Clear rules are urgently needed to prevent a legal vacuum in South African boardrooms.
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Australia’s artists show courage by making risky, boundary-pushing art. But there aren’t enough courageous organisations willing to back them.
From cyber attacks to artificial intelligence, no business can ignore the role of technology. New research shows Australia’s boardrooms are missing key expertise.
The slight decrease in diversity in corporate boardrooms in 2025 comes as the Trump administration and its allies have pushed to unwind diversity initiatives.
Just-resigned Adelaide Writers Week director Louise Adler calls the cancellation of the event ‘no surprise’. What went wrong?
The boards of directors for the top 50 Fortune 500 companies are slightly more diverse than they were in 2023.
The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Theatre, Opera Australia and the Adelaide Festival.
This reporting season, take the earnings figure with a grain of salt when the CEO has outsized influence.
In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed ‘disputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusion’ for its membership declining by an astounding 80%.
How can we explain governance failures in boards of directors? Part of the answer lies in the way directors use their expertise and understand their role on the board.
Their primary obligations consist of three duties: care, loyalty and obedience.
The government must respect the arm’s-length principle which ensures institutions like the British Museum are independent from government control.
Proceedings at the banking royal commission suggest if it isn’t in the minutes of a board meeting, the board didn’t consider it. It makes the role of the company secretary critical.
Elizabeth Holmes has been charged with ‘massive fraud’. She maintains her innocence but what lessons can boards take away from the whole affair?
Zuckerberg’s control over the way Facebook is run far outstrips his shareholdings. That can be a problem when scandals hit.
The share of board seats held by women varies dramatically across the country, from none in Alaska to close to half in New Mexico. A few key policies may make all the difference.
If there are more directors with common skills on boards, then they are more likely to communicate effectively.
The leadership crisis experienced at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa reveals deep seated corporate governance failures in the management of the country’s state owned enterprises.
Airports Company of South Africa, a majority state owned enterprise, is set to be hit by a regulatory own-goal that puts further pressure on the country’s credit rating.
Theresa May has dropped her pledge to put workers on company boards. It’s a big concession to vested business interests.
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