Corporate Governance is a system of structuring, operating and controlling a company with a view to achieve long-term strategic goals to satisfy shareholders, creditors, employees, customers and suppliers, and complying with legal and regulatory requirements. Corporate Governance is about commitment to values, about ethical business conduct and about making a distinction between personal and corporate funds in the management of a company.
Corporate governance practices of modern corporations have been more closely scrutinized in recent years. In 2002, the U.S. federal government passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to restore public confidence in corporate governance.
The Corporate Secretary ensures that an organization complies with relevant legislation and regulation, and keeps board members informed of their legal responsibilities. Corporate secretaries are the company's named representative on legal documents, and it is their responsibility to ensure that the company and its directors operate within the law. It is also their responsibility to register and communicate with shareholders, to ensure that dividends are paid and to maintain company records, such as lists of directors and shareholders, and annual accounts.
Bridgeway is the industry leader in corporate governance technology and provides the tools you need to ensure compliance.
Secretariat™ manages your entity information, keeping track of directors, officers, subsidiaries, ownership and other data commonly tracked in the minute books. Secretariat also automates corporate governance tasks, such as filing state forms, drafting consents, or preparing annual meeting documents. And Secretariat integrates with Bridgeway's matter management and electronic invoicing systems to provide a single legal department information source. When the Legal department and the corporate secretary's office share a database, all legal matters and corporate governance issues for any given entity can be responded to quickly, accurately and easily reported.
Bridgeway Diligent Boardbooks™ is the fast, easy-to-use board portal that streamlines and simplifies the entire process of producing, viewing, and archiving your board meeting documents. With Bridgeway Diligent Boardbooks, you keep the comfort of a traditional book while utilizing the power of web-based technology to view materials online, or print a paper book - your choice.
INSIDERdirect™ offers holdings management as well as on-line filings. INSIDERdirect is a secure, web-based filing tool for busy people on tight deadlines. INSIDERdirect's step-by-step navigation helps your entire team work online to get your Form 3, 4 and 5's drafted, reviewed, edited and filed on time.