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Tuck prof. explores CEO apologies
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BRIDGETTE TAYLOR
| January 24, 2010
At a time of increased public attacks toward business executives for their lack of accountability, theories proposed in "Why Smart Executives Fail," a book written by Sydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business, has recently become increasingly noteworthy for its explanations of executives' refusals to apologize. "It is almost without exception that [accountability for failure] goes back to the senior leaders or board of directors and what they did," Finkelstein said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
