It became clear to Steven Shapiro early on, even before he left his brief stint at a multinational bank on Wall Street to attend law...Read more

Donna Anderson considers herself lucky to have a career focused on analyzing the financial disclosures and governance practices of the...Read more

From Carol Strickland’s perspective, ‘the corporate secretary sits in a catbird’s seat,’ with an opportunity to have his or her finger...Read more

Rising concerns about activist investor campaigns and other risks are motivating directors to reconsider the kind of talent needed on...Read more

The Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) held its 14th annual Compliance & Ethics Institute (CEI) in Las Vegas on...Read more

Cynthia Nastanski, senior vice president for corporate law and deputy corporate secretary, has been instrumental in shaping PepsiCo’s...Read more

I have written previously about a brighter spotlight being shone on board members and the higher level of accountability to which they...Read more

Some companies are way ahead of the US Chamber of Commerce and other trade organizations purporting to represent their interests, at...Read more

Volkswagen’s stunning admission this week that it used special software in its emissions devices to deceive US regulators about its...Read more

The Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries has been trying to draw much more attention, through its educational programs, to the...Read more

Rather than simply waiting for proposed SEC rules regarding executive compensation to be finalized, companies should be using this...Read more

Today is the deadline for companies to submit their second annual report on the presence of conflict minerals in their supply chains...Read more

With the heaviest part of the 2015 proxy season starting to wind down, it’s worth taking a look at a couple of recent events that have...Read more

General Electric has begun to revolutionize its 10-K filing much like it has overhauled its proxy statements over the last few years...Read more

Public companies in the US have embraced the idea of ongoing engagement with their major shareholders only since the advent of say-on-...Read more

The design of public disclosures about executive compensation plans is surely among the 
corporate secretary and governance team’s...Read more

Last week was International Fraud Awareness Week (November 16-22), which reminded companies of how critical it is that they assess...Read more

Corporate Secretary recently spoke with Robyn Farmer, chief ethics and compliance officer at Newell Rubbermaid, about some of the...Read more

In early September, I posted a query on the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ online discussion board,...Read more

Corporate cyber-security is probably the hottest of this year’s hot-button issues for directors: how to protect customer data, respond...Read more