Kolb / Quail / Schwartz Corporate Boards

Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1589-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Loyola University Series on Risk Management

Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk dealswith the highly timely topic of the Corporate Board and itsrelationship to risk, both in terms of its management and itscreation.
* * Utilizes a multi-disciplinary perspective which draws on thefields of economics, law, business ethics, and corporate socialresponsibility
* Features a range of topics including the role of corporateboards in overseeing increasingly complex risk managementtechniques and the ethical dimensions of corporate board behaviorin managing risk
* Of interest to students, scholars, and firm stakeholders
* Explores how recent events have also shown that the members ofCorporate Boards can be sources of risk

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kolb, Robert

Quail, Rob

Schwartz, Donald

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction (Robert W. Kolb) (Loyola University Chicago)and (Donald Schwartz) (Loyola University Chicago)
Part I: A Factual Basis.
1. The Relationship Between Boards of Directors and their RiskManagement Organizations: Are Standards of Best Practice Emerging?(Michael A.M. Keehner) (Columbia Business School) and (David R.Koenig) (Ductilibility, LLC)
Part II: Is Risk Management by Corporate Boards EvenPossible?
2. Risk Management, Chaos Theory, and the Corporate Board ofDirectors (Michael Potts) (Methodist University)
3. Anti-Social Norms, Risky Behavior (Reza Dibadj) (Universityof San Francisco)
4. Time-Inconsistent Boards and the Risk of Repeated Misconduct(Manuel A. Utset) (Florida State University College of Law)
5. Discussion (Sridhar Ramamoorti).
Part III: Board Structure and the Management of Risk.
6. Theories of Governance and Corporate Moral Vulnerability(Greg Young) (North Carolina State University) and (Steve H. Barr)(North Carolina State University)
7. Mitigating the Exposure of Corporate Boards to Risk andUnethical Conflicts (Shann Turnbull) (International Institute forSelf-Governance)
8. Supervisory Board and Financial Risk-Taking Behaviors inChinese Listed Companies (Zhenyu Wu) (University of Saskatchewan),(Yuanshun Li) (Ryerson University), (Shujun Ding) (YorkUniversity), and (Chunxin Jia) (Peking University)
9. Discussion (David R. Koenig) (Ductilibility, LLC)
Part IV: Corporate Boards and the Management of SpecificRisks.
10. Entity-Level Controls and the Monitoring Role of CorporateBoards (Donna J. Fletcher) (Bentley University), (Mohammad J.Adbolmohammadi). (Bentley University), and Jay C. Thibodeau(Bentley University)
11. Do Corporate Boards Care About Sustainability? Should TheyCare?(Steven Swidler) (Auburn University) and (Claire E. Crutchley)(Auburn University)
12. Executive Risk Taking and Equity Compensation in the M&AProcess (William J. Lekse) (University of Michigan Dearborn) and(Mengxin Zhao) (University of Alberta)
13. Discussion (Tom Nohel) (Loyola University Chicago)
Part V: Corporate Boards, Risk Management, and the EthicalFirm.
14. The Ethics of Risk Management by a Board of Directors (DuaneWindsor) (Rice University)
15. Assurance and Reassurance: The Role of the Board (Barry M.Mitnick) (University of Pittsburgh)
16. Risk Disclosure and Transparency: Toward CorporateCollective and Collaborative Informed Consent (Denise Kleinrichert)(San Francisco State University) and Anita Silvers (San FranciscoState University)
17. Discussion (John R. Boatright) (Loyola UniversityChicago)
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert W. Kolb has taught at the University of Florida,Emory University, the University of Miami, the University ofColorado, and Loyola University Chicago, where he currently servesas Professor of Finance and holds the Frank W. Considine Chair ofApplied Ethics. Kolb is the author or co-author of more than50 research articles and 25 finance texts on topics includingfinancial derivatives, investments, corporate finance, andfinancial institutions. He recently edited the Encyclopedia ofBusiness, Society, and Ethics (2007). Kolb also founded KolbPublishing, Inc., which published finance and economics universitytexts and was acquired by Blackwell Publishing, now part of JohnWiley & Sons, Inc.
Donald Schwartz is Professor of Finance at LoyolaUniversity Chicago where he directs the Center for Integrated RiskManagement and Corporate Governance and the M.S. in Financeprogram. Donald holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Prior tocoming to Loyola, Donald was a Senior Executive with ChaseManhattan Banking Corporation and two subsidiaries of CargillIncorporated. He has worked extensively with corporations andgovernments to design and execute market and financial riskprograms.