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Workers on company boards

Two recent reports from the UK Trades Union Congress find that having employees sitting on corporate boards encourages the long-term success of individual firms.

Proposed new rule for pay ratio disclosure

The SEC in the US has proposed a new rule that would require public companies to disclose the ratio of the compensation of its CEO to the median compensation of its employees.

Governance best practice

Recruiting for Europe’s boardrooms

The corporate governance function

Sacha Sadan looks at the changing nature of this function, how he expects this to develop in the future and why he is optimistic about the outlook.

Governing and directing: are they different? Part 2

In the second part of his article, Peter Tunjic looks at how companies should be governed to increase value creation.

First among equals

David W Anderson looks at the under-appreciated significance of the board chair.