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Fri 01 Jan 2009Public deserves better boardroom standards
More rigorous standards of appointment and performance on company boards would help to reassure the public that recent events will not be repeated
IT USED to be that being appointed a director – executive or non – was a cause for celebration. After all, a fairly significant career milestone had been achieved and one’s contribution publicly recognised. Surely all that was left was to sign the documents and bask in glory?
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