Rebuilding Corporate Trust: The Essential Role of IT Governance

Consumers in Europe are the most skeptical about the willingness of large corporations to act in the public interest, followed by consumers in Japan, then North America. Although less skeptical than their developed country peers, consumers in China and India overwhelmingly agree that corporate obligations to shareholders must be balanced with contributions to the broader public good. For their part, shareholders are demanding corporate governance reforms that increase shareholder democracy and grant greater power over issues such as executive pay and the selection of board members.