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Title

Anchoring points for corporate directors : obeying the unenforceable / Robert K. Mueller.

Author

Mueller, Robert Kirk.

Publication

Westport, CT : Quorum Books, 1996.

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Description

xx, 164 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• One remarkable organizational form that has served Western society well is the enterprise governed by an independent board of trustees or directors. Unless actions are taken to improve the conduct of publicly held corporations, this form may become an endangered species. There are many important understandings and ideas that exist in the covenantal relationships between directors including exploratory problem-solving techniques based on the different starting points or anchors of each director.
• The anchoring points regarding the unwritten elements of conduct and effectiveness of a member of the board of directors are illustrated through personal experience. Anchoring points are offered herein to directors and those wanting their first board seat. These points concern the idea of service without dominance in the boardroom; the anchors are about obeying the unenforceable in the area of corporate governance for the present time.

Subjects

• Chief executive officers
• Corporate governance
• Directors of corporations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Moulton's Manners: Caveat Lector (and Would-Be Director) ̃-- 1. Groupthink Pathology: How to Avoid This -- 2. Limitations to Live With: Directors Don't Have to Be Perfect -- 3. The Oyster Not the Shell: Enterprise versus Corporation -- 4. The Covenantal Divide: Contractual versus Covenantal Relationships -- 5. Power in Pinstripes: Partnership of CEO and the Board -- 6. No Business like Closely Held Business: The Larger Parallel Economy -- 7. Trousers of Decorum: Cover-Your-Backside Ethics -- 8. A Director's Guide to Staying Clean: Spirit as Well as Letter of the Law -- 9. Smart Directorship: Knowledge and Judgment -- App. A: A Director's Do-It-Yourself Checkup: Are Your Boardworthy for the 1990s? -- App. B: Board Maturity and Development.

ISBN

1567200680 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96002214

OCLC

• 34078453
• ocm34078453

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries