July 9, 2007

American business needs an election cash code

By: Bruce Freed and John Richardson – Center for Political Accountability

Last year, Robert Kelner, a leading Washington election lawyer, warned: "More than in the past, the Department of Justice seems to be trying very hard to tie campaign contributions to legislative acts by members of Congress and...

July 3, 2007

Is there an emerging fiduciary duty to consider human rights?

By: University of North Carolina - By Cynthia Williams and John Conley

The majority of law professors in the US consider that a corporation's primary -- possibly exclusive -- goal is to maximize shareholder wealth within the confines of the law. The paper by these authors considers that an...

June 25, 2007

ICCR Comments on the SEC's Shareholder Process Discussion

By: ICCR

NEW YORK, NY - ICCR has posted comments on behalf of its membership to the SEC 'Roundtable Discussions Regarding Proxy Process' (File No. 4-537); we encourage all of our allies to consider adding comments of their own by emailing...

June 6, 2007

UKSIF blasts UK Gov't on SRI availability in DC plans

By: Golden Pensions.com

UK - The UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) has lambasted the UK government for failing to address socially responsible investing (SRI) in its Personal Accounts White Paper.

June 2, 2007

Whither Human Rights In China?

By: Hon. David Kilgour, JD

China Rights Network: Rights Now Forum

University of Toronto

May 30, 2007

GreenMoney - Special 15th Anniv. 'visionaries’ issue now available (Summer 2007)

By: GreenMoney

In GreenMoney Journal's special 15th Anniversary issue (Summer 2007) we are looking ahead at the next fifteen years through the eyes of several visionary leaders who have shaped today's green investing and business world. Get a...

May 17, 2007

WP Letter to the Editor in response to "Save the Earth, Sacrifice your Returns?"

By: Social Investment Forum

As you correctly point out, socially responsible investing (“Save the Earth Sacrifice Your Returns”, May 13, 2007) is growing rapidly in response to individual and institutional investor demand.

May 7, 2007

CORPORATE BOARDS -- STILL FUMBLING CEO PAY

By: Boardroom INSIDER

It all comes down to money for proxy season 2007, especially on shareholder concerns about how corporate boards are setting and disclosing top executive pay. Unfortunately, boards aren't doing too well at either aspect, according...

May 3, 2007

Dover: The Stockholder Meeting That Wasn’t

By: Walden Asset Management – by Tim Smith

Dover is a relatively large company based in New York City which holds its stockholder meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. Walden had a shareholder resolution requesting a Sustainability Report.

April 12, 2007

Principles, Paulson & Piffle

By: KLD Newsline By Peter D. Kinder

On March 13, US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson opened a conference on corporate regulation post Sarbanes-Oxley with remarks that should trouble everyone concerned with corporate governance, shareholder rights, or a just society.