Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why is corporate governance important? -- Summary of major corporate governance principles and best practices -- Best practices to monitor risk in different organizational departments -- Monitoring and changing the corporate culture -- The internal audit function -- Compensation c ommittees of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations -- Other committees -- Independent directors and their committees -- IT content : best corporate governance practices -- IT security best corporate gov ernance practices -- Who can qualify for a public company audit committ ee? -- Public company audit committee: personal liability of audit comm ittee members -- Minimum responsibilities of public company audit commi ttees -- Other public company audit committee functions -- 30 best prac tice considerations for the public company audit committee -- Who is an independent auditor? -- Corporate governance for family-owned and othe r private businesses -- Corporate governance for not-for-profit organiz ations.