BOARDROOMS RAISE THE BAR

摘要

When Florida engineering firm PBSJ Corp. added the first outsiders to its board of directors in 2005, forced to do so by new Sarbanes-Oxley regulations for employee-owned firms with a cer- tain amount of shareholders, the unease was palpable. "It was a culture change for the firm, and it took a while for the board and employees to accept non-employees being involved in its governance," says William D. Pruitt, a retired CPA who was named to head the PBSJ board's audit committee.