Incentive shares – shareholders have a right to know their distribution. Meta, Amazon, and Repligen argue against disclosure. Working mostly from the same template, they argue distribution of shares to employees is “ordinary business” and “does not focus on any significant policy issue that transcends the company’s ordinary business operations.” I submitted similar proposals to […]
The 4th annual Global Proxy Review has now been published by the Global Unions Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC), a joint initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD and Global Unions Federation. The report and interactive website encourages investors to take an active role in proxy voting oversight for […]
The OECD is inviting public comment on its draft updated Principles of Corporate Governance – last updated in 2004. These principles (first published in 1999) have long been among the most influential sources of corporate governance guidelines for regulators, stock exchanges, investors and companies world-wide, and continue to be referenced as a benchmark for good governance practices. (more…)
In a global first, a group of institutional asset owners and managers are jointly calling for comprehensive transparency and disclosure to be adopted as core principles in reform of the international taxation system to be put before the G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane this weekend. The group including the £150B UK Local Authority Pension Fund […]
The Preface to this book is so powerful that I have to begin my review with the words of the authors, Janet Dine and Marios Koutsias. The thesis of this book argues that national corporate governance is extremely important for societies. Recently many scholars have said that a convergence of corporate governance is inevitable. We […]
Five years ago in Corporate Governance Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) says federal securities regulators are recommending that no action be taken against the grocery chain over anonymous postings on financial-news Web sites by its chief executive. Mackey’s postings, including many to CorpGov.net publisher James McRitchie, surfaced when they were included among a trove of […]
Global Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Advantage across Borders (Strategic Management) by Andrew Inkpen and Kannan Ramaswamy integrates academic research and case studies to inform readers about global avenues to competition. Political instability, corrpution, inadequate infrastructure, and closely knit ownership structures are addressed. For example, readers are advised that leapfrogging offers the best window for an MNE […]
The 3rd edition of Corporate Governance Review brings together the thoughts of industry experts and regulators, making the review the essential reference tool. The Review focuses on major cross-border topics and developing global trends. Contributors include practitioners from the OECD, EBRD, and the IFC. The review also features regional and country-by-country reviews and a detailed […]