CGRI research spans these topics: general principles, board of directors, leadership and succession planning, compensation, audit and risk, shareholders, and proxy advisory.
In this Closer Look, we examine the General Counsel perspective of Environmental, Social, and Governance matters. General Counsel offer an…
In this Closer Look, we examine a new industry that has arisen in recent years to facilitate the financing of stock-option exercises for employees…
In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission revised human capital disclosure rules to improve shareholder understanding of how human capital…
Recent years have witnessed a growing trend of stakeholder issues becoming prominent in discussions of corporate governance. One source of this…
The SEC adopted Rule 10b5-1 to provide an affirmative defense against allegations of insider trading to executives whose jobs regularly expose…
Environmental costs are a legal obligation of companies and proper corporate governance requires that they be dealt with responsibly.…
Scrutiny of CEO pay increases during times of economic stress, when it is not clear how much pay CEOs should receive when corporate profitability…
Our concept of risk continues to broaden and now includes instances in which representatives of a company make statements, actions, or decisions…
Investors rely on corporate disclosure to make informed decisions about the value of companies they invest in. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a…
There has been a broad push in recent years to increase diversity at the board and CEO levels of public corporations. Despite this effort,…
Little is known about the process by which pre-IPO companies select independent, outside board members — directors unaffiliated with the company…
Corporate executives receive a considerable portion of their compensation in the form of equity and, from time to time, sell a portion of their…
Among the controversies in corporate governance, perhaps none is more heated or widely debated across society than that of CEO pay. The views that…
A reliable system of corporate governance is considered to be an important requirement for the long-term success of a company. Unfortunately,…
Currently, there is much debate about the role that non-investor stakeholder interests play in the governance of public companies. Critics argue…
Recently, there has been debate among corporate managers, board of directors, and institutional investors around how best to incorporate ESG (…
Two decades ago, McKinsey advanced the idea that large U.S. companies are engaged in a “war for talent” and that to remain competitive they need…
In this Closer Look, we examine the tensions between corporate culture, financial incentives, and employee conduct as illustrated by the Wells…
Companies are required to have a reliable system of corporate governance in place at the time of IPO in order to protect the interests of public…
CEO activism — the practice of CEOs taking public positions on environmental, social, and political issues not directly related to their business…