A poor ethical culture has been considered one of the reasons for the emergence of many corporate governance scandals. In this paper, I investigate the link between two corporate governance mechanisms – the composition of the board of directors and ownership structure – and ethical culture...

This is a PPT presentation connecting the emerging field of behavioral ethics to corporate governance in a concise and practical way. Key takeaways are that: 1. We tend to overestimate our ethical behavior; 2. Most of the wrong things are done by good people due to contextual pressures and...

I provide a critique of mainstream corporate governance literature based on agency theory as a conceptual solution in order to ensure de facto well governed companies worldwide. This critique is based on an analysis of common causes associated with high profile corporate scandals from the 21st...