Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards (eBook)

A New Governance Paradigm

Peggy M. Jackson (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2006 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-05002-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) bar has been raised-is your nonprofit
board up to the task?

Nonprofit boards are in a fishbowl of scrutiny much like their
private sector counterparts. With recent media focus on
investigations of false charities, and more disturbingly, of
household-name nonprofits that have abused donor trust by
misdirecting donations, the heat is on the nonprofit board to
rehabilitate its organizational profile.

Encouraging boards to reclaim their role as the ultimate
authority within their nonprofit, nationally recognized nonprofit
expert Dr. Peggy Jackson supplies tips for leveraging the power and
value of SOX requirements within the nonprofit organization.
Containing sample documents, forms, and checklists to introduce
best practices into any nonprofit organization, this complete guide
is a practical, hands-on tool for equipping your nonprofit's board
toward a higher quality of control.

Relevant for both the large and small nonprofit organization,
this must-have book effectively brings pragmatic clarity to a
complex topic, and explains how to blend Sarbanes-Oxley
requirements into the nonprofit organization, with topics
including:

* Common factors that contribute to nonprofit board
dysfunction

* Moving nonprofit governance into the twenty-first century

* Intervention techniques for moving your board forward

* Establishing strategies for lasting change

* Creating a platinum standard for governance

Helping your nonprofit board understand and implement SOX
requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards will be
indispensable as a guide and will reinforce your nonprofit's
financial structure and reputation.

Autor

PEGGY M. JACKSON, DPA, CPCU, is a consultant and nationally recognized lecturer in risk management, business continuity planning, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. She is a principal with Adjunct LLC and a founding partner of the Fogarty, Jackson & Associates Consulting Group in San Francisco, California. Dr. Jackson has coauthored several books published by Wiley, including Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations, Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits, and Sarbanes-Oxley and Nonprofit Management: Skills, Techniques, Methods. She divides her time and consulting practice between her homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Washington DC metro area.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

About the Author.

Chapter 1. History and Legislative Background of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and State Nonprofit Accountability
Legislation.

Chapter 2. Moving Nonprofit Governance into the Twenty-First
Century.

Chapter 3. Leveraging Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements and Best
Practices to Move our Board to a Higher Level of Performance.

Chapter 4. SOX as a Cure for the "Leave Your Brains at the Door"
Syndrome.

Chapter 5. Moving the Board Forward: Intervention
Techniques.

Chapter 6. Start at the Beginning.

Chapter 7. Establishing a Platinum Standard for Governance.

Chapter 8. SOX and the really Small Nonprofit Board.

Appendix A. Letter from Senator Grassley to the Acting Chair of
the American University Board of Trustees.

Appendix B. Whistleblower Protection Policy.

Appendix C. Risk Management Plan and Business Continuity
Plan.

Appendix D. Technology Policy.

Appendix E. Review of Internal Controls Report and
Recommendations.

Appendix F. Board of Directors-Governance Profile and
Performance Expectations.

Appendix G. Conflict-of-Interest Policy.

Appendix H. Code of Ethics for Board and Senior Management.

Appendix I. Bibliography.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Vorstand u. Vorstandsentwicklung • Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Vorstand u. Vorstandsentwicklung • Non-Profit Organizations / Boards & Board Development • Sarbanes-Oxley Act • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-470-05002-0 / 0470050020
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-05002-6 / 9780470050026