03549oam 2200553 450 991083068240332120170523091602.01-282-29203-X97866122920331-4443-1588-91-4443-1589-7(MiFhGG)GVRL6KDS(OCoLC)441886917(EXLCZ)99100000000079441420090415d2010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrCorporate boards managers of risk, sources of risk /edited by Robert W. Kolb and Donald SchwartzChichester ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell2009Chichester, [England] ;Malden, Mass. :Wiley-Blackwell,2010.1 online resource (xiv, 379 pages) illustrationsLoyola University series on riskDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-8585-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.CORPORATE BOARDS; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I A Factual Basis; 1 The Relationship Between Boards of Directors and their Risk Management Organizations: Are Standards of Best Practice Emerging?; Part II Is Risk Management by Corporate Boards Even Possible?; 2 Risk Management, Chaos Theory, and the Corporate Board of Directors; 3 Anti-Social Norms, Risky Behavior; 4 Time-Inconsistent Boards and the Risk of Repeated Misconduct; 5 Discussion; Part III Board Structure and the Management of Risk; 6 Theories of Governance and Corporate Moral Vulnerability7 Mitigating the Exposure of Corporate Boards to Risk and Unethical Conflicts8 Supervisory Board and Financial Risk-Taking Behaviors in Chinese Listed Companies; 9 Discussion; Part IV Corporate Boards and the Management of Specific Risks; 10 Entity-Level Controls and the Monitoring Role of Corporate Boards; 11 Do Corporate Boards Care About Sustainability? Should They Care?; 12 Executive Risk Taking and Equity Compensation in the M&A Process; 13 Discussion; Part V Corporate Boards, Risk Management, and the Ethical Firm; 14 The Ethics of Risk Management by a Board of Directors15 Assurance and Reassurance: The Role of the Board16 Risk Disclosure and Transparency: Toward Corporate Collective and Collaborative Informed Consent; 17 Discussion; IndexCorporate 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 responsibilityFeatures 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, scholarLoyola University Series on Risk ManagementBoards of directorsCorporate governanceRisk managementBoards of directors.Corporate governance.Risk management.658.155658.422Kolb Robert W.1949-Schwartz Donald E.1930-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910830682403321Corporate boards3929146UNINA