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snes018 Hubris is an ever-present risk for highyng chief executives | Financial Times Newest | Oldest | Most recommended Professor Atul K. Shah, University of Suffolk dye soo Isnt hubris the character of money and finance - the more one’s hands get involved, the ‘more messier it all Becomes. The only way to check it for one's own good is through conscience, and personal limits and deep understanding of the limits of power, wealth and the objective reality of death, Report Share 1 Recommend | Reply 1001 nights Saye ago He sure was a great manager. His management was taught at many business schools in the US and EU. But maybe he did not know how to harness his hubris or when to leave the table, However his bosses also do not appreciate his work when he reached this stage. When things reach this stage, itis almost always impossible to know the truth. Who did what wrongly. Report Share Recommend | Reply Montagnard Says. ago Carlos Ghosn "merely a hired hand"? A strange label to attach to a man who has tumed around two of the worst car-makers of the developed world. He will retire comfortably no ‘matter what, and frankly, he deserves to Report Share 1 Recommend | Reply Bs1969 Saye 90 Thr article implicitly assumes Ghosn is guilty. What is teritying in today’s world is how you are found guilty before being judged. The carefully orchestrated arrest, the well organized press conference right after, the difference in treatment with other high profile scandals in Japan (Olympus, etc) where no one went to jail, the leaks to the Japanese press - it really looks like @ coup to get Nissan back under local control - At least this is highly plausible. Report Share 3 Recommend | Reply ella tasca days sao ‘Sounds like a palace coup to keep the French from seizing control of a Japanese icon. Report Share 6 Recommend | Reply Spendthrift cays ago ‘bit ironic given there is a section of the FT called How to Spend it. Report Share 5 Recommend | Reply Proft0o aye ooo et tu, FT? ntpsufwew ft comiconterv68343182-ebf0-1168-8180-8c/212677aS7Hcomments-anchor 18 snes018 Hubris s an ever-present risk for highying chief executives | Financial Times Report Share 1 Recommend | Reply Augustus Saye ago Ghosn fall seems a too-convenient end for some (Nissan and the Japanese state), compared to others (Renault and the French state). Couldn't the Japanese side be trying to renegotiate the deal behind the alliance? That is, weren't there tensions within the Renault-Nissan alliance? Wasn't Nissan contributing out-sized profits compared to Renault, which instead has the upper hand because of a deal sealed 20 years ago? And wasn't Ghosn the only glue left to keep them together? Report Share 2 Recommend | Reply ntpsufwew ft comiconterv68343182-ebf0-1168-8180-8c/212677aS7Hcomments-anchor 268 snes018 Hubris s an ever-present risk for highying chief executives | Financial Times Trooper707 Seaye ago So now the FT convicts without facts and a trial. Sad Report Share 4 Recommend | Reply journeywest aye soo Its not just high flyers, hubris exists even if we gain a minute amount of power...we often forget that the chairs that we sit in, were there Jong before we came to this world, and it «will still be there for someone else long after we are gone, Report Share Recommend | Reply Follow the topics in this article ‘The editorial board The FT View Leadership Executive Pay Nissan Motor Co Ltd ntpsufwew ft comiconterv68343182-ebf0-1168-8180-8c/212677aS7Hcomments-anchor ‘Add to myFT ‘Add to myFT ‘Add to myFT ‘Add to myFT ‘Add to myFT JAGE 33

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