• Reserve judgment. Refrain from coming to any conclusions until the internal and external groups have gathered all the facts, evaluated the data, and made recommendations.
• Be thorough. Make sure to address all the points raised in the SEC comment letter to avoid another round.
• Engage constructively. Keep your responses concise, transparent, and thoughtful. Explain the business and the issues it faces just as you would to an important stockholder. Avoid taking an adversarial tone. — S.J.
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Firozali A Mulla
May 31, 2010 11:58 AM ET
Give credit where credit is due
Give credit where credit is due, goes the expression, but in this week's words the credit is misplaced. Each of these … more
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