The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance
- Introduction: About This Course
- Topic 1: Corporations and the Non-Monolithic Nature of Shareholders
- Topic 2: How Corporations Are Held Accountable
- Topic 3: What Is Corporate Governance and What Is Its Role?
- Topic 4: Proxy Advisory Firms and Shareholder Activists
- Topic 5: The Board of Directors, Their Responsibilities, and Their Need for Independence
- Topic 6: The Audit Committee
- Topic 7: Special Audit Committee Issues and Risk Management
- Topic 8: Required Filings: The Public Face of Public Corporations
- Topic 9: The Compensation Committee
- Topic 10: The Nominating/Governance Committee
- Topic 11: Other Standing and Special Board Committees
- Topic 12: D&O Insurance and Crisis Management
- Topic 13: Legal Issues of Companies and Their Boards
- Topic 14: Corporate Strategy: Outsourcing and Insourcing
- Topic 15: Corporate Strategy—Organic vs. Inorganic Growth
- Topic 16: Corporate Strategy—Succession Planning
- Topic 17: Corporate Financing Alternatives
- Topic 18: Stock Exchanges
- Topic 19: International Corporate Governance