Corporate governance best practices : strategies for public, private, and not-for-profit organizations /
Frederick D. Lipman with L. Keith Lipman on information technology.
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.
- xi, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
- [Wiley best practices] .
Series from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why is corporate governance important? -- Summary of major corporate governance principles and best practices -- Best practices to monitor risk in different organizational departments -- Monitoring and changing the corporate culture -- The internal audit function -- Compensation committees of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations -- Other committees -- Independent directors and their committees -- IT content: best corporate governance practices -- IT security best corporate governance practices -- Who can qualify for a public company audit committee? -- Public company audit committee: personal liability of audit committee members -- Minimum responsibilities of public company audit committees -- Other public company audit committee functions -- 30 best practice considerations for the public company audit committee -- Who is an independent auditor? -- Corporate governance for family-owned and other private businesses -- Corporate governance for not-for-profit organizations.