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Lessons of the James Hardie episode
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Date: 11 May 2006
Guest Speaker: Gideon Haigh
Gideon is a business journalist, who has written extensively for leading newspapers and magazines, including The Age, The Australian Financial Review, The Monthly, Business Review Weekly and The Financial Times. He is the author of many books on corporate affairs, including The Battle for BHP (1987), One of a Kind: The Story of Bankers Trust Australia (1999) and Bad Company: The Cult of the CEO (2004). |
Gideon spoke about his latest book, Asbestos House: The Secret History of James
Hardie Industries (Scribe, 2006). He explored the mis-handling of compensation claims for asbestos-related diseases
by former employees of James Hardie, focusing in particular on the breakdown
in ‘corporate culture’ in which managers, directors and advisers
were all culpable.
Gideon drew upon the James Hardie case, and his recent work on excessive executive
remuneration, to identify the key issues contributing to these types of failures
in corporate governance structures, and some potential solutions.
CLARG gratefully appreciates the support of Holding
Redlich in hosting this seminar.
Acting Group Director
Anthony Forsyth
Email Anthony Forsyth
Tel: + 61 3 9903-2917
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