced Scorecard

   June 2005 | Research Report

   This report features a new approach to developing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system which goes beyond earlier basic concepts to not only identify strategic success measures, but also to link them to risk factors.

5. Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability Governance: What a Difference a Few Years Can Make

   September 2011 | Council Perspectives

   The Chief Environment, Health, and Safety Officers’ Council survey results and analysis underscore a corporate shift of attention to sustainability as a source of business value.

6. Ethics & the Board: Integrating Integrity into Business Strategy

   December 2009 | Council Perspectives

   This report provides a 360-degree, high-level overview of "touch points" between issues of business integrity and the role of the governing body of a business.

7. Ethics Issues and Programs: The Role of the Board

   December 2011 | Research Report

   This report, which is the first released by The Conference Board since 2004 on the subject of director engagement with ethics issues, documents board efforts to deal with the broadening scope of their ethics responsibilities.

8. Ethics Programs ... The Role of the Board: A Global Study

   February 2004 | Research Report

   This report addresses the proper role for company boards in the design, implementation, and monitoring for effectiveness of company ethics programs.

9. Ethics Programs and Practices: A 20-Year Retrospective

   September 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Taking an overview of corporate ethics codes in the past 20 years, this report finds that such codes are becoming more detailed and precise.

10. Ethics Programs: The Role of the Board

    September 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Though recent events have imparted a new urgency to Board involvement and oversight of company ethics programs, a Conference Board study finds that such Board action is neither a new or a distinctly U.S. phenomenon.

11. Ethics and Compliance Enforcement Decisions – the Information Gap

    June 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Senior executives and corporate directors want to know whether companies have "received credit" (i.e., avoided prosecution or obtained sentence reductions) for having effective ethics and compliance programs - but such information is in short supply.

12. Examining the Impact of SEC Guidance Changes on CEO Succession Planning

    April 2010 | Director Notes

    In late 2009, the SEC made a policy change that effectively removes the defense used by companies reluctant to disclose their CEO succession process to shareholders. The change means a new wave of corporate governance scrutiny.

13. Excess Pay and the Dodd-Frank Clawback

    October 2011 | Director Notes

    This report discusses excess pay’s cost to investors, explains why most existing clawbacks fall short of what Dodd–Frank is likely to require, and offers guidance for boards seeking to minimize excess pay not reached by Dodd–Frank.

14. Executive Annual Incentive Plans

    April 1996 | Research Report

    Detailed analysis of incentive payments by industry sector and position.

15. Executive Remuneration across Europe: A Handbook of Design, Disclosure, and Enforcement Rules

    February 2012 | Book

    This comprehensive Handbook offers a detailed analysis of regulations in Europe regarding remuneration packages, and a comparison across national systems.

16. Expanded Liability in Unclaimed Property: Are States Going Too Far?

    January 2012 | Council Perspectives

    Aggressive enforcement of unclaimed property laws, along with an expanded definition of what constitutes unclaimed property, is raising the risk profile for organizations.

17. Enron Ethics Breakdown

    February 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Focuses on the business ethics issues raised by the conduct of Enron's directors, officers, accountants, and lawyers.

18. Evolving Relationship Between Compensation Committees and Consultants

    January 2006 | Research Report

    This report traces the development of “best practices” for compensation committees, particularly with respect to processes required to choose and employ outside consultants.

19. Evolving Role of Ethics in Business

    January 1996 | Research Report

    Leading executives discuss how ethical business practices can have a positive impact on profits.

20. Evolving Role of the Board in CEO and “Back Bench” Senior Executive Succession

    July 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Boards of Directors are becoming more involved in overall management succession. How can they ensure that the right leaders are in place to steer the company to be lucrative and principled.

F

1. FCPA Enforcement Trends

   February 2013 | Director Notes

   This report discusses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, litigation, and policy developments. It also analyzes recent trends and offers guidance to help companies, executives and directors avoid or minimize liability under the FCPA.

2. Financial Reporting Challenges for 2012

   February 2012 | Director Notes

   This report examines key messages and disclosure guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to assist public company executives and directors in preparing and reviewing 2012 periodic reports.

