Sustainability and Corporate Governance

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Corporate Governance and Sustainability

As time has gone by, corporate governance has emerged from what often seemed to be an esoteric collection of laws, regulations and contracts to recognition of its role as a primary driver of competitive advantage and profitability and a means for making and executing strategic decisions and ensuring that companies achieve their goals. One of the most common descriptions of corporate governance has been the way that corporations are directed, administered and controlled, and the actual activities of the directors and senior executives have been referred to as steering, guiding and piloting the corporation through the challenges that arise as it pursues its goals and objectives. At the board level, the ...