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Employee Surveillance: Crossing the Line From Trust to Coercion

Working from home has surfaced numerous risks. First security, now productivity. Increasingly, companies are using employee monitoring tools to track and measure employee activity at home. The software may increase productivity, but also may compromise employee privacy or foster anger and distrust. Shortsighted surveillance decisions may risk a hard-won corporate culture, and the governance team should pay close attention.

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Governance: Bringing Captive Supply Chains Home

A growing clamor for supply chain diversification and returning manufacturing to the US is going to land in the laps of the c-suite and board. It is starting with outrage at the vulnerability of medical supply chains. But the obvious weaknesses of current globalization are causing a review of all supply chains and their exposure to environmental and political risk.

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Coronavirus Ethics in the Supply Chain Are a Risk for the Company, the CEO, and the Board

“We’ll get through this together” is statement of solidarity and shared sacrifice that is on the lips of many executives – an affirmation of corporate social responsibility. Does it also include the weak link in the supply chain – developing world suppliers? Hardball demands of suppliers threaten vulnerable workers, damage business relationships, and expose the CEO and board of directors to criticism and the company to reputation risk. Governance needs to take note.

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Twelve Activities to Focus the Board and Governance Team During Covid-19

A timely list of twelve key corporate governance issues for board members during our Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic calls for the usual director oversight plus extra vigilance for new threats and opportunities. Directors need to be well-briefed to permit quick comprehension and fast decision making.

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California Board Diversity Mandate: The Impact so Far

Recent reports and surveys show significant changes to board of director diversity among California publicly traded corporations. This follows the state mandate that boards have at least one female director by the end of 2019. According to independent corporate governance surveys, among the larger companies 96% have at least one woman director. There have also been large increases in the number of boards with two, three, or more women directors. 94% of the new directors joined the boards as outside directors.