3. Finding the Right Balance: The Risks and Rewards of Third Party Ethics Programs

   February 2008 | Research Report

   This survey based report provides findings on company practices regarding compliance and ethics requirements and standards to third parties.

4. From Compliance Governance to Strategic Governance

   January 2010 | Director Notes

   With both companies and investors under pressure and looking for redemption, the 2010 annual meeting season will be a shadow referendum on the crisis and an inflection point in the evolution of corporate governance.

5. From Enron To Lehman Brothers: Lessons for Boards From Recent Corporate Governance Failures

   March 2012 | Director Notes

   This report identifies common pitfalls in many current whistleblower and compliance policies and programs, and offers recommendations for audit committee on how to strengthen them.

6. Future of the Annual General Meeting

   December 2004 | Research Report

   Based on The Conference Board’s second Corporate/Investor Summit, this report represents a unique consensus achieved on what is referred to as the annual general meeting (AGM) in Europe and the annual shareholder meeting in the United States.

G

1. Gaining Momentum in Mainstream Investing . . . or Not?

   October 2005 | Executive Action Report

   The potential for ESG integration is at a critical point. Has the importance of ESG factors in mainstream investment analysis been set?

2. Global Corporate Ethics Practices: A Developing Consensus

   May 1999 | Research Report

   Learn the trends and procedures being used to formulate and implement global business ethics principles, and how the formulation of these codes has become a more dynamic inclusive process.

3. Global Supply Chain Labor Standards

   May 2012 | Director Notes

   This report examines the adoption of supplier codes of conduct and supply chain labor policies; a framework for implementing supply chain sustainability programs, and media coverage, proxy voting guidelines and shareholder proposals related to this topic.

4. Globalizing the Board of Directors: Trends and Strategies

   June 1999 | Research Report

   Are you trying to take your organization's board global? You should. Here's a look at the ways to go about it.

5. Global Investor and Corporate Governance: What do Institutional Investors Want?

   August 2001 | Research Report

   This report looks at the major corporate governance issues of interest to, and intervention strategies used by, institutional investors around the world today.

H

1. A Higher Consciousness: Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey looks to elevate business

   January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   John Mackey of Whole Foods explains his philosophy of "conscious capitalism" and corporate responsibility—and how it dovetails with his libertarian political ideology.

2. Handbook on Corporate Political Activity: Emerging Corporate Governance Issues

   November 2010 | Book

   This handbook offers an overview of the legal rules and standard practices related to political activity, as well as a discussion of internal oversight of political spending.

3. Handling a Corporate Crisis

   August 2012 | Director Notes

   In today’s climate, securities and financial firms are likely to face some enforcement proceedings that create a situation fraught with potential pitfalls. This report discusses 10 prescriptions for handling these situations well.

4. Hedge Fund Activism: Findings and Recommendations for Corporations and Investors

   September 2008 | Research Report

   This report contains findings and recommendations of the Research Working Group on Hedge Fund Activism instituted by The Conference Board in May 2007.

5. Hedge Fund Activism: Recommendations for Corporations and Investors

   September 2008 | Key Findings

   A report of recommendations to corporate directors, executives, and investment professionals regarding the activist role hedge fund managers have been making.

6. Hong Kong Corporates and Investor Confidence

   January 2003 | Research Report

   This corporate governance handbook for directors and officers of corporations in Hong Kong is based on interviews, seminars and research conducted by The Conference Board in Hong Kong during 2001 and 2002.

7. How Prepared Are Companies for the Revised Sentencing Guidelines?

   March 2005 | Executive Action Report

   The modification of the Sentencing Guidelines in November 2004 included three newly emphasized ethical requirements. How prepared are companies to respond to these new challenges?

I

1. Improving Communications Between Companies and Investors

   November 2004 | Research Report

   Based on The Conference Board’s Global Corporate Governance Research Center’s first transnational Corporate/Investor Summit, this report represents a unique consensus on best practices to improve communications between companies and investors.

