Editing Committee (section)

=== Executive committee ===
{{See also|Board of directors|Vorstand}}

Organizations with a large [[board of directors]] (such as international labor unions, large corporations with thousands of stockholders or national and international organizations) may have a smaller body of the board, called an ''executive committee'', to handle its business. The executive committee may function more like a board than an actual committee.<ref name=":1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|2011|p = 485}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert III|2011|p = 157}}</ref> In any case, an executive committee can only be established through a specific provision in the charter or [[bylaws]] of the entity (i.e. a board cannot appoint an executive committee without authorization to do so).<ref name=":1" /> Members of the executive committee may be elected by the overall [[Suffrage|franchised]] membership or by the board, depending on the rules of the organization, and usually consist of the CEO and the [[Vice president|Vice Presidents]] in charge of respective directorates within the organization. However formed, an executive committee only has such powers and authority that the governing documents of the organization give it. In some cases, it may be empowered to act on behalf of the board or organization, while in others, it may only be able to make recommendations.<ref name=":1" />