Behaviour and Rationality in Corporate Governance: 2 (Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance) - Hardcover

Marnet, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415437520 ISBN 13: 9780415437523

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Corporate scandals due to bad accounting happen far too frequently for a system of corporate governance to be deemed effective. This book tells why the safeguards designed to prevent bad accounting so often fail. By studying why the auditors and members of a board of directors regularly fail to deliver the truth about a company’s financial state of affairs, this provocative book explores a serious problem in the system of reporting financial information.

This book is unique in that it draws together various strands of the literature on corporate governance, accounting, law, cognitive research, psychology, behavioural economics and conventional economics to shed light on questions regarding the feasibility of independence and impartiality of boards of directors and external auditors as monitors and gatekeepers in corporate governance. The book is essential reading for professional accountants and auditors, directors, regulators, law makers, corporate lawyers, and investment bankers. It will appeal to all those interested in behavioural economics and corporate governance.

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About the Author

Oliver Marnet is a Lecturer at the University of Exeter Business School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415437520
• ISBN 13: 9780415437523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306