This paper identifies the science of governance as a crucial blind spot for risk managers, company directors, regulators and law makers. There is little evidence that law-makers, corporate governance reformers or risk managers apply the science of governance identified 60 years ago. As a result,...

This paper reviews the efficacy of the Australian government's 2018 initiatives to counter widespread misconduct identified by its Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation, insurance, and financial services industry. As regulators exist to protect stakeholders, there is a...

Using an information processing perspective we identify two reasons why boards failed to manage risk well 1) board members did not get relevant information about risks incurred by management because they lacked control over information supply; 2) board members were not able to process such...