Titlebook: Disaster in the Boardroom; Six Dysfunctions Eve Gerry Brown,Randall S. Peterson Book 2022 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s),

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Uncertainties in Material Characteristicsle was engaged in ‘systematic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce.’ This escalated in early 2018 to a class action discrimination action was brought against Google by women engineers, managers, salespeople and early childhood educators.

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Structural Optimization with UncertaintiesUber pushed the boundaries to breaking point and then beyond. The company’s aggressive tendencies led Uber to break moral and ethical limits. That same cultural amplification permeated the culture of the board as well, with aggressive figures like Kalanick and his supporters dominating the boardroom and denying other stakeholders a voice.

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Structural Optimization with Uncertaintieses. The board did not initially respond to the crisis since they had contracted but did not own the rig. This was compounded by having a newly appointed chair with no experience of the sector and there were directors with little experience overseeing a large complex business.

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Introduction and Basic Conceptshe collapse of Arthur Andersen. They have failed to deal with conflicts of interest and too often put revenue generation ahead of sound audit for their customers. Controlling over 95 per cent of the audits of FTSE 350 companies, regulators are preparing plans to reform the sector and in the meantime the Big Four are receiving fines.

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Alexander Vladilinovich Rastorguev research evidence demonstrating that effective stakeholder engagement can help to increase the performance of companies and contribute to increased shareholder value. The recent growing interest by investors in Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) and the board performances by companies in that respect is particularly noteworthy.

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Dealing with the Consequencestors are well-intentioned and trying to do their best in a difficult world. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The unintended consequences for which other people pay the price take a number of forms. These exogenous costs range from job losses to environmental damage, health concerns, impaired communities and even death.

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Causes of Dysfunctional Cultured cultures and groupthink—but also clearly identifies how each of these in turn manifests in a particular type of dysfunction in boardroom behaviours over and over again in the present (and also in the past).

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The Subordinated Board: Facebookently struggled to make any impact or rein in the senior executive team. It is corporate governance in name only. As founder, CEO and chairman of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg wields immense control over the company’s governance, despite its publicly owned status.