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  • Featherstone The growing REM headache

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2010

    Tony Featherstone reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors. The growing REM headache The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...

  • Green s Piece Asleep at the wheel Sep 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2008

    John M Green praises the dumb question. Asleep at the wheel “The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...

  • Feature No choking in a carbon constrained world Jul 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2008

    There’s no escaping climate change. As Giles Parkinson reports, it’s now clearly part of a director’s fiduciary obligation and can carry penalties and fines if not handled properly. No choking in a carbon constrained world It is becoming increasingly apparent that Australian busi...

  • Cover story

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2006

    The not-for-profit sector in Australia is both more diverse and much bigger in its economic significance than most people realise. It also involves numerous complex issues for directors. Domini Stuart reports. No profits but big returns The economic contribution of the not-for-profit (NFP)...

  • the director duties debate

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2005

      The director duties debate There is ongoing discussion on director duties and how far they should extend. Bill Beerworth* puts a new twist on an old debate   Generations of lawyers have been taught that directors must discharge their duties in the interests of the corporation. This in t...

  • The members voice AICD Review

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jul 2005

    An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD’s policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month: The members' voice An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD's policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month: Road Transport Laws...

  • Risky business directors and lawsuits Cover Story

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2005

    Are directors under threat from lawsuits - and is this inhibiting qualified people from joining boards? In a recent paper, Bernard S. Black, Brian R. Cheffins, and Michael Klausner* suggest that the situation is not as dire as some people fear Risky business directors and lawsuits Are directors un...

  • Managing the obligations Risk Management

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2004

    Are you a company director concerned about your governance and compliance obligations, and unsure how much you have to do to fulfil them? Managing the obligations Following the paper trail – How safe is it to rely on those management sign-offs? asks Jon Tyers* Are you a company director co...

  • So you really want to be a director AICD Review

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2004

    In directorland it can take years to make it to the board of a public company – if you’re lucky. Lucky? Yes lucky, and well-connected, and well-prepared. On the reckoning of the eminent panelists at the AICD’s April Director’s Briefing, “it’s a long way to the top” as AC/DC belted out in its gu...