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Governance Overview

Committees & Roles

Core Oversight Topics

Ensure Strong Ethics and Liability-Management Oversight in the Boardroom

Staying proactive is mandatory for boards navigating compliance and ethical challenges in today’s regulatory environment. Learn to protect your organization and its stakeholders while reducing liability risks. Leveraging NACD compliance, ethics, and liability resources can protect your organization and its stakeholders while reducing risk.

Equip your board with the knowledge and best practices to navigate these critical areas competently, ensuring sustained success and ethical leadership now and into the future.

FEATURE

A Government Reset: New Rules and New Players

What corporate directors should know about the potential business impacts of new federal government leadership.

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Key Resources

Our staffʼs suggestions for the best on this topic.

DIRECTOR ESSENTIALS

Special Committees

Learn about the structure, authority, and benefits of using temporary committees to supplement standing committees.
Director Essentials

Board Communications: Documentation and Retention Practices

Implement sound document retention practices for board communications—both inside and outside the boardroom.
Governance Outlook

Climate Change and Corporate Governance: Navigating 2025 and Beyond

Explore the challenges and opportunities these frameworks present for directors and management teams, including double materiality, ESG data integration, and global compliance strategies.
Director Essentials

Data Governance and Oversight

Explore how data governance and board oversight leads to ethical, effective, and sustainable value creation from data assets.
DIRECTOR ESSENTIALS

A Director's Guide to Carbon Accounting

This report serves as a "how-to" for board directors who are engaging in carbon accounting for their company.
SAMPLE DOCUMENTS

Documenting Governance

Get started with creating or updating essential board documents.

Tools for Success

Practical tools, templates, and more to put into action at your next meeting.

Boardroom Tool

Conflicts of Interest Questionnaire Sample

Uncover directors’ potential conflicts of interest.
Boardroom Tool

Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Sample

Outline the ethical standards for directors and employees.
Boardroom Tool

Whistleblower Policy Sample

Outline the process to report and investigate potential wrongdoing.

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Editorʼs Picks

A selection of editorial content from Directorship^® magazine, including online exclusives.

Directorship Magazine

As Washington Swings Right, Boards Update Their Playbooks

Discover legislative, regulatory, and legal developments impacting boards in the winter 2025 issue of Directorship.
Directorship Magazine

The Post-Election Boardroom: Six Scenarios for Planning Ahead

Six scenarios that boards should consider to prepare for potential regulatory changes after the November US election.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE

Projecting Ethics: How to Create a Corporate Culture of Integrity

Five practices for projecting a culture of ethics and integrity in an organization.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE

High Court Decisions May Prompt New Challenges to Longtime Governance Rules

Implications of the Chevron deference and other decisions in the boardroom.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE

Latest Delaware Decisions Reveal the Limits of the Business Judgment Rule

Lessons for directors from recent Delaware court cases.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE

The Board Member’s Guide to Investigations

Everything board members wanted to know about investigations but were too afraid to ask.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE

The Board's Role in Strategic and Responsible AI Leadership

Steps boards can take to lay the groundwork for successful oversight of AI.