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The Boardroom Bunker

Too often the question is: "Has anything happened lately that could embarrass us?"

BusinessWeek -- The Welch Way imageBusinessWeek columnists Jack & Suzy Welch say that too many boards are running scared. And while that may give some governance groups a self-satisfied twinge of victory, a board in defensive mode is bad for employees, companies, and the economy

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