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Good Corporate Governance: The Role of the Board of Directors

publication date: Jul 13, 2009
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A corporation is a man-made entity that combines a cultural need for consensus with the capitalist need for efficiency. A corporation's board of directors acts by consensus whereas corporate officers act in a military, hierarchical, and presumably efficient manner. Unfortunately, a hierarchy may hide and/or forget activities, which is why a functioning board is the key to good corporate governance.

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