conference board news from FierceSarbox

There are those that think the drop in the number of companies offering quarterly earnings guidance recently is related to Sarbanes-Oxley. I think the link is suspect, but the law may play a role, Read more...

Enterprise risk management comes off like a buzzword of interest only to the IT guys. But the truth is that more corporate boards are playing a rising role in ERM and its various implementations. Read more...

We've discussed at length the fact that a job on a board is not the cushy sinecure it used to be. These days, it's a bitterly hard job. Not to worry: Directors have given themselves a nice raise Read more...

There's little doubt that Sarbox has put added pressure on outside directors. Audit committee members seem to be the most affected, given the monitoring requirements and the fact that audit Read more...