2. India Corporates and Investor Confidence

   January 2003 | Research Report

   This corporate governance handbook for directors and officers of corporations in India is based on extensive field interviews with major Indian companies as well as focus group meetings with 40-50 executives of leading corporations in Mumbai and Delhi.

3. Institutional Investment Report - March 2003

   February 2003 | Research Report

   Financial assets and equity holdings—patterns of institutional investment and control.

4. Institutional Investment Report - May 2002

   May 2002 | Research Report

   Equity ownership and investment strategies of U.S. and international institutional investors.

5. International Business Cultures . . . Corporate Governance: An Asian Perspective

   March 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate Governance initiatives in the U.S. are causing many countries around the world to review their best practices. Hong Kong is no exception, but their business leaders believe they should be implemented with characteristics unique to the region.

6. Investor Engagement in Europe in the Wake of the Shareholder Rights Directive Implementation

   April 2010 | Director Notes

   This report briefly outlines major governance issues that, in light of the new legal and economic environment, the boards of European public companies should consider, especially in connection with their general meetings.

7. Influence of Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Recommendations on Say-on-Pay Votes and Executive Compensation Decisions

   March 2012 | Director Notes

   This report examines evidence of the influence of proxy advisory firm voting recommendations on shareholder voting outcomes, particularly say-on-pay votes, and presents findings showing the impact of those firms on the design of executive pay programs.

J

1. "Just Say No": If only fighting bribery were that simple

   April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   An expansive look at bribery today and how both companies and individual executives should handle sticky situations.

K

1. Know Your Shareholders: The Use of Cash-Settled Equity Derivatives to Hide Corporate Ownership Interests

   July 2010 | Director Notes

   Regulators across Europe are increasingly aware of the effects of hidden ownership, where investors use cash-settled equity derivatives to eschew disclosure rules while building up stakes in public corporations.

L

1. Link Between Corporate Governance & Performance

   May 1998 | Research Report

   Does the way a company is governed affect its performance? Find out in this report.

2. Link Between Corporate Governance and Performance: Year 2000 Update

   August 2000 | Research Report

   This report updates an earlier (1998) survey on published evidence on the link between corporate governance and corporate performance.

M

1. Making the Business Case for Corporate Philanthropy

   August 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the issues surrounding corporate philanthropy and provides practical recommendations to companies and boards for increasing the accountability and transparency of corporate giving programs.

2. Meetings: The Biggest Money Pit of Them All

   September 2007 | Executive Action Report

   The cost of off-site meetings is often grossly underestimated by companies' management, and sometimes it's not even tracked at all. But in this age of Sarbanes-Oxley, boards and shareholders are demanding that unexamined expenditures be accounted for.

3. Minimizing Risk and Maintaining Ethics in Asia–Pacific

   March 2005 | Executive Action Report

   In order to cope successfully when doing business in the Asia-Pacific world, one must take into consideration the region's unique culture and the higher incidence of certain kinds of risks.

4. Mismatch in the Boardroom

   January 2012 | The Conference Board Review

   All too often, there’s a stature gap between the CEO and other directors, and that gap can seriously hinder boards’ effectiveness.

5. Morality and the Bottom Line: The Growth of Anti-Corruption Programs in the Private Sector

   April 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Addresses global progress being made against corruption, the components of an effective corporate anti-corruption program, the effectiveness of ethics programs, and spreading the anti-corruption word.

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1. A New Era in Global Anti-Corruption: Governments Get Serious about Enforcement

   April 2010 | Executive Action Report

   The year 2010 has seen a surge in FCPA enforcement, producing a buzz among corporate executives that the old ways of doing business with “a wink and a nod” are over.

2. Navigating Politics: Rethink your company's political spending—before the next election cycle

   January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   Bruce Freed and Karl Sandstrom argue that companies should take the opportunity to closely examine whether their political spending is in line with their political and societal priorities and stances.

3. New Role of Audit Committees

   July 2003 | Executive Action Report

   The audit committee plays a key role, but the proliferation of corporate scandals, new legislation, and stock exchange rules are creating critical new roles and responsibilities.

