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Driven to the Brink Why Corporate Governance, Board Leadership and Culture Matter /

Driven to the Brink is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value. Look at any major corporate meltdown and two factors emerge: a failure of corporate governance and a culture where short-...

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Main Authors: Micklethwait, Alicia. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dimond, Patricia. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Corporate governance.
Leadership.
Business ethics.
Social responsibility of business.
Banks and banking.
Corporate Governance.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Business Ethics.
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Banking.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59053-4
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2.Enron: creation to boom and bust: (b)1985 – (d)2001
  • 3. The Banking Crisis: born of dreams fueled with bad behaviours
  • 4.Global Banking: will the scandals ever end?
  • 5.Olympus: ‘management was corrupt at its core’
  • 6. The Co-operative: CEO resigns amid turmoil and calls for reform
  • 7. Kids Company: passion overruled reason
  • 8. China: land of opportunity but beware of landmines
  • 9.Alibaba: largest e-tailer on the globe, a mere 15 years on
  • 10.Conclusion.

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