Research and Markets: Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk
DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b33819/corporate_boards) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk" to their offering.
Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk deals with the highly timely topic of the Corporate Board and its relationship to risk, both in terms of its management and its creation.
- Utilizes a multi-disciplinary perspective which draws on the fields of economics, law, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility
- Features a range of topics including the role of corporate boards in overseeing increasingly complex risk management techniques and the ethical dimensions of corporate board behavior in managing risk
- Of interest to students, scholars, and firm stakeholders
- Explores how recent events have also shown that the members of Corporate Boards can be sources of risk
Corporate charters empower boards with an important role in managing risk, but recent events have also shown that the members of these boards can also be sources of risk. Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk deals with the highly timely topic of the Corporate Board and its relationship to risk, both in terms of its management and its creation. The work presents a multi-disciplinary perspective, including contributions from the areas of economics, management, law, finance, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility. Topics include the role of corporate boards in overseeing increasingly complex risk management techniques, managing corporate boards to control the risk that their activities impose on the firm and on society, and the ethical dimensions of corporate board behavior in managing risk and imposing risk on the firms various stakeholders.
Key Topics Covered:
- Notes on Contributors.
- Preface.
- Introduction (Robert W. Kolb) (Loyola University Chicago) and (Donald Schwartz) (Loyola University Chicago)
- Part I: A Factual Basis.
- Part II: Is Risk Management by Corporate Boards Even Possible?
- Part III: Board Structure and the Management of Risk.
- Part IV: Corporate Boards and the Management of Specific Risks.
- Part V: Corporate Boards, Risk Management, and the Ethical Firm.
- Index
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b33819/corporate_boards
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