Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance: It Can't Happen to Us--Avoiding Corporate Disaster While Driving Success

Praise for Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

"Rick Steinberg is a time-tested expert in this ever more essential field. His refreshing candor in assessing recent shortfalls makes this book a must-read for corporate leaders." —Mark R. Fetting, Chairman and CEO, Legg Mason, Inc.

"This outstanding book provides a critically important perspective on how risk management can only be truly achieved by aligning culture, strategy, compliance programs, and compensation. It should be must reading for any board member concerned with improving the management of risk."—Jay Lorsch, Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations, Harvard Business School

"A comprehensive and insightful examination of corporate governance. A must-read for those of us who are CEOs and serve on public boards" —Randall L. Clark, Chairman and CEO, Dunn Tire LLC; former Chairman and CEO, Dunlop Tire North America

"Attention directors and officers: Ignore this book at your own peril. Richard Steinberg has crafted a careful, thoughtful approach to managing risks, and it should be required reading for Corporate America."—Scott S. Cohen, founder and former Editor and Publisher, Compliance Week

"Richard Steinberg's comprehensive and clearly written work will substantially benefit both new and experienced directors. It will help corporate boards recognize the challenging forces businesses face, as well as the techniques and standards available to intelligently monitor and supervise firms and their senior management. An easy and engaging read, this book should be on the bookshelf of every corporate director."—William T. Allen, Director, NYU Pollack Center of Law &Business; former Chancellor, Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware

"Richard Steinberg, a respected and time-proven governance hand, has written a most enjoyable and thought-provoking work—an excellent addition to anyone's governance shelf!" —Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware