Tag: directors’ duties

3 steps to take toward AI governance
How co-secs and corporate governance professionals can help boards get to grips with artificial intelligence.

Institute of Directors launches non-executive director commission
Its aim is to help foster ‘a culture of responsible risk taking and effective governance’ and enhance trust in UK business.

Japanese directors face personal liability over climate risk
As climate is officially a ‘material risk’, a report warns that Japanese directors are legally bound to ‘act with due care’.

Corporate world has a ‘huge appetite’ for artificial intelligence
AI could change boardrooms to the extent that directors’ duties would change too, a panel of governance, technology and legal experts heard.

A $56bn lesson in corporate governance
The startling sum of Elon Musk’s pay package may be beyond the orbit of other companies, but the governance principles are not.

‘Uncertainty’ remains over audit reform
The Institute of Directors foresees a move forward by the government, but whether this will follow previous proposals is unclear.

ISG’s demise triggers audit reform push
Building giant ISG goes into administration, highlighting the lack of progress on audit reform since Carillion’s collapse in 2018.

Post Office board was ‘excessively passive’
In a report on the Horizon inquiry, the Institute of Directors calls on all boards to ‘up their game in terms of tech and IT literacy’.

How to navigate financial difficulties
A focus on governance and getting the right advice can help steer the board through financial uncertainty and mitigate potential liability.

Next UK government must ‘promote governance’ to boost investment
‘Our governance regime is an asset of UK plc,’ said the chief executive of the Chartered Governance Institute.