
| William A. Dimma has had a long and distinguished career as a director, serving on fifty-five corporate boards and another forty not-for-profit boards. For over forty years, he has been sought after for the knowledge and understanding he brings to the field of corporate governance, as well as for his dedication to, and passion for, improving the practice of directorship. .. << 查看详细 |
| foreword by bernard r. wilson foreword by richard e haskayne acknowledgments introduction part one: the big picture chapter 1 the bad/good old days: business and governance over four decades chapter 2 the classic board dilemma: individual competence, collective impotence chapter 3 post-enron governance: early reaction and flood of proposals chapter 4 the director with character chapter 5 the perfect board revisited part two: director independence chapter 6 director independence and definitional hazards chapter 7 declaration of independence? board composition chapter 8 related directors: perception and reality part three: the board chairman chapter 9 differences between the u.s. and canada in the role of board chairman. why? chapter 10 time demands on today's non-executive chairman chapter 11 a larger role for today's non-executive chairman part four: board committees chapter 12 the audit committee by david ic. smith . chapter 13 compensation committee competence and independence: a work in progress by ken hugessen chapter 14 the governance and nominating committee by robert j. harding part five: executive compensation chapter 15 senior executive compensation chapter 16 stock options i: improve their utility or abandon them chapter 17 stock options ii: performance options chapter 18 stock options iii: directors in the middle part six: observations on several currently useful topics chapter 19 a cautionary tale: a case study of director risk chapter 20 on the frankness of directors when resigning from boards chapter 21 miscellaneous musings chapter 22 corporate and not-for-profit governance: similarities and differences chapter 23 a personal take on ethics part seven: some lessons from experience chapter 24 directorship: eleven easy lessons learned the hard way appendix: past and current for-profit boards of the author (1963-2005) index |
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