Columbia Business School Offers Course on Financial Integrity

Columbia Business School Offers Course on Financial Integrity

As publicly listed companies continue to face increased scrutiny from investors and regulators, Columbia Business School’s Executive Education program will this month hold a course to address financial integrity in the boardroom.

“Accounting Essentials for Corporate Directors: Enhancing Financial Integrity” is designed “to strengthen directors’ ability to evaluate financial information and assess the decisions and representations made by management,” a press release stated.

“One key benefit the course offers is a greater awareness and sensitivity to where financial reporting can get a firm into trouble,” Columbia Associate Dean Ethan Hanabury said, according to the release.

The course, to be held April 19 through April 21 at the New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan, includes an array of speakers, led by Columbia Business School professor Nahum D. Melumad and professor Stephen H. Penman. Speakers will include William J. McDonough, chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Harvey J. Goldschmid, commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other corporate, regulatory and academic experts.

The program includes lectures, interactive discussions, case studies and small working-group sessions, and covers corporate accounting issues ranging from high-profile cases to individual concerns.

For further information, or to speak with the faculty for the course, contact Davia Temin or Jane Trombley of Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or info@teminandco.com.