TY - BOOK AU - Steinberg, Richard M. AU - Levitt, Arthur TI - Veronika decides to die: it can't happen to us - avoiding corporate disaster while driving success SN - 9781118024300 AV - HD 2741 .S84 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Son, Inc. KW - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- LAW AND LEGISLATION -- UNITED STATES N1 - Includes index; What is GRC, and why does it matter? -- Culture, the critical driver -- Cost-effective compliance programs -- Ethics programs : another foundational block -- Risk management and the financial system's near meltdown -- What is risk management about? -- Implementing ERM -- Does internal control really matter? -- Control over operational performance -- Boards of director's focus -- Overseeing strategy and risk management -- CEO compensation, succession planning and crisis management -- Performance measurement and reporting -- Building an effective board -- Avoiding board pitfalls -- Where the power lies -- Structural issues at the board -- Looking to the future N2 - In reading this book you'll better understand the factors that compromise the infrastructure of every organization, and how to get these elements right to avoid disaster ER -