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Corporate directors don't see stopping wayward CEOs as their job – contrary to popular belief

  • Written by Steven Boivie, Professor of Management, Texas A&M University
Corporate directors don't see stopping wayward CEOs as their job – contrary to popular beliefThe realities of a boardroom are different than what many people assume. xu wu/Moment via Getty Images

In December 2001, Enron Corp. collapsed into bankruptcy – at the time the biggest U.S. publicly traded company to ever do so – following years of fraudulent accounting. Two decades later, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faces criminal...

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