International Cases of Corporate Governance

This book provides insights into current issues in corporate governance by examining twelve cases from the 2010s and 2020s where corporate governance was seen to be an issue. The cases are designed to introduce the reader to ‘real life’ episodes with corporate governance implications, shedding light on why corporate scandals continue to occuer, to what extent these are a corporate governance failure, and in which ways corporate governance – and the behaviour of those involved in ensuring good governance and an ethical culture in their business - may be improved in the future. This book will be of interest to businesspeople, students of business, and lawyers and motivate discussion on the reasons why corporate governance failed, or was seen to be inadequate.

“This book of corporate governance case studies provides a nice complement to existing courses or modules covering the topics of corporate governance, business ethics, and/or corporate social responsibility.  There are several well established corporate governance textbooks in existence that included some cases, but this is one of the first stand-alone case books of which I am aware other than Mallin’s casebook published back in 2006.  Many of us in the field of comparative corporate governance have our own conceptual framework from which we describe and explain corporate governance behavior and outcomes. This book provides the instructor with quite a bit of freedom to frame the issues around their own personal perspective.  Furthermore, in these days of inflated book prices, students should benefit from a text that is fully utilized.  I especially liked the relative recency of these cases – all case studies are less than ten years old.  Given the turmoil within the global economy and deglobalization trends during the past decade, this book is timely.  I also liked that fact that there was a wide range of geographic contexts captured in these cases given the Western bias in previous texts and case studies.  Finally, the range of issues is impressive, ranging from dealing with accounting scandals, to ownership and control rights conflicts, to business ethics and corporate social responsibility challenges.  If you are looking for a timely casebook on comparative corporate governance, this text should serve you well.” (William Q. Judge, E.V. Williams Professor of Strategic Leadership, Old Dominion University, USA)

“The release of Professor Chen’s new book of international corporate governance cases comes at a time when these new challenges are still defining the new business landscape. Companies are now expected to be more transparent and accountable to their stakeholders. This book not only provides us the insight ofhow and why corporate scandals occur, but also provides insight into the recurrence of corporate governance failures, offers practical guidance for remedying options. Practitioners and policy-makers will certainly learn, share and benefit from the critical thinking this book has provided.” (Qin Zou, Vice President, Stanley Black and Decker, USA)

Professor Jean Jinghan Chen joined the University of Macau in 2018 as a Chair Professor in Accounting and Finance and the Dean of Faculty of Business Administration. Prior to joining the University of Macau, Professor Jean Chen worked in the UK Higher Education Sector for almost 30 years. She was a Chair Professor of Accounting and Finance in the University of Southampton, at the University of Surrey and at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.