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Shareowner Activism

The Origins

In "The Concept of the Corporation," to quote the noted management guru Peter Drucker, modern big business is something that must be accepted by every country, for it is obvious that modern industrial technology requires some form of big-business organization.  Therefore, "Big Business" is something that must be accepted as the very center of any modern industrial society.  The central question, then, is not whether we want Big Business, but what we want of it; and what organization of Big Business and of the society it serves is best equipped to [help us] realize our wishes and demands..."

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News & Updates

July 22, 2008
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Steelworkers Join Los Angeles Activists In Demanding Occidental Petroleum Stop Its Complicity Of Human Rights Abuses In Colombia

By: U.S. Newswire

 

LOS ANGELES, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the United Steelworkers (USW), labor and community activists demonstrated in front of Occidental Petroleum headquarters today in support of a people's tribunal in Bogota,...


July 22, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces Investigation Into CarMax, Inc.

By: PrimeNewswire

 

ATLANTA, July 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC is investigating possible violations of federal securities laws by CarMax, Inc. ("CarMax" or the "Company") (NYSE:KMX). The investigation focuses on whether...


July 22, 2008
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Dissident Group Rejects Zarlink's Attempt To Fairly Represent Views Of All Company Shareholders

By: Market Wire

 

Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX: ZL)(NYSE: ZL) today announced that it has met with Scott Leckie, Daniel Owen and David Banks ("the Leckie Group" or "the dissidents") in an attempt to find an amicable solution to the proxy contest...


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Research & Insights

July 8, 2008
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National Survey Finds 64% Of People Want To Help Drive Social Change But Don't Know How; CREDO Mobile Makes It Easier To Make A Difference

By: Business Wire

 

In a nationwide survey of more than 1,000 American adults, CREDO Mobile found that three-quarters believe social change is important. However, only a little more than one-third (36 percent) say they have the tools needed to...


June 11, 2008
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Most Investors 'not Concerned About What Is Transpiring' In The Boardroom

By: The Irish Times

 

 

LORSCH REPORT:THE LORSCH report, compiled for INM, states that most shareholders should be very pleased with the work of its board and notes most investors are not concerned about what is transpiring in the boardroom.

 


June 9, 2008
KLD Reports May 2008 Index Returns


By: KLD Indexes

BOSTON, MA USA- KLD Indexes reported its index returns for May 2008. KLD Indexes is a division of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., an independent investment research firm providing investment management tools since 1988 to...


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Commentary & Opinion

June 24, 2008
Separate the Roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board at Exxon:


By: Robert Monks

Commentary from noted corporate governance expert Robert Monks – focusing on the campaign to have ExxonMobil to separate the chair and CEO posts. The shareholder resolution won almost 40 percent of the votes cast at the annual...


May 31, 2008
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In Rockefellers Vs. Exxon, Discipline Won; Talking Business

By: The International Herald Tribune
Joe Nocera - The New York Times Media Group

 

The Exxon Mobil annual meeting Wednesday was the ''can't-miss'' corporate event this year, especially if you are a reporter. For the first time ever, members of the Rockefeller family were going to use the meeting to publicly...


May 30, 2008
Accountability -- and A Powerful Investor’s Perspective


By: Eleanor Bloxham

The issue of whether to separate the Chair and CEO jobs, a particularly US conundrum, causes wonderment and bewilderment from those in the UK and elsewhere, where separation of the roles is common. Currently, however, only 12.6%...


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