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Daily Brief ESG: How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function and more

In today’s briefing:

  • How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function


How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Information asymmetries between shareholders/investors and board directors, between inside and outside board directors, between inside and outside statutory auditors, and between insiders and the rest are constant challenges.
  • Statutory auditors cannot be dismissed and have significant powers, including the right to investigate, and since statutory auditors are board members, they can attend and speak at board meetings.
  • To make statutory auditors function, establish a process for nominating statutory auditors, raise the compensation of outside auditors, and run an open board meeting where board members’ comments are respected.

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