Survey Results: Board Committees Interacting with Full Board
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1. Do the chairs of your company's primary board
committees (audit, nominating & governance and compensation) provide
oral reports to the board about what transpired during their committee
meetings? (Total responses: n=71)
(select only one) |
| n=66 (92.96%) |
Routinely |
| n=2 (2.82%) |
On occasion |
| n=3 (4.23%) |
Rarely |
| n=0 (0.00%) |
Never |
2. If so, how long do these oral reports last on average?
(Total responses: n=67)
(select only one) |
| n=15 (22.39%) |
Under five minutes |
| n=34 (50.75%) |
Between five and ten minutes |
| n=13 (19.40%) |
Between ten and fifteen minutes |
| n=5 (7.46%) |
Over fifteen minutes |
3. To whom does the company circulate minutes of committee meetings?
(Total responses: n=71)
(select only one) |
| n=29 (40.85%) |
All directors |
| n=34 (47.89%) |
Only the committee's members but allow other directors to request
a copy |
| n=8 (11.27%) |
Only the committee's members |
4. The company's primary board committees ask for board ratification
of actions taken during a committee meeting: (Total responses:
n=71)
(select only one) |
| n=15 (21.13%) |
Routinely |
| n=33 (46.48%) |
On occasion |
| n=16 (22.54%) |
Rarely |
| n=7 (9.86%) |
Never |
5. The company's primary board committees meet jointly with another
board committee: (Total responses: n=71)
(select only one) |
| n=2 (2.82%) |
Routinely |
| n=19 (26.76%) |
On occasion |
| n=25 (35.21%) |
Rarely |
| n=25 (35.21%) |
Never |
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