0248 - On Corporate Behaviour with Niamh Brennan

Hosts: Leo, Danny and Brona

Preamble

Brona Russell: The theme for today’s conversation is Good Corporate Governance.

To help us dig into this topic we are delighted to be joined by UCD Professor Niamh Brennan. Niamh is the Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at University College Dublin and the Founder and Academic Director of the UCD Centre for Corporate Governance. 

To start, Niamh, can you tell us a little about yourself and how you came to specialise in Corporate Governance?

Question bank

<> Corporate behaviour and governance came into sharp focus at the time of the Global financial crisis of 2008. I presume it has improved since then?

<> What does it mean to be accountable?

<> Corporate culture is complex. Is it sufficient to set the ‘tone from the top’? 

<> What are the main challenges to establishing and maintaining good corporate behaviour?

<> As future BSc Economics & Finance graduates, what should we look for, in the organisations we join, in terms of good corporate governance?

<> What systems and indicators should we expect to see and have access to in our own organisations? 

<> Can you share some thoughts on how GenAI technology will impact corporate governance?

<> We’d like to open now to questions from the audience.

<> Niamh, you have any thoughts you’d like to add before we wrap up?

<> Well, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions and share your thoughts with us today.

Notes:

Niamh Brennan’s research profile at UCD (link) and Google Scholar page (link)

The verb ‘govern’ from the Latin gubernare and the Greek kubernan ‘to steer, rule’. Defined as the act or manner of governing an organisation. 

‘Good Governance’ - is dependent on how people behave according to a system of rules, practices and processes that encourage or discourage specific behaviours.

Additional reading:

Brennan, N., Conroy, J., 2013. Executive hubris: the case of a bank CEO. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (ISSN: 0951-3574)

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