4. Next 90 Days

   April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   Companies are increasingly looking beyond the short-term tyranny of the quarterly earnings report.

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1. Outbound Mergers and Acquisitions by Indian Firms

   May 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the legal reforms implemented by the government to help facilitate overseas acquisitions by Indian firms, and the regulatory impediments that still exist to mergers and acquisitions by Indian firms.

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1. A Place at the Table: Should the Ethics Function Report to a Company's Highest Authority?

   January 2008 | Executive Action Report

   An increasing number of professionals in the ethics field advocate that the chief ethics officer report to a company's highest authority.

2. Pay vs. Performance Disclosure: The Case for Prompt Attention

   November 2010 | Director Notes

   The subject of pay versus performance disclosure is expected to take center stage in the upcoming proxy season. This report discusses the issues on which board members should promptly focus their attention.

3. Peer Groups Understanding CEO Compensation and a Proposal for a New Approach

   April 2013 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the comparative peer benchmarking approach that most large companies rely on to design their executive compensation packages and suggests that boards consider an internally focused approach instead.

4. Poison Pills in 2011

   March 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses new trends and provides guidance to boards considering whether to adopt a pill and how to formulate its terms.

5. Political Money: The Need for Director Oversight

   April 2008 | Executive Action Report

   Until recently, companies' political expenditures were not fully disclosed and were rarely subject to oversight by boards. The lack of attention that these expenditures normally receive has exposed companies to serious legal and reputation risks.

6. Preparing for the 2011 Proxy Season

   November 2010 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the major likely characteristics of the 2011 proxy season as well as a number of practical recommendations to help boards take charge of corporate governance, improve communications, and manage relations with shareholders.

7. Private Equity: Pirates or Saviors?

   September 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Every day we read about the latest private equity threat to a corporate icon. Private equity is shaking up sleepy companies and transforming industries all over the world.

8. Private Ordering and Proxy Access Rules: The Case for Prompt Attention

   December 2010 | Director Notes

   This report focuses on advance-notice bylaws, director qualification bylaws (such as those setting age standards, term limits, or stock ownership requirements), conduct-of-meeting bylaws, and nominating committee charters.

9. Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance

   April 2012 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the analytics and issues around pay for performance and suggests ways to analyze P4P alignment, counter negative proxy adviser recommendations, and draft proxies to obtain support for pay programs.

10. Proxy Voting Analytics (2008-2012)

    January 2013 | Research Report

    This report reviews voting data of SEC-registered corporations that held their AGMs between January 1 and June 30, 2012, and were in the Russell 3000 index at the time of their AGM.

11. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (July 2012)

    July 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and June 30, 2012.

12. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (March 2012)

    March 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of The Proxy Voting Fact Sheetcontains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and February 29, 2012.

13. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (March 2013)

    March 2013 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and February 28, 2013.

14. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (May 2012)

    May 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and April 30, 2012.

15. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (May 2013)

    May 2013 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and April 30, 2013.

16. Public Trust in Financial Markets Makes Modest Comeback

    July 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Two years after the Enron scandal focused spotlight on the excesses and abuses of corporations of all sizes and reputations triggering a crisis of public trust, there are signs that the public's confidence in financial markets is on the mend.

17. Potential Cost and Value of ERM

    March 2013 | Director Notes

    Companies are often skeptical of the value of enterprise risk management, and whether the results justify the cost, effort, and challenge of implementing a meaningful process. This report considers some of those concerns and highlights the value of ERM.

18. Professionalization of Shareholder Activism in France

    February 2011 | Director Notes

    This report summarizes notable activism developments in France and examines the phenomenon of professionalization with two recent examples: the Suez-Gaz de France and the Atos Origin cases.

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1. Re-sizing the American Corporation

   November 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Perhaps Enron—which by now has plenty of blue-chip companions (with possibly many more to come)—is just a symptom of a deeper movement under the sea.

