Contemporary Business Board Committees

Contemporary Business Board Committees

Prepare a 5 page paper exploring trends in developing committees that meet the needs of the contemporary business. The purpose of the Corporate Business Development Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of company is to review and oversee the development and implementation of the Company’s growth strategies and make recommendations to the Board with respect to investments in such growth strategies or acquisitions and divestitures for which the Board’s approval is required.

Introduce Starbucks as a case study company on this paper. What have they done well? What successes have they had as a result of their board committees (see Starbucks’ Corporate Governance materials below). Issues to consider include, but are not limited to: executive compensation, increased focus on codes and regulations, independence, equality and diversity, value creation and CSR, risk governance, intellectual property protection, board member accountability, responsibility, and educational development.

Reference (https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information/corporate-governance) for

1.) Starbucks’ Corporate Governance materials (Starbucks Corporation Corporate Governance Principles and Practices for the Board of Directors, Restated Articles of Incorporation of Starbucks Corporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws of Starbucks Corporation, Code of Ethics for CEO, COO, CFO and Finance Leaders, Starbucks Corporation Director Nominations Policy, Starbucks Corporation Procedure for Communicating Complaints and Concerns”)

2.) Starbucks’ Board Committee List (“Audit and Compliance Committee”, “Audit and Compliance Committee” and the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”) and other relevant governance documents.

Dos and Don’ts

***This is a paper on a “Governance Strategy and Structure” course.

***Absolutely – No plagiarism***

***MUST avoid any attempt to deploy instances passive of voice on this paper

***MUST avoid any grammatical and punctuation errors

***Cite and reference a minimum of 4 peer review articles/journals

***Align to APA 7th edition

***Minimum 5 pages, but can go up to 7 pages excluding abstract page

***Please restrict the sample company to Starbucks