Articles

Governance

Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and the Board

Practical suggestions for corporate board members on the ethical aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy
Tim Marris, partner, Morrison & Foerster

Anatomy of a Stick-up (video)

A discussion of shareholder derivatives litigation
Michael L. Hackworth, Erik Olson, and William Sher

Facing Conflicts of Interest in Troubled Times (Webinar)

A panel including a former chief accountant of the SEC, a leading plaintiff class action litigator, a public company general counsel, and an independent board member

Crisis at Sunrise Medical

Former Sunrise CEO describes a 1994-95 accounting fraud in one of the companys divisions, exploring the impact, causes, and lessons learned (podcast).
Richard Chandler

Corporate Gatekeepers

Panel focused on inside and outside counsel, audit committees, and other individuals and groups responsible for the ethical conduct of business organizations
K. Hanson, M. Collins, D. Rains, K. Schick

Board Oversight of Compliance and Business Conduct Programs

Three different perspectives on setting the ethical tone of a company from the board level
W. Swenson, B. Finocchio, Jr., A. Muller, C.S. Par

Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Federal Monitors

Cutting-Edge Issues in Compliance and Business Conduct conference sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, BECA & ECOA

Cutting-Edge Issues in Compliance and Business Conduct

A day-long forum with panel sessions on business ethics topics May 28, 2008

The Role, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Corporate Gatekeepers

A CFO and audit committee chair, a general counsel, an outside counsel, an audit partner from a public accounting firm, and an SEC associate regional director discuss their roles as corporate gatekeepers.
Miriam Schulman

Unavoidable Ethical Dilemmas of Leaders

A presentation to the XIII World Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility in Guadalajara, Mexico, sponsored by the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools.
Kirk O. Hanson

Understanding Rule Bending

A PowerPoint presentation on the Devaluation of compliance in the DOD
Leslie Sekerka

2006-07 Business Ethics Outlook Press Briefing

Transcript of a press briefing about five critical ethical issues facing American businesses.
Jerry, Robert Finocchio, Kirk O. Hanson

The Ethics of Leaking

How to tell whether a leak is worth publishing--or taking seriously
Kirk O. Hanson and Jerry Ceppos

Business Ethics Outlook 2006-07

Five crucial ethical issues on the agenda for American businesses.

What HP Should Have Done

Ethical dilemmas facing the board of Hewlett-Packard.
Kirk O. Hanson

Sarbanes Oxley After Three Years

A Powerpoint presentation by a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's corporate practice
Mark Bertelsen

Role of the Audit Committee in Business Ethics

Executives discuss how new standards are changing corporate governance
Tom McCoy, Marty Malone, Susan Wang, Nick Moore

New Corporate Governance: Key Themes for Public Companies Today

An article on a talk given by Mark A. Bertelsen to the membership of the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership on September 12, 2003
Mark A. Bertelsen

Sarbanes-Oxley: A View from the Perspective of the Audit Committee

A sixteen-slide PowerPoint presentation given at the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership
Bob Finocchio

Ethical Challenges in Human Resources

A talk given to the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership
James O'Toole

Perspectives on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Board of Directors for Corporate Culture

A report on the best board practices delivered at the April 6-7, 2005 Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership Meeting
Vail Leadership Institute

Board Governance and Culture Research Report

A PowerPoint presentation delivered at the April 6-7, 2005 Business and Organizational Partnership Meeting
Vail Leadership Institute

Corporate Governance

Three perspectives on governance from the Center conference, "The Accountable Corporation."
Tom McCoy, Katharine Martin, Stephen F. Diamond

Corporate Ethics, Governance and Social Responsibility

A study comparing European business practices to those in the United States conducted for the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership
Nathan E. Hurst

How Trust is Abused in Free Markets

In response to Daniel Klein's "How Trust is Achieved in Free Markets," Black looks at regulatory failures in the Enron case.
William Black

Keeping the SEC on a Starvation Diet

Insufficient funding for SEC contributes to corporate scandals.
William K. Black

Repeating the Past

Learning the wrong lessons from the Savings & Loan crisis.
William K. Black

Who's Holding the Bag?

The role of banks and institutional investors in IPOs.
an interview with Donald Milder