This research examines the role and contribution of the Non Executive Director(NED) within the corporate board. The literature identifies the NED as a boundaryspanner. Boundary spanners are believed to be essential to the fulfilment of thefirm's corporate responsibility mandate. The research...

Much has been made in recent years of the advantages to business of being a good corporatecitizen; numerous studies now show a positive link between financial performance and ethicalbehavior. There is however little work which explores the role of the board and in particular howNon Executive or...