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Making Corporate Housecleaning Easier in 2012 Proxy access resolutions pile up; could some corporate boards get cleaned up next year? |
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Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy. |
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A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism. |
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Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say. |
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Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests. |
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When Companies Do the Right Thing Not every corporation fights its shareholders' requests. |
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Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
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Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
The Motley Fool
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Let's Fix Director Nominations Should we make it easier for shareholders to nominate their own representatives? |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
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The SEC Has Let Us Down Who's the SEC looking out for again? It's not you or I. |
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A Shift Toward Shareholder Rights Shareholder-friendly policies may become an increasing priority in corporate America. |
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Shareholders, Stop Slacking Off! Responsibility shouldn't be a revolutionary idea. Many U.S. investors have exhibited ongoing apathy about the workings of the companies in which they invest. |
The Motley Fool
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Proxy Season Damage Control Has Begun Companies scramble to reexamine compensation policies before shareholders strike back. |
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Women on Board A U.K. initiative puts a spotlight on the dearth of female directors and gets corporate executives to commit to hard targets for improvement. |
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A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting. |
The Motley Fool
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Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum. |
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The Motley Fool's Testimony on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment Shareholders should have a bigger say in how companies are run. |
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Mutual Funds: Tossing Out The Rubber Stamp A new SEC rule that takes effect next year will require mutual funds to disclose how they vote on proxies for the stocks they own. The rule is intended to keep funds from siding with management to gain 401(k) business. How will this affect corporate governance? |
The Motley Fool
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Can This Factor Improve Your Returns? Too many shareholders forget one crucial element. Companies plagued by self-centered, short-sighted managers could easily foreshadow lousy investment results to come. |
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A Trio of Options Shareholders could soon have an easier route to proposing their own directors on company boards, thanks to three changes |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 22, 2003
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How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter. |
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Jerks and Their Perks When these folks push, shareholders need to push back. |
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The Motley Fool
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Don't Let Washington Kill Shareholder Rights Eleventh-hour backroom deals are unacceptable. |
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Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not. |
The Motley Fool
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Corporate America's Biggest Problem? Corporate governance expert Nell Minow tells Fools the one thing she would change about boardrooms. "We get a lot of information about real property, and not that much information about the people, education, relationships, and ability," she said. |
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April 28, 2009
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When "Say on Pay" Is a Must Shouldn't "say on pay" votes be up to shareholders, not legislators? |
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Shareholders Want This Power More and more investors agitate for the right to act by written consent. |
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June 23, 2010
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Freedom for Whom, Washington? Get ready to get angry. Shareholders and their rights are an essential part of a vibrant marketplace. Let's hope Washington stops rigging the game against us. |
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Shareholder Majorities Win Major Victories Policies that encourage better boards have gained traction in 2011. |
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March 29, 2004
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Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors. |
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Potential Losers in 2012 Several major companies could lose say-on-pay votes next year. |
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Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
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In 2011, Shareholders Speak Louder Than Ever Your vote as an investor really counts this year. |
Real Estate Portfolio
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Improving Corporate Governance A survey of board practices reveals the REIT industry is making both progress and missteps in improving corporate governance. |
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Corporate Governance Roundtable At this year's NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference, one of the most talked about panel discussions was on the topic of corporate governance... |
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December 18, 2002 |
Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
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Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003 |
Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
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Book Excerpt: 'The Future of Boards' In an excerpt from "The Future of Boards," the author discusses why directors are newly questioning their roles. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Whole Foods' Mackey Shocks Again Here's another surprise from Whole Foods' CEO, John Mackey, who has voluntarily given up the role of chairman of the board |
