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The Adjustment of Corporate Governance Structures for Global Sustainability

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Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative

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Past corporate business scandals such as Enron and WorldCom, and now the recent contributions of corporate actions to the current global financial and economic crisis, have revealed the need for corporate governance reforms even for managing with current business models. To move to business models capable of meeting the need for global sustainability in general and the challenges of climate change in particular will require bold and creative reform of corporate governance structures and practices.

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  1. Natalia Ortiz-de-Mandojana
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  2. Javier Aguilera-Caracuel
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business and Chairholder, USA

    James A. F. Stoner (Professor of Management Systems) (Professor of Management Systems)

  2. St. Johns University, New York, USA

    Charles Wankel (Associate Professor of Management) (Associate Professor of Management)

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Ortiz-de-Mandojana, N., Aguilera-Caracuel, J., Aragón-Correa, J.A. (2010). The Adjustment of Corporate Governance Structures for Global Sustainability. In: Stoner, J.A.F., Wankel, C. (eds) Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative. The Palgrave Series on Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-11543-9_8

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