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When Hayley Woodin was thinking of giving back to the community while taking her career to the next level, one option stood out: serving on a board of directors. Woodin, the editor-in-chief of Canada's "Business In Vancouver" newspaper, jumped at the opportunity when one of the region's largest...

Audit committees face increasingly complex demands and expectations when it comes to cybersecurity. Oversight practices have expanded from an initial focus on protecting lost shareholder value after a breach to satisfying evolving regulatory compliance and diverse stakeholder demands. Usually performed by audit committees, this oversight responsibility should obtain a more...

We need a new model of sustainable cybersecurity. One that starts with a commitment at the board level to incentivize a culture of corporate cyber responsibility in which managing cyber risk is treated as a fundamental matter of good governance and good corporate citizenship...

Some corporate boards are forming committees to oversee science, technology and innovation, an acknowledgment that they matter as much to a company’s future as traditional concerns including audits and compensation....

A backlash against companies taking on issues ranging from climate change to abortion rights is helping to push shareholder proposals to record numbers this year. More advocacy groups are using these resolutions to try to inject their voices into the corporate agenda, questioning companies’ adoption of policies...

This week, Fortune released its Modern Board 25 list that features the most innovative boards of directors among S&P 500 companies. Marie Myers, CFO at HP Inc., is on the board of F5, a Seattle-based cyber security and ...

What’s expected of a top-performing board guiding a company through today’s deluge of risks? Or the whirlwind of forces shaping our future economy? ...

Barbara Casu of Cass Business School at City University of London and four co-researchers compared data on board and leadership diversity at large European banks against records of fines levied on those banks ...

Boards that struggle with their role in providing oversight for cybersecurity create a security problem for their organizations. Even though boards say cybersecurity is a priority, they have a long way to go to...

For progress to be made, Marshall says it is critical to have the support, endorsement, and championship of senior leadership, beginning with the CEO....