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Corporate boards are supposed to oversee companies but often turn a blind eye

  • Written by Siri Terjesen, Dean's Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship, American University Kogod School of Business

A lot of giant companies are getting into big trouble these days.

When Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing a total of 346 people in October 2018 and March 2019, the disasters raised serious questions about the safety of the aviation leader’s anti-stall system.

When some 5,000 Wells Fargo employees fraudulently...

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