The Imperative of Rapid Adaptation to Climate Change: Are the Lights On in the Boardroom?

Malcolm McIntosh
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Malcolm McIntosh: Coventry University

Chapter 11 in Global Boards, 2009, pp 266-278 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Corporate governance is challenged on several fronts as we come to the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. “Are the lights on the boardroom” alludes to the work rate of board members, to their ability to be connected to extreme global change and to be educated enough and competent when faced with a world that is changing around them. After all, the evidence states unambiguously that most board members of global corporations are linked, are incestuous, and share each others’ boards, interests, clubs and limitations (Kakabadse and Kakabadse, 2008). How then can they cope with the onslaught — and what is that onslaught?

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Governance; Board Member; Corporate Citizenship; Global Compact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250512_12

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