Corporate Governance Best Practices Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-For-Profit Organizations

Name: Corporate Governance Best Practices Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-For-Profit Organizations
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ISBN: 9780470043790

ISBN-10: 0470043792

ISBN-13: 9780470043790

Edition: 2006

Authors: Frederick D. Lipman, L. Keith Lipman

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This book outlines best practices for board directors in public, private, and not-for-profit organizations. It provides real-world cases and best practices in corporate culture, compliance, audit committees, compensation committees, other committees, Working with Internal Audit, IT Corporate Governance,as well as other board responsibilities.

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.28" wide x 9.35" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

FREDERICK D. LIPMAN is a partner with the law firm of Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia. He was a lecturer in the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Lipman has more than forty years' experience with M&As, sales of companies, and IPOs. In addition to his books, Lipman has appeared as a television commentator on CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg, to name a few.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Best Practices for All Organizations



Why Is Corporate Governance Important?



Summary of Major Corporate Governance Principles and Best Practices



Best Practices to Monitor Risk in Different Organizational Departments



Monitoring and Changing the Corporate Culture



The Internal Audit Function



Compensation Committees of Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations



Other Committees



Independent Directors and Their Committees



Information Technology Corporate Governance



IT Content: Best Corporate Governance Practices



IT Security Best Corporate Governance Practices



The Public Company Audit Committee



Who Can Qualify for a Public Company Audit Committee?



Public Company Audit Committee: Personal Liability of Audit Committee Members



Minimum Responsibilities of Public Company Audit Committees



Other Public Company Audit Committee Functions



30 Best Practice Considerations for the Public Company Audit Committee



Who Is an Independent Auditor?



Private and Not-for-Profit Organizations



Corporate Governance for Family-Owned and Other Private Businesses



Corporate Governance for Not-for-Profit Organizations



Appendixes



Summary of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



Risk Assessment Chart under Auditing Standard No. 2



"Uncooking the Books: How Three Unlikely Sleuths Discovered Fraud at WorldCom"



Suggested Corporate Governance Web Site Resources


Index