Edited sentence: CEOs of AIG, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Enron, and many others sought the short-term opportunity to make millions of dollars in bonuses.One of the reasons why managers led their organizations into failure was because of a disease called greed.The poor leadership of corporate managers ultimately led corporations to failure.Vinay Korthari author of "Executive Greed," argues that the financial crisis could have been prevented if corporate managers carried out their long-term fiduciary duties by planning for the future, didn't engage in self-serving business practices for personal financial gains, and provided proper control such as checks and balance