The first of its kind, this brief book provides an overview of our corporate governance system-a "hot topic" in the news, society, and classroom. It focuses on the various incentives within the governance system, helps explain recent problems and scandals, and puts potential solutions into context. KEY TOPICS An introductory chapter features an overview of the U.S. corporation and examines the reasons why effective corporate governance is needed. Subsequent, consistently organized and self-contained chapters showcase the eight basic easy in which corporations can be effectively monitored. For use in executive training programs, and as an important reference in executive and academic libraries. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.