Covid-19 Board Resources
We are in unprecedented times. With the ongoing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the rapid pace of change, we are continually working to keep our members and network apprised of timely information and resources. We will be updating this page as the situation develops.
LCDA Diamond Founding Partner, KPMG LLP, offers insight into five key areas of board focus to help boards in their oversight of the company's pandemic response in Navigating the pandemic: A board lens.
LCDA Partner, Edelman, provides COVID-19 information and guidance. This work is informed by their current working relationships with World Economic Forum (WEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and other public health contacts.
- 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: This 10-country study was conducted March 6-10 in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, the UK and the U.S. The findings focus on information flow, media channels, spokespeople and expectations of business during the pandemic.
LCDA Partner, McKinsey & Company, has outlined a series of articles with insights to prevent and mitigate impacts from COVID-19 to help business and community leaders think through crisis management during the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 insights are updated regularly.
- McKinsey's briefing note on COVID-19
- Outline of seven key actions any business can take
- Leadership in the time of coronavirus: COVID-19 response and implications for financial sector
- Boards of directors in the tunnel of the coronavirus crisis
Top Insights:
- The Boards Role In Responding To An Improbable Black Swan Event from Forbes
- Has Your Board Assessed The Impact Of The Coronavirus Outbreak? from Corporate Board Member
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Considerations for Board and Shareholder Meetings from JD Supra
- Communicating Through the Coronavirus Crisis from Harvard Business Review
- Confronting COVID-19: Actions Boards Should Take from NACD
- How Boards Can Equip Themselves for Rapid Change from Associations Now
- COVID-19: Emerging Board Governance Priorities from NACD
- Board Implications of the CARES Act from NACD
- Assessing Managements Effectiveness in Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: A Quick Checklist for Boards from NACD
- COVID-19 Requires Board Engagement. A Playbook. from Corporate Board Member
- Key Issues for Directors Relating to COVID-19 from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz via Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Ten Considerations for Boards of Directors During the COVID-19 Pandemic from SIDLEY
- Governance in the time of COVID-19: Corporate Board Decision-Making in a Crisis Situation from FASKEN
- A Cautionary Tale: Corporate Boards, COVID-19 and Cybersecurity from LEXOLOGY
- The Role Of Company Directors During COVID-19 from JD Supra
- Should the Board of Directors Create a Special Committee to Oversee the Corporations Response to the Pandemic? from The National Law Review
- Board Oversight in the Age of COVID-19 | Part One from The National Law Review
- Board Oversight in the Age of COVID-19 | Part Two from The National Law Review
- Board Oversight in the Age of COVID-19 | Part Three from The National Law Review
- Board Oversight in the Age of COVID-19 | Part Four from The National Law Review
- Board Governance Challenges in COVID-19 Crisis from Volkov
- COVID-19 and First Concerns for the Boardroom from Directors & Boards
- COVID-19 And The Board: A Chairs Point Of View from Forbes
- How Diversity Heads Are Steering Their Companies Through The COVID-19 Crisis from Forbes
- COVID-19 and Corporate Governance: Key Issues for Public Company Directors from LEXOLOGY
- Corporate Governance During Covid-19: Five Things Better Boards Are Doing Now from Chartered Management Institute
- How the Board of Directors Can Get a Company Through the COVID Crisis from Hawaii Business Magazine
- Responding to COVID-19: Considerations for Corporate Boards from PWC
- Seven Questions for Corporate Boards Navigating COVID-19 from INSEAD
- Key Governance Action Items in Response to COVID-19 from Gibson Dunn
- The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges from ECGI
- COVID-19 and Corporate Governance from ECGI
- COVID-19: Stronger on the Other Side from Diligent Insights
- COVID-19: Corporate Governance & Reporting Issues - make it specific, make it realistic from LEXOLOGY
- After COVID-19, Where Was the Board? from JD Supra
- What's Next? COVID-19 and Corporate Governance while Business is on Pause from LEXOLOGY
- Boards Must Help Shape Workforce Culture & Safety As The Economy Re-Opens from Forbes
- Restarting The Economy And Board Oversight Of Business Resiliency from Forbes
- Lessons On Corporate Governance From The USS Theodore Roosevelt from Forbes
- The Pandemics Impact On Leadership Tone At The Top from Forbes
- Pandemics, Preparedness And Corporate Governance: Boards Should Anticipate The Blame Game from Forbes
- COVID-19 and Poison Pills: The Right Prescription? from The National Law Review
- COVID-19 Is Making Corporate Law and IT Friends With Long-Term Benefits from Law.com
- Board Leadership During COVID-19: A Conversation with Jamie Orlikoff [PODCAST] from The National Law Review
- Prioritize Governance from the Start: How Small Cap Companies Can Build a Strong Governance Framework from Nasdaq
- Maintaining Effective Governance in Times of Covid-19 from Boardroom
- Supporting Your Board During The Coronavirus Pandemic from Forbes
- Crisis Management ResponseWhat the Board Wants from Law.com
- COVID-19 and Corporate Governance: Key Issues for Public Company Directors from Mayer Brown LLP
- COVID-19 Coronavirus: Corporate Governance from Dechert LLP
- COVID-19: Some considerations relating to Corporate Governance from PWC
- How Boards Can Protect Against Covid-19-Related Shareholder Claims from Corporate Secretary
- The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Stanford University and Yale University Session from ECGI
- COVID-19: The Economic and Business Impact from LEXOLOGY
- When the C.E.O., Already Facing a Crisis, Gets the Coronavirus from The New York Times
- What Coronavirus Tells Company Boards About the Next Crisis from Financial Times
- The Role Of The Board Of Directors During Crisis from Forbes
- COVID-19: Still Open for Business, and Business is Booming: What Companies Should Expect from the SEC in the Time of COVID-19 from The National Law Review
- After The Covid-19 Panic: Three Lessons For Business from Forbes
- COVID-19s Impact on Directors Fiduciary Duties to Distressed Companies from Law.com
- How Boards Can Use COVID-19 to Plan for Climate Change Risk from Brink News
- INSIGHT: How to Protect Boards From Covid-19 Governance Risk from Bloomberg Law
- Corporate Responsibility: Boards Role in COVID-19 Risk Management from LEXOLOGY
- COVID-19: A Catalyst for Change from Directors & Boards
- Boards Lack Confidence in Digital Transformation Progress, Survey by Corporate Board Member and PwC Reveals from MarTechSeries
- How to Protect Boards From COVID-19 Governance Risk from JD Supra
- Integrated Corporate Governance: Six Leadership Priorities For Boards Beyond The Crisis from Forbes
- Covid-19s corporate casualties from Financial Times
- How Boards Can Use COVID-19 to Proactively Plan for Climate Change Risk from GreenBiz
- Integrated corporate governance: 6 leadership priorities for boards after the COVID-19 crisis from World Economic Forum
- COVID-19 And Corporate Governance: Whats Shifting And Why from Forbes
- INSIGHT: Business Divorces—Preparing for the Worst During Covid-19 from Bloomberg Law
- The Spread of COVID-19 Disclosure from Stanford Business
Also See:
- ISS Guidance for Corporate Governance During COVID-19
- Glass Lewis Guidance for Corporate Governance During COVID-19
- Division of Corporation Finance | CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 9 from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- SEC Extends COVID-19 In-Person Meeting Relief for Registered Investment Companies from JD Supra
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