The law firm of Shearman & Sterling LLP has released its annual survey examining the corporate governance practices of the 100 largest U.S. public companies. This year’s survey highlights trends and practices in some of the most hotly-debated areas of corporate governance, including director independence, director qualifications and time commitment, board leadership, shareholder proposals and director compensation.
Among the trends revealed by the survey as major corporations respond to new governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:
See full Article and 2005 Survey, in pdf format. Also see 2004 Survey, in pdf format.
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