Excellent Board of Directors (Cold Thinking on Corporate Governance)

Author: Paul Brotman (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book discusses the qualities and values that directors should possess in the post-Enron era, delves into board-related issues in-depth, including the responsibilities and duties of directors, the appropriate interaction between the board and management, and how company directors can play their maximum role. Particularly important is the book's analysis of the problems in the boards of state-owned enterprises, which offers valuable insights for the reform of corporate governance in China's state-owned enterprises. — Gao Minghua
Paul Brotman's work on corporate governance is excellent and has been widely welcomed by readers. This book provides a common-sense guide for those who are directors or aspire to become directors, with profound content, concise language, and readability, offering an action guide for companies to implement and maintain excellent board management. — Raymond Truscott
This book has three unique features: First, wisdom, as it avoids aggressive language and instead offers polite suggestions on what issues should be addressed. Second, fluency, with short sentences and concise paragraphs, and a well-structured chapter layout. Third, and most importantly, attractiveness, as the content is practical, free of fancy rhetoric, approachable rather than pretentious, and without any preachy tone. — Robert Monks
Paul Brotman has over 40 years of legal experience. In the context of today's relentless corporate scandals, this book explores the essence of corporate governance, including the responsibilities of directors, how directors should interact appropriately with CEOs and other management personnel, and related themes. It highlights how directors can remain independent, impartial, fully informed about company affairs, and yet actively take highly effective actions to achieve the best results. The book covers the following topics: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate governance of state-owned enterprise boards, corporate governance of non-profit organization boards, establishing effective independent audit committees, compensation design committees, nomination and governance committees, developing codes of conduct, and regularly evaluating the performance of the board and directors.
(Note: The original Chinese text contains some repetitive content in the last section, which has been retained in the translation as it appears in the source material.)