2. Reaching Out: Devising Individual Shareholder Programs

   March 2003 | Research Report

   This report investigates how individual shareholders contribute to the development of a corporation, and how corporations can best attract and retain their retail shareholders.

3. Reaching the Goal Line On Good Governance

   February 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley has been a difficult undertaking for small and medium sized companies. It has been a painful learning experience with more lessons to be learned.

4. Recruitment, Retention, and Ethics . . . Can You Interview for Integrity?

   March 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Many managers feel there is no way to scout out integrity when hiring employees. However, this report shows that there are questions that can be asked and simple steps taken during the interviewing process to prevent the hiring of unethical employees.

5. Reporting on Corporate Sustainability Performance

   October 2012 | Director Notes

   This report presents an analysis of 94 sustainability reports published by Canadian corporations in 10 sectors. The results reveal incredible diversity in the performance indicators disclosed, both across and within sectors.

6. Reputation Risk: A Corporate Governance Perspective

   December 2007 | Research Report

   This report is intended to increase the awareness of reputation risk as a corporate governance matter and offer guidance on how corporate boards can approach their fiduciary responsibilities in this area.

7. Resisting Corruption
   How Company Programs Are Changing

   November 2006 | Research Report

   This survey based report offers solutions for developing effective anti-corruption systems.

8. Retaining Former CEOs on the Board

   October 2010 | Director Notes

   What are the costs and benefits of retaining the former CEO on the board? This Director Notes discusses findings from an analysis of the determinants of the company's decision to offer board membership to the departing CEO.

9. Revisiting Justifications for Board Diversity

   November 2011 | Director Notes

   This report examines empirical data on board diversity and finds that reliance on the business case has not translated into appreciable gains. As such, it suggests that moral and social rationales be reincorporated into strategies for advancing diversity.

10. Revisiting Stock Market Short-Termism

    April 2006 | Research Report

    This report represents a unique consensus achieved at the Corporate/Investor Summit on stock market short-termism.

11. Right-Sizing Your Board of Directors—A Mid-Market Challenge

    January 2011 | Executive Action Report

12. Risk Matters: Why and How Corporate Boards Should Become Involved

    March 2013 | Research Report

    This report specifies how to solidify defenses against multiple types of risk, and the role of the board in each area as separate risk strategies become one whole consolidated effort instead of many parts of a company's risk management program.

13. Risk Oversight Practices: Insights from Corporate Directors

    September 2010 | Director Notes

    This survey based report highlights a set of concrete emerging best practices for Risk Oversight.

14. Risk Oversight Practices: Two Success Stories

    January 2011 | Director Notes

    This report explains how strong alignment of risk understanding and support from the board has been crucial to each company’s performance in challenging times.

15. Risk Oversight: Should Your Board Have a Separate Risk Committee?

    January 2012 | Director Notes

    This report explores the question of whether the board of directors should establish a separate risk committee, including the factors it must consider, and provides examples to clarify the role and responsibility of a separate risk committee.

16. Risk in the Boardroom

    May 2013 | Director Notes

    Today, more than ever, boards are expected to thoroughly assess key business risks and ensure that the enterprise is equipped to mitigate them. This Director Notes discusses current corporate risk oversight practices of directors of U.S. public companies.

17. Role of CFOs in Material Accounting Manipulations

    May 2011 | Director Notes

    This report investigates the factors that may lead a CFO to engage in accounting manipulations.

18. Role of U.S. Corporate Boards in Enterprise Risk Management

    June 2006 | Research Report

    The Conference Board with McKinsey & Company and KPMG's Audit Committee Institute conducted research on the role of U.S. corporate boards in Enterprise Risk Management; the findings are reported here.

19. Role of the Board in Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting

    November 2011 | Director Notes

    This report examines the concept of integrated reporting and its current state of adoption around the globe.

20. Role of the Board in Fraud Risk Management

    October 2011 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the role of the board in requiring, overseeing, supporting, and evaluating their organization's fraud risk management program.

21. Role of the Board in Risk Oversight

    August 2010 | Director Notes

    This is the first in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

22. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Assessing Corporate Strategy

    January 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting companies with a checklist of issues that their board members, in collaboration with top executives, should consider addressing.

23. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Avoiding Shareholder Activism

    April 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides board members with a checklist of issues they should consider addressing in their relations with shareholders and, in particular, how to avoid a costly and disruptive battle with an activist investor.

24. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Leading the Public Company to Full Recovery

    September 2009 | Research Report

    The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times offers corporate directors guidance on how to approach their oversight responsibilities during a period of financial distress.

25. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Internal Investigations

    February 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides boards of directors of SEC-reporting companies with guidance to consider when confronting material evidence of internal misconduct or the prospect of investigations by the federal government or a self-regulatory organization.

26. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation

    December 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report highlights "pressure points" for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward shareholders.

27. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Responding to Unsolicited Takeover Offers

    June 2009 | Executive Action Report

    An overview of issues a board may consider in evaluating its corporation's governance profile, given the potential increase in unsolicited offers in the current market environment.

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1. SEC Enforcement Actions against Outside Directors Offer Reminder for Boards

   June 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses recent cases in light of the SEC’s historical position on offenses by outside directors and offers recommendations for how board members can mitigate their risks.

2. SOP Drives Compensation Program Changes to Enhance Pay/Performance Link

   September 2011 | Director Notes

   This report examines recent compensation program changes made by some Fortune 500 companies to enhance the link between pay and performance in preparation for their first say-on-pay votes, and provides recommendations for companies to consider.

3. Safeguarding Intellectual Property and Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain

   December 2012 | Research Report

   Guarding against IP infringement and violation of anti-corruption laws among employees is difficult enough for multinational companies. It is even more challenging to prevent inappropriate behavior by the employees and contracted workers of third parties.

4. Say on Pay in the 2011 Proxy Season: Lessons Learned and Coming Attractions for U.S. Public Companies

   July 2011 | Director Notes

   This Director Notes reviews the results of the inaugural season of shareholder advisory votes under the Dodd-Frank Act through June 23, 2011 and offers recommendations for companies to consider in making their compensation and governance decisions.

5. Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing
   The European Regulatory Approach

   October 2010 | Executive Action Report

   Analysts estimate that by 2012 the size of the enterprise cloud computing business may reach $80 billion—about 10 percent of the global information technology service and enterprise software market. Despite the benefits expected from this innovation, comp

6. Separation of Chair & CEO Roles

   August 2011 | Director Notes

   This report examines some of the academic literature surrounding the debate of whether to separate the chairman and CEO roles and examines other factors that affect board effectiveness.

7. Singapore Corporates and Investor Confidence

   January 2003 | Research Report

   This corporate governance handbook for directors and officers of corporations in Singapore is based on extensive research, seminars and focus group meetings, and personal interviews with senior executives in Singapore.

8. Soft Law and Ethics Programs: The Expanding Role for Company Attorneys

   December 2006 | Executive Action Report

   This Executive Action explores "soft law" issues and how they have created a new role — and new dilemmas — for lawyers.

9. Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2011

   January 2011 | Director Notes

   This report highlights a few of the more notable corporate governance issues that boards will face in 2011.

10. Stakeholder Dialogue in Germany, Italy, and the United States

    July 2012 | Director Notes

    This Director Notes describes the results of an international survey on 249 stakeholder dialogue (SD) initiatives undertaken by firms in Germany, Italy, and the United States.

11. Strategy Struggles in the Boardroom

    November 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Corporate strategist Donald V. Potter finds board meetings do not do justice to strategy discussions. Are separate meetings with a set agenda the answer?

12. Strengthening Corporate Governance: A New Age of Entrepreneurship in India

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    How is India benefiting from coming late to the game of developing globally accepted corporate governance standards? By reaping the results of years of experimentation and trial and error by others.

13. Sustainability Matters: Why and How Corporate Boards Should Become Involved

    October 2011 | Research Report

    This report highlights issues to consider when approaching the task of overseeing a sustainability strategy.

