"I Didn't Know" and "I Was Only Doing My Job": Has Corporate Governance Careened Out of Control? A Case Study of Enron's Information Myopia

This paper discusses internal dynamics of the firm that contribute to the failure of knowledge conditions, using the Enron scandal as a case study. Ability of the board to effectively monitor conduct at operational levels includes various dynamics: senior management being isolated from those at oper...

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Main Author: Cohan, John Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2002
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 275-299
Further subjects:B Corporate governance
B Audit Committee
B Myopia
B Cognitive Dissonance
B Senior Management
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