The Resignation of BP's Bernard Looney and CEO Accountability

Oct 27 2023 | 00:09:51

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Show Notes

In this Ethicast Reacts episode, Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair Erica Salmon Byrne provides some much-needed context around the abrupt departure of BP CEO Bernard Looney on September 13 and how it exemplifies the changing expectations that Boards of Directors have when it comes to CEO behavior.

Board expectations are changing around CEO accountability
Formal and informal systems that can help prevent CEO misbehavior
What the 2023 Ethics Quotient expects from Board governance

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