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Is a new approach required?

The banking crisis was caused by lending to people who couldn’t repay. The lenders knew the borrowers couldn’t repay and therefore the crisis was predictable. So why did they do it?

Corporate governance, corporate reporting, risk management, risk registers, risk models, regulations, standards, codes of practice, as enforced by external and internal auditors, audit and remuneration committees, boards, regulators and governments failed to prevent

the credit crunch, the Madoff and Stanford frauds,
the obvious risk of bankers lending to people who can’t afford to repay, and
the collapse of AIG, Alliance & Leicester, Barings, Bear Sterns, Bradford & Bingley, Dexia, Fannie Mae, Fortis, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, HBOS, Lehman Brothers, Lloyds TSB, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, UBS and Washington Mutual.

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incentivising good governance

the NCVO are currently running a 'competition' amongst charities for examples of the best models of governance with cash (and other) prizes - cash and other prizes for best…Continue

Started by Adrian Ashton Aug 3, 2011.

Effective governance of the RSA 1 Reply

Should the RSA become a fellowship, a social network, democratic, purposive, transparent and effective?Should the RSA be looking for a 21st century governance model or cling to its autocratic…Continue

Started by Peter Bebb. Last reply by Adrian Ashton Dec 13, 2010.

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Comment by Denis Stewart on July 30, 2011 at 17:16: I was curious to see what was being discussed by this group. But it looks like it has gone into 'pause mode' for the time being! Has it, perhaps, been overtaken by the deliberations of the 'GAG' [unfortunate acronym!] - and the decisions now made by the Trustee [trusty?] Board a few weeks ago?

At any rate, it will be interesting, in particular, to see what the 'more integrated and flexible approach to Regional/National structures' to which Luke Johnson referred in his 13 July e-mail looks like. This is the aspect of the GAG recommendations that some of us in the RSA Ireland Committee wer most critical of. To quote our submission, 'we find it disappointing that the Advisory Group has not come forward with thought-leading ideas for more innovative practice – ideas which Fellows across the Society could then be invited to discuss with a view to their adoption and/or adaptation to suit regional circumstances.'

Comment by Adrian Ashton on December 31, 2010 at 8:20: for an alternative perspective on governance, there's a free masterclass on good governance for social enterprise taking place in Lancaster on Jan 10th - http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1057004529

Comment by Peter Bebb on December 11, 2010 at 17:17: Is the university fees increase more evidence of the untrustworthiness of politicians, their lack of accountability, our powerlessness, and our oligarchic political system?

Comment by Peter Bebb on November 28, 2010 at 19:39: I like the model, I would add clarity about outcomes

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on November 28, 2010 at 19:18: British Red Cross has a model I like, not sure anything can be the 'best' or even the 'right' model, but have a look:

http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/Governance-and-annua...

Volunteer-led
Regional representation
More elected than co-opted
Co-opted have clear roles
Clear appointment routes