Inability to resist pressures
Non-executive directors have limited options when faced with a united group of executive directors who are determined to push through a policy with which the non-executive directors disagree. Their ultimate weapon is resignation, but if all or a number of non-executive directors resign, they may precipitate a crisis of confidence in the company. Alternatively they can remain in office, but when if serious problems arise, the executive directors may have to depart from the board, leaving the non-executive directors with the responsibility for ‘picking up the pieces’.
