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Nonprofit Governance Reforms

The advent of significant corporate governance reforms in response to the Sarbanes-Oxley law, as well as scandals involving several leading nonprofit institutions, has created a climate of uncertainty for the management and Boards of Directors of nonprofit organizations. Controversy has arisen as to the extent to which these entities should emulate the behavior of comparably sized public corporations, even though most of Sarbanes-Oxley does not apply to entities that do not have securities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

6 minute read April 27, 2004 at 09:07 AM
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Andrew J. Demetriou
Nonprofit Governance Reforms

The advent of significant corporate governance reforms in response to the Sarbanes-Oxley law, as well as scandals involving several leading nonprofit institutions, has created a climate of uncertainty for the management and Boards of Directors of nonprofit organizations.

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