Rogue Corporations [TRADE PAPER ]

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.Quentin Beresford is an Adjunct Professor at Sunshine Coast University and the author of The Rise and Fall of Gunns LTD, Adani and the War over Coal and Wounded Country (winner of the 2022 Queensland Premier’ s Award for a work of state significance) for NewSouth.Award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates Australia’ s corporate Australia’ s highest-profile scandals.IntroductionChapter one: Ripping off medibank: The rise of corporate medicineChapter two: Empire of debt: Bond CorporationChapter three: Dreams of hollywood: Christopher Skase and QintexChapter four: ‘ The shambolic journey to oblivion’ : HIH insurance:Chapter five: A plot from machiavelli: James HardieChapter six: The cult: Storm FinancialChapter seven: Franchising exploitationChapter eight: Dark money: The Federal GroupChapter nine: ‘ Horror stories’ : Bupa Aged CareChapter ten: ‘ Free pass to paedophiles’