Company directors who ignore or don’t properly asses climate related risks could be found liable for breaching their duty of care.
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Instead of relying on cyber insurance to protect businesses against the damages of attacks, executives should get to know the information they are protecting.
Research shows the short-term view focus of senior executives may be inhibiting a long-term investment in innovation.
A High Street store may give Theresa May the model for bolstering the role of employees in how companies are run.
Good corporate governance is good for efficiency and profit in banks. But having independent board members and the number of board meetings don’t play a role, research shows.
The relationship between social science research and advocates and policymakers is undermined if they cherry-pick evidence that supports their goals, ignoring the wider field.
Measures to bring more female directors into the executive suite are failing to boost performance. Here’s why…
Super funds are being asked to improve board governance, and their starting point should be to consider stamping out multiple directorships.
By assuming that prior service on a board is the prerequisite to success, companies are overlooking a large pool of talented women.
For a cultural benchmark of our nation’s best and brightest, there’s something wrong with the BBC show University Challenge. If you tuned in over the festive period for the seasonal special final, you…
There is a popular notion abroad that women are not risk takers and their mere presence on a bank board will reduce risky strategies and behaviours. Over the past years there has been an increasing trend…
Australia is one of the worst performers in board gender diversity. In an attempt to combat this, women have been encouraged to head to the not-for-profit sector to gain board experience as a stepping…
As Tesco hits the headlines over accounting and fast-falling profits, 11 kempt faces look out from its website. They are the Tesco board members: three of them women and eight of them men. That ratio puts…
Many employees and investors in large companies believe organisational leaders overuse consultants. Witness the latest broadside at the embattled David Jones board, accused of appointing advisers to take…
It’s accepted across the globe that women are under-represented in business leadership positions and that something should be done about it. To date, the focus has been on increasing the number of women…
There’s support across the globe for increased female participation at leadership levels. In Norway, it’s a legislative requirement that at least 40% of the board members of listed companies are women…
Boards of directors are, under most legal regimes, the ultimate decision-making body in corporations. Yet, as researchers, we know surprisingly little about what they do and how they operate. With a handful…
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