The current net edition of Economist features exhaustively two similar articles.

One, Another head rolls in the boardroom (Oil major Shell's)

And two, The Bundesbank loses its head

Both just go to reiterate the concept of accountability and responsibility, however high a position one may occupy. Yup Corporate tardiness has indeed risen a few notches post the Enron , Worldcom and Arthur Andersen scandals.

The second news writeup refers to Junkets, that interests me, more on that some time later