Shaping tomorrow's boards.Joe Queenan is always amusing and thought-provoking. In "The Feat of the Master" (Flip Side Flip side In the context of general equities, opposite side to a proposition or position (buy, if sell is the proposition and vice versa). , January/February 2004) he is also right on target. While Mr. Queenan had his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, we nevertheless take quite seriously his observation that "something drastic is needed to allay al·lay tr.v. al·layed, al·lay·ing, al·lays 1. To reduce the intensity of; relieve: allay back pains. See Synonyms at relieve. 2. the public suspicion that some boards are asleep at the wheel." Here at the School of Business at Indiana University Southeast History The Indiana University Falls City Area Center was established by Floyd McMurray in 1941 as an extension center of Indiana University in New Albany, Indiana and Jeffersonville, Indiana. , we're helping master's candidates develop the professional skills now required of corporate directors. For example, we offer a class on how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act See SOX. applies to directors of publicly held companies. The course is taught by an instructor who has served on the board of a public company during an acquisition and after the reform act went into effect. We're trying to make certain that future corporate directors get the information they need, and that they get it from people who have "been there and done that." Joe Chalfant Founding Chair, National Association of Corporate Directors Adjunct Professor Indiana University Southeast New Albany New Albany, city (1990 pop. 36,322), seat of Floyd co., S Ind., near the falls of the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Ky.; inc. 1819. The city was a shipbuilding center in the 19th cent., and the riverboats Robert E. Lee and Eclipse were built there. , Ind. |
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