Assessing Board Members In The Nonprofit Organizational Arena: Increased Board Responsibilities Dictated By Sarbanes Oxley

Effective governance: the roles and responsibilities of board members.

Running a health care organization is a team sport. It is very important that all members of the team—whether on the medical staff, in management, or on the board—understand the role of governance and what constitutes effective governance. Many misunderstandings about the roles of boards exist. Many people think that board members are paid, for example, which is not true. Effective governance: ...

Is Board Structure One-size-fits-all? the Unintended Informational Consequence of the Sarbanes-oxley Act

In this paper we examine how board structure affects the informativeness of board members by comparing the returns earned by officers and independent directors from purchasing the firm’s stock. We investigate whether an exogenous shock to the board structure – the 2002 SarbanesOxley Act and the related mandates – leads to a shift in information asymmetry between officers and independent directo...

The new work of the nonprofit board.

Too often, the board of a nonprofit organization is little more than a collection of high-powered people engaged in low-level activities. But that can change, the authors say, if trustees are willing to discover and take on the new work of the board. When they perform the new work, a board's members can significantly advance the institution's mission and long-term welfare. Doing the new work re...

Assessing the 'fit': using competencies to select new board members.

New editorial board members

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