Ozy’s board starts an investigation after a Times report raises questions about the company.

The New York Times’s media columnist, Ben Smith, reported that Ozy’s chief operating officer had apparently impersonated a YouTube executive during a conference call with Goldman Sachs bankers.

James Mattis, a Theranos board member, ‘didn’t know what to believe,’ he says in Elizabeth Holmes trial.

Mr. Mattis, the former defense secretary, testified that board

The Missing Piece in the Push for Boardroom Diversity

Private companies are lagging behind publicly traded firms, but don’t receive the same scrutiny.

Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial.

The trial for the founder of Theranos, the once high-flying blood testing start-up, will cap a saga of Silicon Valley hubris, ambition and deception.

Few Women Ascend Japan’s Corporate Ladder. Is Change Finally Coming?

Only 6 percent of board seats at Japanese companies are held by women. After years of unkept promises, these businesses are now facing pressure both at home and abroad to diversify.

Ousting Toshiba Chairman, Foreign Investors Score Breakthrough in Japan

While Japan’s corporations have long resisted the entreaties of activist shareholders, Toshiba had come under intense pressure after a series of scandals.

The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil

An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path?

German Parliament Backs ‘Milestone’ Gender Quota for Company Boards

The legislation requires many public companies in Germany to have at least one woman on the supervisory board.

Exxon’s Board Defeat Signals the Rise of Social-Good Activists

The energy giant’s stunning loss was the work of a tiny hedge fund that believes investing for social good is also good for the bottom line.

Surprise: Women and Minorities Are Still Underrepresented in Corporate Boardrooms

The latest version of a multiyear analysis of Fortune 100 and 500 companies found that white women made some gains but that true representation is decades away.

Exxon Board to Get a Third Activist Pushing Cleaner Energy

The new board member is likely to join two other candidates put forward by an activist investor who were declared winners last week.

How Exxon Lost a Board Battle With a Small Hedge Fund

The oil giant’s unexpected boardroom defeat by an activist investor hinged on a few key moments.

Activists Crashed Exxon’s Board, but Forcing Change Will Be Hard

The tension between climate goals and lifting Exxon Mobil’s profits could make it difficult for activists to make progress.

A Glimpse of a Future With True Shareholder Democracy

Big stock funds own increasingly large chunks of publicly traded companies, leaving fund shareholders without a vote on corporate governance. But there’s a better way.