• U.S. Treasury TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance

  Go to www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg165.htm for the press release summarizing the standards; click the link embedded in the release to read all 123 pages of the document.

• Meeting Industry Model Board Policy

  Go to www.ustravel.org. Under the “Meetings” heading in the “Advocacy” section, click on “Guidelines” to download a PDF.

• For the list of TARP recipients, go to www.financialstability.gov, click on “The Latest” and then on “Reports and Documents.”

You could pick a company, then go to its Web site and search for the Luxury Expenditures Policy. (All TARP recipients were required to post their policies online as of September 14, 2009.) A cursory review reveals a range of specificity and lack thereof. Check out AMB Financial of Lake County, Ind., for an example of a very general policy. On the other hand, First Financial Holdings Inc., Charleston, S.C., has created a detailed and specific policy.