Loyola University Chicago

Session 1: Is Risk Management By Corporate Boards Even Possible?

Risk Management, Chaos Theory, and the Corporate Board of Directors

Michael Potts, Methodist University

Anti-Social Norms, Risky Behavior

Reza Dibadj, University of San Francisco

Time-Inconsistent Boards and the Risk of Repeated Misconduct

Manuel A. Utset, Florida State University

Discussant: Sridhar Ramamoorti, Ph.D., Grant Thornton LLP

Session 2: Board Structure and the Management of Risk

Theories of Governance and Corporate Moral Vulnerability

Greg Young and Steve H. Barr, North Carolina State University

Mitigating Exposure of Corporate Boards to Risk and Unethical Conflicts

Shann Turnbull, The University of Sydney

Supervisory Board and Financial Risk-Taking Behaviors in Chinese Listed Companies

Zhenyu Wu, University of Saskatchewan

Discussant: David Koenig 

Session 3: Corporate Boards and the Management of Specific Risks

Entity-Level Controls and the Monitoring Role of Corporate Boards

Donna J Fletcher, Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi, Jay C. Thibodeau, Bentley College

Do Corporate Boards Care about Sustainability? Should They Care?

Steve Swidler and Claire Crutchley, Auburn University

Executive Risk Taking and Equity Compensation in the Merger and Acquisition Process

William J. Lekse, University of Michigan, Dearborn and Mengxin Zhao, Bentley College

Discussant: Tom Nohel, Associate Professor of Finance, Loyola University Chicago

Session 4: Corporate Boards, Risk Management, and the Ethical Firm

The Ethics of Risk Management by a Board of Directors

Duane Windsor, Rice University

Assurance and Reassurance: The Role of the Board

Barry M. Mitnick, University of Pittsburgh

Risk Disclosure and Transparency: Toward Corporate Collective and Collaborative Informed Consent

Denise Kleinrichert and Anita Silvers, San Francisco State University

Discussant: John R. Boatright, Professor of Ethics, Loyola University Chicago