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October 5, 2006

Our “What is a Perk?” Survey is Up!

As promised, we have posted our Quick Survey on “What is a Perk?” with fourteen different scenarios for your input. I received dozens of other suggested scenarios from members – but I didn’t want to overwhelm you, so I picked the ones that appeared most likely to be universally applicable. Please take a moment to complete the survey now.

And thanks to Brink Dickerson of Troutman Sanders, we have posted this list of potential perks in CompensationStandards.com’s “Management Perks” Practice Area to help you identify the types of items/services you should be on the lookout for as you enhance your disclosure controls & procedures.

“Perk Tester” Flow Chart, Sample Board Presentations and More

In “The SEC’s New Rules” Practice Area on CompensationStandards.com, I continue to post all sorts of useful information, including a few sample PowerPoint presentations that can be tailored for a board presentation and a nifty flow chart from Lou Rorimer of Jones Day to help ascertain “what is a perk?”

Emissions Reduction as a Corporate Governance Issue

One area that I intend to cover more are the “social” issues that have emerged as real business issues. In this podcast, David van Hoogstraten of Hunton & Williams explains how emissions reduction has emerged as a corporate governance issue, including:

– In what ways are greenhouse gas emissions reductions now seen as a corporate governance issue?
– What are shareholders doing to push for more disclosure of emissions?
– How are the markets and investment banks fostering sustainable production as a hallmark of the well-governed company?
– Why do we see more internal evaluations of companies’ sustainability efforts?
– Why should lawyers be involved in the preparation of public environmental reports?