Tues., Aug 28

Introduction to American Corporate Governance; Mean Business, Albert J. Dunlap

Thurs., Aug 30

Mean Business, Albert J. Dunlap (Cont=d)

Tues., Sep 4

Corporate Governance B Stakeholders V. Stockholders. Whose Corporation is it anyhow? (Handout 1)

Thurs,. Sep 6

Corporate Philanthropy: Societal Boom or Shareholder Bust? (Handout 2)

Tues., Sep 11

The Duty of Care, Corporate Productivity and Stock Ownership: A Connection or Disconnection? (Handout 3)

Thurs., Sep 13
(Rosh Hashanah)

The Duty of Care, Corporate Productivity and Stock Ownership: A Connection or Disconnection? (Handout 3)

Tues., Sep 18
(Submit Paper Topic)

Executive Compensation  (Handout 4 & DE Discourses Executive Compensation)

 Thurs., Sep 20

Executive Compensation (Handout 4 & DE Discourses Executive Compensation)

 Tues., Sep 25

Caremark and the Prevention of Corporate Fraud and Other Forms of Illegal Conduct (Handout 5)

 Thurs., Sep 27

Caremark and the Prevention of Corporate Fraud and Other Forms of Illegal Conduct (Handout 5)

 Tues., Oct 2

Audit Committee Reform and Financial Misconduct B Effective Medicine or Placebo? (Handout 6)

 Thurs., Oct 4

Audit Committee Reform and Financial Misconduct B Effective Medicine or Placebo? (Handout 6)

Tues., Oct 9

Corporate Governance Guidelines: Common Ground B Realistic Expectations? (Handout 7 & DE Discourses Corporate Guidelines)

Thurs., Oct 11

Director Term Limits: Necessity or Performance Hindrance?  (Handout 8)
Guests

1. Sanjai Bhagat,Professor, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder
2. Ken Daly, President & CEO, National Association for Corporate Directors
3. Lawrence Dickinson, Company Secretary, Barclay’s Bank, PLC
4. Jon Hanson, Chairman & Founder, The Hampshire Companies (Director, Prudential and HealthSouth)
5. Bob May, Chief Executive Officer, Calpine Corporation
6. Ann McLaughlin-Korologos, Chairman RAND Board of Trustees (Director, Kellogg, American Airlines, Vulcan Materials, Harman Intl, and Host Hotels and Resorts)
7. The Honorable John W. Noble, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
8. Ray Troubh, Financial Consultant, director or former director of a number of corporations including Enron, Time Warner and America West Airlines et al
9. Ann Yerger, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors

Tues., Oct 16

Non-Profit Corporate Governance Reform (Handout 9)

 Thurs., Oct 18

Corporate Democracy and the Shareholder Resolution B A failed _Hyde Park Corner_ or legitimate  governance tool? (Handout 10)

 Tues., Oct 23

The Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation: Problem or Solution? (Handout 11)

1. Kenneth Bertsch, Executive Director – Corporate Governance, Morgan Stanley
2. Fred Cook, Founding Director,  Frederic W. Cook & Company, Inc.
3. Jeff Cunningham, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NewsMarkets LLC, (Director, Countrywide Financial)
4. Stephen Davis, Fellow, Yale School of Management’s Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance
5. Margaret (Peggy) Foran, Sr. Vice President for Corporate Governance, Pfizer
6. Xavier Gabaix, Associate Professor of Finance, New York University, Stern School of Business
7. William Lauder, President & CEO, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
8. D. Craig Nordlund, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
9. The Honorable Henry duPont Ridgely, Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
10. Linda Selbach, Vice President Director Corporate Governance, Wellington Management Company, LLP
11. John White, Director of Corporation Finance, Securities & Exchange Commission

Thurs., Oct 25

Shareholder Access to the Company Proxy/Majority Voting: Accountability Creator or Boardroom Bomb? (Handout 12)

Tues., Oct 30

Shareholder Litigation: Behavior Enhancer or Corporate Toxin (Handout 13)

Thurs., Nov 1

No Class B Prepare Research Paper

Tues., Nov 6

Dual Class Stock --  Cost, Benefits, and Future under Delaware Law (Handout 14)

Thurs., Nov 8

Enron and Corporate Governance Reform: A Case Study (Handout 15)

Tues., Nov 13

The Poison Pill B Shareholder Toxin or Value Creator (Handout 16)

Thurs., Nov 15

Circon and the Future of the Poison Pill (Handout 17)

Tues., Nov 20

Delaware Corporate Regulation and the North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act (Handout 18)

 Thurs., Nov 22

Thanksgiving Break

 Tues., Nov 27

No Class -- Prepare Research Paper

Thurs., Nov 29

Delaware Corporate Regulation and the North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act (Handout 18)
Guests

1. William Clark, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
2. Mel Eisenberg, Koret Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California
3. Mark Gentile, Director, Richards, Layton & Finger
4. Amy Goodman, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
5. Stuart Grant, Co-Founder, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.
6. Peter Langerman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
7. The Honorable Jack Markell, State Treasurer, State of Delaware
8. Patrick McGurn, Vice President and Special Counsel, Institutional Shareholder Services
9. A. Gilchrist Sparks, Partner, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
10. The Honorable Myron Steele, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
11. Herb Wander, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
12. John Wilcox, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF

Tues., Dec 4

Director and Managerial Responsibility and Accountability; Chainsaw, by John Byrne

Tues., Dec 4

Papers due (2 copies)  by 10:45 am