BoardroomDirect: Update on current board issues - January 2013

Corporate Governance Series 02/07/2013 by Center for Board Governance

This issue of BoardroomDirect® from PwC includes focuses on lagging economy, active regulatory environment on boards' minds

Understanding key issues that affect the company is a critical element of a director’s responsibility. As part of their oversight, directors should ask questions that help them get their arms around those issues in an ever-changing world and governance environment.

PwC’s 2013 Key questions for board and audit committee members focuses on areas including strategy and risk management, anti-corruption and compliance, financial reporting, information technology, and shareholder and stakeholder communications.

Other items featured this month include:

  1. PwC's Annual Global CEO Survey: US executives redirecting investments
  2. Message to directors: Get more social in IT space
  3. Political spending, board declassification still hot topics
  4. SEC goes forward with new audit communications standard
  5. Obama nominates White as next SEC chair
  6. Resources, webcasts and events