CONTENTS : November 2007 • Vol 5 No 3

COVER STORY : A question of values
What role do personal values play as a compass for boardroom behaviour and director decision making? How and when do they get tested? We ask experienced New Zealand directors what values they bring to the table and whether those values outweigh regulation as a determinant for ‘doing the right thing’.

ETHICS : Four pillars of governance
How can boards add value and avoid dysfunctional behaviour? Nicki Crauford explores the four pillars of governance and effective director behaviour.

GOVERNANCE : Is the board bored?
Why the sinking feeling when board papers arrive? Jo Brosnahan outlines an agenda wishlist that doesn’t get directors bogged down in detail.

GOVERNANCE : Reputation: a global issue
It’s hard to build but easy to lose. Kiwi-born chair of the UK Institute of Directors Neville Bain talks about the importance of corporate reputation and the board’s role in building and protecting it.

Plus
EDITOR’S LETTER The Value of Values
TABLED Risky business for directors
TABLED Simple job for overpaid social workers
TABLED Keeping control: a board’s role in M&A
BOOK REVIEW Globalisation and the Wealth of Nations

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