Document Actions
Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk - Day 2
This two day conference will address the issues surrounding corporate governance and corporate political activity. Day two of the program is exclusively for directors and will focus on creating accountability.
| What | Center for Corporate Integrity |
|---|---|
| When |
February 29, 2008 from 09:00 am to 02:00 pm |
| Where | 151 East 25th Street, Room 7-50 |
| Contact Name | Matthew LePere |
| Contact Email | Matthew_LePere@baruch.cuny.edu |
| Contact Phone | 646-312-3231 |
| Attendees | Directors |
| Download this event to your calendar |
 vCal (Windows, Linux) iCal (Mac OS X) |
Click here to watch day 2 of Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk.
More about the Program
Day two of Corporations, Politics and the Role of the Director will be comprised of two sessions that will examine how directors acquire and use information regarding a company's political activities. It will focus on the decision-making process within companies for making political contribution and expenditure decisions. Special attention will be given to the respective roles of the public affairs office, the general counsel, senior management and directors in these decisions. It will assess how a company can go about assuring compliance with applicable law, and consistency with company policy while balancing short term political expediency and the long term interest of the company. The session will explore how to create procedures within a company that allows it to withstand the pressure that it is often brought to make a political contribution and that affords a company the opportunity to make political decisions in more deliberate manner. The use of corporate codes of conduct, political action committees and internal and external reporting to create a culture of accountability will be discussed. The role and importance of directors in inculcating this culture of accountability will be highlighted in the workshop.
Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk - Day 2 Agenda*
Director's Workshop: Creating Accountability
I. The Director's Role - 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
This session will address how directors can create a culture of accountability and carry out their independent oversight responsibility.
Chair: WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, JR, New York City Comptroller
JEFF KAPLAN, Partner, Kaplan & Walker LLP
STEPHEN PEPPER, Professor of Law, University of Denver College of Law
ALAN RUDNICK, Program Director, The Conference Board Directors' Institute; Counsel, The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise; Principal, Masters-Rudnick & Associates, LLC
The second session will focus on directors in the media spotlight and coverage of their role and responsibilities in corporate accountability.
Chair: JOHN BYRNE, online editor, Business Week
CAROL BOWIE, head of the Governance Center at RiskMetrics (formerly Institutional Shareholder Services)
JEANNE CUMMINGS, Chief Money & Lobbying Correspondent, The Politico
Lunch and Luncheon Address
Governance Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
JOHN COFFEE, JR., Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Cosponsors
Center for Political Accountability
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
Registration
Please note, registration for this program is by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation and are interested in attending, please contact Matthew LePere at 646-312-3231. To register for Campaign Finance Reform, please do one of the following:
- Complete and submit the below registration form.
- Call us at 646-312-3231
E-mail us at cci@baruch.cuny.edu