corporate governance news from FierceComplianceIT

Governance, risk and compliance has become, through lots of vendor effort, something of a buzzword--in a good way. It's on the map. People think they ought to know what it means. But what about IT... Read more...

When it comes to a company's risk management practices, some corporate governance experts believe that boards should play a greater role. It would be hard for boards to remain disinterested when the... Read more...

Shareholder rights are trendy all over again. Given the climate, boards must be savvy and vigilant about lavishing perks on executives. The last thing you want is a PR crisis on your hands, regarding... Read more...

To what extent do corporate boards and audit committees bear responsibility for the financial meltdown we're now suffering through? In one corner: Jack and Suzy Welch, who argue "the real fallacy of... Read more...

There was a day when CalPERS, the big California state pension, was a feared force in the world of corporate governance. It wasn't afraid to take stands against companies that underperformed. Ending... Read more...

Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services, resigned after admitting he had falsified financial accounts, inflating earnings for years. Thus far, more than $1 billion is... Read more...

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A Stanford study has found that federal class-action lawsuits filed by investors has dropped to its lowest level since 1996. There are lots of reasons. The market has been rising. Milberg Weiss... Read more...

Director's College is an annual conference, started in 1994, that seeks to promote best practices in corporate governance. The two-day event, which just ended, has flourished in Sarbox era, thanks... Read more...

A lot has been made of a recent Foley & Lardner study which found that overall costs of corporate compliance fell 16 percent in 2005. But the study also showed that audit fees are keeping... Read more...