Monday 6 December 2010

Publish and be Damned?

My article on Disclosures, at Discussion Point:

My mother tried to raise me to be an optimist. She failed; I take after my father, who is a natural-born pessimist. Which is my excuse for writing something to drizzle on the parade of governance initiatives passing through the corporate world. It's not that I disagree with their proponents, nor with the initiatives themselves. It's just that I can't see anything changing significantly for the better - there is too much uncertainty about what will work, and there are too many vested interests getting in the way. Which is a pity, because I have spent a large part of my professional life working on governance in one form or another; I believe it is important, and I intend to continue working in this field. I just don’t see things improving much any time soon.

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