Contents

Boardroom perspectives

Alternatives to audit

Boardroom behaviour

German state firms to set good example

NYSE tackles corporate governance

South Africa tightens rules on non-executives

Strategy audits

Paul-André Rabate argues that boards need to take ownership of strategy and its valuation and that ‘strategy audits’ are as critical a boardroom tool as audited financial accounts.

More Companies Act changes

Danielle Harris looks at another Companies Act headache facing UK boards this Autumn as the final stage of its implementation brings in new rules which introduce both opportunities and, for the unprepared, compliance risks.

What does the future hold for business schools?

Professor Ken Starkey looks at the role that business schools played in the current economic situation and what they need to do to help restore confidence.

The buck stops here

Catriona Munro looks at the legal position for breaches of competition law and the increasingly significant personal risks for directors.