Chapter 19-1 Chapter 19 BUSINESS & SOCIETY Ethics and Stakeholder Management Carroll & Buchholtz 6e Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 6e Carroll & Buchholtz Copyright ©2006 by South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning. All rights reserved Prepared by Deborah Baker Texas Christian University  OWNER STAKEHOLDERS and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Chapter Link the issue of legitimacy to corporate governance. 2. Identify the best practices that boards of directors can follow. 3. Identify the major changes in boards of directors that have been employed to improve corporate governance. 4. Discuss the principle ways shareholder activism is exerting pressure on corporate management groups to improve governance. Chapter 19 Outcomes

Chapter Summarize the issues surrounding compensation of the CEO. 6. Discuss the problems that have led to the recent spate of corporate scandals and the efforts that are currently underway to keep them from happening again. Chapter 19 Outcomes (continued)

Chapter 19-4  Legitimacy and Corporate Governance  Improving Corporate Governance  Summary Chapter 19 Outline

Chapter 19-5 Components of Corporate Governance Employees Management Board of Directors Shareholders State Charter

Chapter 19-6 Improving Corporate Governance Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  Limits the nonauditing services an auditor can provide  Requires auditing firms to rotate the auditors working with specific companies  Makes it unlawful for accounting firms to provide services where conflicts of interests exist

Chapter 19-7 Improving Corporate Governance Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (continued)  Enhances financial disclosure with requirements, such as:  reporting off-balance sheet transactions  prohibiting personal loans to executives and directors  requiring auditors to assess and report upon internal controls  Audit committees must have at least one financial expert  CEOs and CFOs certify and are held responsible for financial representations  Whistle-blowers are afforded protection  Code of ethics disclosure

Chapter 19-8 Improving Boards and Board Members Building a Better Board  Define the role the board intends to undertake  Be explicit about their financial goals  Widen the talent pool for directors  Encourage constructive dissent  Divide and delegate work to promote deeper analysis Being a Better Board Member  Be willing to change management  Be willing to do lots of homework  Control the flow of information  Meet outside of the CEO’s sphere  Don’t sacrifice performance for collegiality

Chapter 19-9  Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002  agency problems  audit committee  board of directors  charter  compensation committee  corporate governance  employees  full disclosure  golden parachutes  inside directors  insider trading  legitimacy  legitimation  management  nominating committee Selected Key Terms

Chapter Selected Key Terms (continued)  ordinary business decisions  outside directors  personal liability  poison pill  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995  proxy process  public issues committee  public policy committee  risk arbitrage  Sarbanes-Oxley Act  shareholder activism  shareholder lawsuits  shareholder resolutions  shareholders  transparency