Thomas Clarke is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and formerly Professor of Management at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), and at UTS Sydney. Visiting Professor at the University of Paris, University of Geneva, Toulouse Business School, FGV in Brazil, and UNAM in Mexico. He was a member of the RSA Tomorrow's Company Inquiry that influenced the review of UK Company Law, and at the OECD in Paris helped develop the corporate governance code adopted by governments throughout the world. In 2016 he was awarded the inaugural Sir Adrian Cadbury Scholarship by the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN).

Table of Contents:

Forword

Preface

1. Cycles of Governance
2. Boards and Directors: The Political Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
3. Finance, Law, and Markets: The Institutional Elements of Corporate Governance
4. Anglo-American Corporate Governance
5. European Corporate Governance
6. Asia Pacific Corporate Governance
7. The Globalization of Corporate Governance
8. Corporate Social Responsibility
9. Corporate Governance and Climate Change
10. Corporate Sustainability

Case Studies: Corporate Governance Crisis

Global Financial Crisis Cases (2007-2009)

1. Lehman Brothers
2. RBS
3. UBS
4. Iceland

Asia-Pacific Cases (2009-2022)

5. Satyam
6. Olympus
7. Renault-Nissan

Sustainability Cases (2010-2022)

8. BP
9. VW
10. Boeing
11. GM/Tesla
12. Apple

Public Health Cases (2003-2022)

13. Purdue Pharma
14. Theranos