Behaviour and Rationality in Corporate Governance

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-43752-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marnet, Oliver

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction



2. Overview of Corporate Governance



3. Earnings Management



4. Rationality or Rational Behaviour?



5. Behaviour and Rationality in Corporate Governance



6. Independence of Auditors and Directors



7. Recent Corporate Governance Failures



8. Implications for Governance Policy



9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

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