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For the Rubbish Bin

The Dumbest Idea Yet to Emerge from the Conrad Black Trial

April 13, 2007

It’s probably a theory that hasn’t occurred even to Conrad Black’s skillful defense team: corporate governance experts —and I guess that includes me— are the ones who should be on trial in Chicago. That’s the view of Roger Martin, who expressed his novel hypothesis in the on-line edition of Toronto Life. Because Mr. Martin is [...]

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For the Rubbish Bin: Tom Perkins’s View of the Changing Boardroom

March 1, 2007

Former Hewlett-Packard director Thomas Perkins laments the rise of what he calls “compliance” boards filled with checklist directors who do not understand the business of the company they oversee and whose primary focus is ensuring that they live up to the letter of the law. He favors the “guidance” board, which he sees disappearing. Mr [...]

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