The Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. Working as a global, independent membership organization in the public interest, we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis, and bring executives together to learn from one another. | The Conference Board SPECIAL REPORT Corporate Governance Best Practices A Blueprint for the Post-Enron Era SR-03-05 The Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. Working as a global independent membership organization in the public interest we conduct research convene conferences make forecasts assess trends publish information and analysis and bring executives together to learn from one another. The Conference Board is a not-for-profit organization and holds 501 c 3 tax-exempt status in the United States. About the Global Corporate Governance Research Center The Conference Board s Global Corporate Governance Research Center Center brings together corporations and institutional investors. The Center s objective is to assist corporations to enhance their governance processes and thereby inspire confidence and facilitate capital formation in today s globally competitive marketplace. Members of the Advisory Board BPplc UK California Public Employees Retirement System CalPERS The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Heidrick Struggles Jones Day KPMG McKinsey Company Merrill Lynch Co. Inc. Pfizer Inc PricewaterhouseCoopers Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association- College Retirement Equities Fund TIAA-CREF Members of the Center Baxter International Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Computer Associates International Inc. CSX Corporation Equiserve Fried Frank Harris Shriver Jacobson Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. Southern Company Services Inc. Standard Life Investments Ltd. UK For further information regarding the Center please contact Diane Insolia Center Coordinator at 845 Third Ave. New York NY 10022 Tel 212 339 0392 Fax 212 836 9711 e-mail Disclaimer This report is intended foreducational purposes only. Nothing contained in this report is to be considered as the rendering of legal or accounting advice. Readers
