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September/October 2021 — Vol. XLII No. 250
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WHAT HAS CHANGED IN YOUR BOARDROOM?
by Adarsh Mantravadi
A year and a half of COVID crisis is only one of the forces that has reshaped governance.
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Eighteen months after the COVID pandemic first turned much of
our world upside down, companies and their boards are still working their way
through changes. Along with the new technology and board challenges, you are
also wrestling with massive new strategic, ESG and diversity demands. How is
all this turmoil shifting the way your board meets, and how it governs? Can
you change for the better?
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UNDERSTANDING THE RANSOMWARE THREAT
by David Kennedy and Tyler Hudak
Defending company data from attack is just the first challenge. What if you must also pay up to hackers?
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When massive ransomware attacks such as that at Colonial
Pipeline cripple whole segments of the economy, directors get the message
that this is a boardroom concern. While your board needs to assure itself on
data threat defenses and information security, a more existential governance
issue also arises. Could fiduciary duty compel us to pay a digital ransom?
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FIVE BOARD QUESTIONS ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER
by Roger M. Kenny, Angela Brock-Kyle and William J. Holstein
Corporate boards are in a unique position to turn rhetoric on race into results.
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The past year has seen much discussion and soul searching on the
way business has left Black Americans behind. But what about results? The
authors take a deep dive into the ways our traditional corporate structures
and assumptions have shut out generations of Black talent, and how boards can
now drive change.
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TRENDS IN ESG AND SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM
by Kai H.E. Liekefett, Holly J. Gregory and Leonard Wood
ESG reporting and disclosure are the next activist battlegrounds.
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have exploded
as governance and operational concerns for companies. However, ESG is moving
beyond even these broad confines. The depth, structures and regulation of ESG
disclosure, and how these are related to your shareholder base, may become
your next boardroom challenge.
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BOARDS AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS
by William Sisson
Learn who your key stakeholders are, and what they really want.
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The idea that today corporate boards need to consider the
company’s stakeholders in their governance is now well accepted. The bigger
question is: How should boards actually do
this - earn who their key stakeholders are, their concerns, and how to
properly incorporate this knowledge into company strategy?
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REVIEW Index to
actions, regulations and surveys. |
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SPOKEN
& WRITTEN Excerpts
of articles and speeches. |
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DIRECTORS'
REGISTER Recent
board elections. |