from KPMG
With perhaps the worst of the economic storm receding-and a tenuous recovery ahead-companies and their boards are surveying a changed landscape. Cost-cutting has transformed business models and created new risks. Expectations for effective risk managment have many boards (and audit committees) rethinking their oversight practices. And a raft of public policy and regulatory reform initiatives-from new proxy disclosures to healthcare, energy, environment, and financial services reforms-pose new compliance and governance challenges.
Read the Fall 2009 Audit Committee Roundtable Report.
Topic tags: audit committee, corporate governance