14. Sustainability in the Boardroom

    June 2010 | Director Notes

    Despite formal assignment of responsibilities to top business leaders, many companies still lack the structural framework to enable proper director oversight of corporate sustainability.

15. Sustainability in the Boardroom: A 2013 Update

    March 2013 | Director Notes

    This report assesses how and to what extent boards integrate social and environmental issues into their strategic agendas, including where they assign those oversight responsibilities and sustainability performance management and reporting issues.

16. Shareholder Activism Report and Resource Portal

    March 2010 | Research Report

    The Shareholder Activism Report provides corporations with the tools required to understand their shareholder base, assess gaps and vulnerabilities that could make the company a target, and ultimately respond to possible requests for change.

17. Sustainability Business Case: A Model for Incorporating Financial Value Drivers

    June 2013 | Director Notes

    This article presents a green business case model that focuses on the link between environmental action areas and seven core financial value drivers.

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1. Trouble with Directors

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Neither inside nor outside directors can adequately represent shareholder interests.

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1. U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report: 2012 Edition

   August 2012 | Research Report

   This report examines salary and compensation for the CEO and top executives of 2,411 publicly traded companies in the United States in 2011.

2. Universal Conduct: An Ethics and Compliance Benchmarking Survey

   September 2006 | Research Report

   This study documents the efforts of 225 companies to design, implement and monitor their compliance and risk assessment programs for effectiveness.

3. Using Ethical Analysis to Guide Offshoring

   June 2005 | Executive Action Report

   When considering offshoring, how can companies significantly reduce their exposure to risk?

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1. Way Forward: A Primer on Conducting an Independent Investigation

   February 2012 | Director Notes

   Internal investigations are an essential response amid allegations of corporate misconduct. This report discusses steps corporate management should take upon learning of such allegations and the decisions that must be made during an investigation.

2. What Board Members Should Know About Communicating CSR

   March 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses what to communicate (i.e., message content) and where (i.e., message channel), as well as the major factors (internal and external to the organization) that affect the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility communication.

3. What Do Corporate Directors and Senior Managers Know about Social Media?

   October 2012 | Director Notes

   This report provides insights into how senior-level decision makers in North American companies view social media, and offers recommendations for implementing a social media strategy that ties in with corporate strategy and risk management practices.

4. When a Whistleblower Makes the Call

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   The ways in which employers show whistleblowers their lack of appreciation.

5. When an Employee's Freedom of Religion Crosses Paths with a Company's Interests

   September 2007 | Executive Action Report

   As religion increasingly collides with corporate policies and practices, companies are asking what is and isn't permissible behavior — for workers and for themselves.

6. When the Debt Incurred in a Cash Merger Causes the Target to Fail: Protecting Target Directors

   September 2012 | Director Notes

   This report describes the potential liability directors may face if they approve a cash merger financed in substantial part through borrowing and the target company fails. It also offers steps directors can consider to help mitigate that risk.

7. Where Are the Women Directors?

   September 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Women are everywhere in corporate America — except on boards. Here's how to change that.

8. Why Are We in Business?

   March 2009 | The Conference Board Review

   Ad man Roy Spence wants to know what your purpose is.

9. Why Ethical Leaders Are Different

   May 2005 | Executive Action Report

   What makes an ethical leader different? An ethical leader welcomes open and contentious debate and understands that this is essential to making the best possible decisions.

10. Women on Boards: Review and Outlook

    May 2012 | Director Notes

    This report examines the prevalence of women directors in the Fortune 1000 and an additional 1,000 midcap companies and offers recommendations for boards looking to recruit women directors and for women interested in serving on boards.

11. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources and Business Ethics – the Need for Collaboration

    January 2008 | Executive Action Report

    When it comes to the implementation of an effective ethics and compliance program, corporate culture, performance incentives, and disciplinary systems must be closely integrated with standard human resources and talent management processes.

12. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics, and Compliance - The Need for Collaboration

    October 2009 | Research Report

    The publication pursues cultural and organizational issues that may limit this collaboration, human resources' potential leadership role, and ways of introducing metrics into the equation.