Enhancing Financial Integrity: Critical Accounting Issues for Corporate Directors
OVERVIEW
Enhancing Financial Integrity: Critical Accounting Issues for Corporate Directors strengthens a board member’s ability to evaluate the financial reporting and accounting decisions made by management. Participating directors address the spectrum of corporate accounting issues and red flags, from basic to complex, to better prepare for their role of informed, vigilant oversight. The program is led by highly regarded Columbia Business School faculty in conjunction with prominent corporate, academic, and regulatory experts. Participants benefit from a potent mixture of lectures, interactive discussions, small-group consultation, and real-world case studies. The program is supported by the New York Stock Exchange Foundation and is ISS-accredited.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Comprehend the accounting principles on which financial statements are based
- Understand what financial statements are conveying and what they omit
- Appreciate the sensitive areas where financial reporting can get a firm into trouble
- Learn the key questions to ask when reviewing financial statements
- Understand how financial controls work
- Recognize and comprehend industry-specific red flagsand concerns
PROGRAM TOPICS
- Scrutinizing a Company’s Financial Reporting
- Identifying Red Flags in Disclosures
- Controllership Principles in Action
- The Wall Street Perspective on Financial Reporting
- Analysis of Industry-Specific Accounting Issues
- Assessing Operating Performance
- Key Questions for the Boardroom
FACULTY
- Nahum D. Melumad, Columbia Business School
- Stephen H. Penman, Columbia Business School
- Doron Nissim, Columbia Business School
- Patricia M. Fairfield, Georgetown University
PAST SPEAKERS
- Harvey J. Goldschmid, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Catherine Kinney, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange
- Frederick D. Lipman, Partner, Blank Rome LLP; Board of Directors, Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc.
PROGRAM FEE
$5,450
The fee covers tuition, program materials, and most meals.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mail:
Columbia Executive Education
2880 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Telephone:212-854-3395
Fax:212-316-1473
E-mail:execed@columbia.edu
Website:www.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/nyse1
