Case Name :      Jonathon Elderslie and the Board Decision

Authors :           Jeffrey Gandz

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            903M31

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    04 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Jonathon Elderslie, recently retired after running his own company for 30 years, must decide what questions he should ask before deciding whether to join the board of directors of a publicly traded company. While flattered by the invitation, he has some concerns given the current climate of concern about corporate governance and, more specifically, the views about the role of a director expressed by one of his business acquaintances.