Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do about It

An insiders' account of failed efforts to control corporate misconduct-and a forceful plan to do so.

Nothing anyone has done in the past 50 years has stopped, or even slowed, corporate misconduct. Business schools have required courses on ethics, regulators have implemented laws and levied fines, and journalists have exposed the scandals named names, yet misconduct continues. Why? Is it simply the case of a few bad apples? Or maybe it's a bad orchard? Two pioneers in the field of business ethics and social responsibility present an insider's account examining the systematic and individual failures resulting in some of the most brazen cases of corporate misconduct. Their deep dive reveals the root of the problem and poses a bold new approach for putting a stop to it-for good.

This book is a reckoning for every company, board member, and individual in a corporate leadership position.

Author: Marc J. Epstein, Kirk O. Hanson
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Lanark Press
Published: 10/19/2020
Pages: 198
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781735336107

About the Author
Epstein, Marc J.: - Marc J. Epstein was, until recently, Distinguished Research Professor of Management at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining Rice, Dr. Epstein was a professor at prominent business schools including Stanford, Harvard, and INSEAD. He is considered a global leader in corporate governance, social and environmental responsibility, and corporate accountability.Hanson, Kirk O.: - Kirk O. Hanson recently stepped down as University Professor and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. He is one of the pioneers in the study and practice of business ethics, having taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for twenty-three years and advised more than one hundred companies on managing ethics and incidents of misconduct.