The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:32:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Top Board Priorities for 2016 – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Top Board Priorities for 2016 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2015/12/21/top-board-priorities-for-2016/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-board-priorities-for-2016 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2015/12/21/top-board-priorities-for-2016/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:22:18 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=72162?d=20151221092218EST Posted by Ruby Sharma & Ann Yerger, EY Center for Board Matters, Ernst & Young LLP, on Monday, December 21, 2015
Editor's Note:

Ruby Sharma is a principal and Ann Yerger is an executive director at the EY Center for Board Matters at Ernst & Young LLP. The following post is based on a report from the EY Center for Board Matters, available here.

Organizations are faced with many critical challenges—including rapidly changing technology, environmental risks, regulatory and legal requirements, major shifts in markets, ethical breaches, and big data and cybersecurity issues—that threaten their long-term success and sustainability. Directors have a unique opportunity to step forward and proactively oversee the development and implementation of effective, long-term strategies responsive to these challenges.

As a result, the trend of expanding board agendas will continue in 2016. As boards balance multiple priorities, most will heighten their focus on the following:

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