Corporate Governance
Good Corporate Governance
Preoccupied in recent years with digesting and mastering the mechanics of Sarbanes-Oxley and stock exchange rules, boards of directors and CEOs are now returning to larger questions about good corporate governance practice and its role in building value by fostering better overall company performance.
This concern for good corporate governance is increasing across all types of organizations:
PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANIES:
Obligated by law and impelled by a rapidly evolving environment of regulation, public scrutiny, and shareholder calls for accountability, boardsof public companies must work harder than ever to establish effective corporate governance processes.
PRIVATE COMPANIES:
From family owned companies to private-equity held firms, good corporate governance has become increasingly important to improve management, address succession planning, prepare to go public, and to satisfy other constituencies such as credit rating agencies, regulators, insurers, and customers.
NOT-FOR-PROFITS:
Realizing that the corporate governance standards applied to public companies are spreading in the non-profit world, non-profit organizations, including colleges and universities, want to know how to adapt governance best practices to their needs to assure contributors and the public that they warrant their trust and deserve their support.
In addition, transformational events, such as mergers, new CEOs, shifts in strategic direction, globalization of operations, aftermath of government investigations and proceedings, and the addition of a significant number of new board members create environments that can pose difficult governance challenges and put strains on the board and its governance structures.
To help all of these diverse organizations address their unique governance challenges, Masters- Rudnick & Associates works with CEOs, boards, and corporate staffs to develop and smoothly implement good corporate governance structures, best practices, and procedures that increase the effectiveness of the CEO, the board, and the enterprise. Providing a full range of services, we help them implement best practice corporate governance, arrive at better decisions, and fulfill their unique missions.