A new study involving extensive interviews with dozens of directors shows that they see their roles as more about supporting executives, not challenging them.
Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste was an excessively dominant, forceful and feared boss.
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A suit of highly paid professional services seem to have failed investors in the unfolding Steinhoff corporate scandal.
Adam Cranston, is facing charges in relation to his alleged involvement in the Plutus Payroll tax fraud case. Cases like this highlight how the corporate veil works.
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The amplified public concerns about executive pay that led to the cementing of reporting and disclosure into law, may start trend of voluntary disclosure among professional bodies.
Two of the largest dairy cooperatives have been playing with farmers by pursuing a high price for milk when both should have taken into account fluctuations in the global dairy markets.
Stronger laws make for happy dogs.
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People who expose wrongdoing – whether it’s cruelty against animals or corporate misconduct – deserve better protection and even financial incentives to do the right thing, as the US has shown.
The sensational confessions of the car-manufacturing giant have sent shockwaves through the industry and have wider implications for the whole corporate sector.