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 committees 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 governance practices -- Who can qualify for a public company audit committee? -- Public company audit committee: personal liability of audit committee members -- Minimum responsibilities of public company audit committees -- Other public company audit committee functions -- 30 best practice considerations for the public company audit committee -- Who is an independent auditor? -- Corporate governance for family-owned and other private businesses -- Corporate governance for not-for-profit organizations.