The following developments from the past month offer guidance on corporate law and governance law as they may be applied to nonprofit health care organizations:

OVERSIGHT OF CORPORATE CULTURE -

A significant emerging governance trend is the evaluation of the proper role of the board in exercising oversight of the organization’s corporate culture. This effort reflects an increasing awareness of how matters of culture and reputation correlate to the success of an organization and to the board’s efforts to sustain the long term mission imperatives. It also can be seen in many recent media reports on how companies are responding to challenges that implicate its culture and ethics.