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StaggeringThingsareslowtochangei...

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：Staggering

ThingsareslowtochangeinAmericasboardrooms

THEannualreviewofAmericancompanyboardpracticesby

Korn/Ferryafirmofheadhuntersisausefulindicatorofthe

healthofcorporategovernance.T

hisyearsreviewpublishedonNovember12thshowsthatthe

Sarbanes-Oxleyactpassedin2002totrytopreventarepeatof

corporatecollapsessuchasEnronsandWorldComshashadanimpact

ontheboardroom-albeitatanaverageimplementationcostthat

Korn/Ferryestimatesat$5.Imperfirm.

Twoyearsagoonly41%ofAmericanfirmssaidtheyregularlyheld

meetingsofdirectorswithouttheirchiefexecutivepresent;this

yearthefigurewas93%.Butsomethingshavebeensurprisingly

unaffectedbythebacklashagainstcorporatescandals.Forexample

despiteagrowingfeelingthatformerchiefexecutivesshouldnot

sitontheircompanysboardthepercentageofAmericanfirmswhere

theydohasactuallyedgedupfrom23%in2003to25%in2004.

Alsodisappointinglyfewfirmshavesplitthejobsofchairman

andchiefexecutive.AnothersurveyofAmericanboardspublished

thisweekbyA.T.Kearneyafirmofconsultantsfoundthatin

200214%oftheboardsofSstaggeredboardsareentrenchedintheir

corporatecharterswhichcannotbeamendedbyashareholdersvote.

Anyonewhoexpectedthescandalsof2001tobringaboutrapidchange

inthebalanceofpowerbetweenmanagersandownerswasatbest

naive.

Economist;11/13/2004Vol.373Issue8401p67-674/9p

注注）:本文选自Economist;11/13/2004p6注674/9p;

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