Book contents
- Boards of Directors in Disruptive Times
- Reviews
- Boards of Directors in Disruptive Times
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Changing Nature and Functions of Boards of Directors
- 2 Boards of Directors and Purpose
- 3 Boards of Directors in Corporate Strategy
- 4 The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation
- 5 The Board in CEO and Senior Management Selection, Development and Succession
- 6 From Board Structure to Boards as Effective Teams
- 7 From Compliance to an Engaging Corporate Culture
- 8 Engaging Shareholders and Key Stakeholders
- 9 Assessing the Firm’s Overall Impact
- 10 Effective Boards of Directors for Better Corporate Governance
- References
- Index
9 - Assessing the Firm’s Overall Impact
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2022
- Boards of Directors in Disruptive Times
- Reviews
- Boards of Directors in Disruptive Times
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Changing Nature and Functions of Boards of Directors
- 2 Boards of Directors and Purpose
- 3 Boards of Directors in Corporate Strategy
- 4 The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation
- 5 The Board in CEO and Senior Management Selection, Development and Succession
- 6 From Board Structure to Boards as Effective Teams
- 7 From Compliance to an Engaging Corporate Culture
- 8 Engaging Shareholders and Key Stakeholders
- 9 Assessing the Firm’s Overall Impact
- 10 Effective Boards of Directors for Better Corporate Governance
- References
- Index
Summary
Effective boards should assess the overall economic and social impact of their companies. In Chapter 9, I discuss how boards should set goals and policies and regularly disclose information about the firm’s financial and nonfinancial performance. In particular, boards should make sure that corporate purpose, as well as environmental and social dimensions, are well defined and coherently integrated into the firm’s strategy, business model, culture and people development policies. Financial and nonfinancial information should be disclosed and presented in a holistic and connected way. In this way, shareholders and stakeholders will have a deeper appreciation of the firm’s progress toward fulfilling its goals and purpose. At present, there is a heated debate on how to define standards for nonfinancial information and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Effective boards should take regulation into account, while making efforts to establish their own ESG objectives that are consistent with their strategy and business model, and disclose them in a clear manner.
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- Boards of Directors in Disruptive TimesImproving Corporate Governance Effectiveness, pp. 320 - 353Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022