This recently released CII report highlights two suggested alternative approaches to company disclosure of the board evaluation process. The suggestions are based on CII’s informal survey of its members for “best-in-class” disclosure from 2013 and 2014 proxy statements. CII acknowledges that most companies have a board self-evaluation process and disclose that fact in their proxy statements, but indicates that investors […]
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Outsourcing the Board Isn’t Warranted or Remedial
Based on a proposal discussed in a recent issue of the Stanford Law Review, this recent Economist article promotes outsourcing corporate boards as a solution to corporate governance failures of the type we have experienced historically. As proposed, outsourcing would consist of replacing individual directors with a new category of professional firms – identified as BSPs or Board Service […]