Boards must ask questions to avoid front-page headlines like this *

USA - February 26 2013
Board members of any organization must keep in mind that their oversight responsibilities require them to ask tough questions to avoid having their…

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Learning how to set fair executive compensation *

USA - February 1 2013
Nonprofit organizations face increasing pressure from a number of directions with respect to compensating their executives. The interplay between…

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Correction period for 409A timing failures for release agreements expires December 31, 2012 *

USA - October 22 2012
Many types of employment-related agreements condition the receipt of payment upon termination of employment upon the execution and delivery of a non-revocable waiver and release of claims.

Co-authors: Mark A. Engel, Margaret M. Baron, Christine M. Poth.

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Penn State’s Special Investigative Counsel’s report is instructive to boards *

USA - July 31 2012
The investigative process described in, and the findings and recommendations of, the report issued July 12, 2012, by the Special Investigative Counsel regarding the actions of Penn State with regard to child abuse committed by Gerald Sandusky (commonly known as the Freeh Report) are instructive to governing boards of all organizations.

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Board demographics: compare your board’s composition in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity *

USA - May 7 2012
How do your board’s demographics in terms of age, gender and ethnicity compare with those reported by (i) public companies in the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ "2011 Board Practices Report" (the "Society’s 2011 Report") and (ii) the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 as shown in Spencer Stuart’s "2011 Board Index" ("Spencer Stuart’s 2011 Index")?

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