Author(s): Quentin Beresford

Business & Finance

Crown Casino, the Bond Group, James Hardie, HIH Insurance, Geoffrey Edelsten’s Allied Medical Group, 7 Eleven and Rio Tinto, the list goes on…Award-winning author Quentin Beresford has dissected the rise and fall of the Gunns logging company and analysed the proposed Adani mine and our greatest river system. Now he takes on Australia’s rogue corporations. In a crisis of corporate culture, the unparalleled power of Australian companies has been accompanied by an unrelenting stream of scandals — bankruptcies, criminal charges, ethical misconduct and damage to the reputation of companies and their executives and boards. Beresford investigates corporate Australia’s highest-profile scandals, the rise of celebrity CEOs, the role of regulators, the increased pressure on boards to abide by ethical standards and the murky links between big business, governments, banks, media and lobby groups.