TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– To review the world's and Australia's notable firm failures associated with divergence of best practices, describing the link of how corporate sustainability depends on its corporate governance implementation.Design/methodology/approach– An array of existing theories and prior academic findings on corporate governance and corporate sustainability published between 1998 and 2004 are compared and contrasted, fitted with empirical evidence of what had happened with Enron, Inc. (Enron) and HIH Insurance (HIH). Matrices are developed to intercept the key good corporate governance perspectives with the study propositions.Findings– The study indicates that both Enron and HIH acknowledged good corporate governance as a prevailing framework, yet failed to implement it. Each of the principles had been violated and had served as an attribute to the firms’ failure.Research limitations/implications– This study is limited to the two notable cases, notwithstanding the implication that perhaps its applicability in other corporate settings may be pursued. Data and information sources for this paper have also been limited to the use of secondary data obtained from the public domain.Practical implications– This paper is expected to fill part of a gap in linking the studies of how corporate sustainability depends on its corporate governance.Originality/value– This paper provides a practical approach in identifying the existence or non‐existence of key good corporate governance principles in the going‐concern of corporations.
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
SN  - 0268-6902
DO  - 10.1108/02686900510585609
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02686900510585609
AU  - Mardjono Amerta
ED  - Gerald Vinten
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - A tale of corporate governance: lessons why firms fail
T2  - Managerial Auditing Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 272
EP  - 283
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -