Corporate Governance Can Be Good for Business
February 6th, 2012Governance, as defined by author Gérard Charreau, is “all the organizational mechanisms that define the powers of executives and influence their decisions; in other words, mechanisms that ‘govern’ their conduct and define their discretionary freedom”.
MoreCourse for Directors’ College
January 25th, 2012On February 3, BCF Partner Serge Lebel will give a class at the Collège des administrateurs (Directors’ College) titled Le comité de gouvernance: raison d'être, organisation, fonctionnement (Purpose, organization and functioning of the governance committee). For more information, please consult the website of the Collège des administrateurs. (French only)
MoreUse of ICT by Canadian SMEs : a survey of over 2,000 companies
October 21st, 2011The impact of information and communications technologies (ICT) on the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be productive, innovative and competitive is not only widely acknowledged, but has even been written up by various authors and addressed in several published documents. Given the high degree of globalization and competition in most economic sectors, it is more germane than ever to examine the extent to which ICT can enable SMEs to distinguish themselves on the world stage.
MoreGuide on Directors' and Officers' Liability
January 1st, 2011Did you know that in Quebec, there are over 130 laws that impose civil or criminal liability on directors? This guide, prepared by BCF's Corporate Governance and Compliance team, provides a simple overview of the various liability regimes and offers directors tips on how to protect themselves while exercising their duties.
MoreGuide on the Role of Directors
January 1st, 2011The BCF Corporate Governance and Compliance team has prepared a series of guides for directors and officers. The guide titled "The Role of Directors" provides an overview of the various functions of directors and recommendations on how to exercise these duties in compliance with the law.
MoreProvincial and Federal Laws Applicable to Directors' Liability Guide
January 1st, 2011As a follow-up on the three previous guides, the BCF Corporate Governance and Compliance team offers a guide of provincial and federal legislation that provides an overview of directors' liability whether it be general, corporate, fiscal, or in labour relations with respect to the environment and tax matters.
MoreGuide on the Obligations and Personal Liability of Directors in an Insolvency Context
January 1st, 2011In the guides titled "The Role of Directors" and "Directors' and officers' liability", we provide a general discussion of the obligations and liability of directors. In this guide we briefly discuss the impact of bankruptcy and insolvency on the obligations and personal liability of the directors of a corporation whose activities are conducted in Quebec.
MoreThe Advisory Board
January 1st, 2011What is an advisory board? The Corporate Governance and Compliance team developed an explanatory document on the advisory board, the duties of its members and their personal liability. The document also offers a brief description of the administrator's role by comparing its duties with those of the members of the advisory board.
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