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Improve Public Trust: Transform the Nominating Committee(0)
Corporate governance expert Paul Strebel says there’s need for a “fundamental change” in the way board directors are nominated, with members of the nominating committee drawn from a more diverse group of stakeholders than has been the case. “To improve public trust in business, the search for board directors has to extend beyond the world of top executives,” he says.
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After the Debacle: How News Corp. Can Rebuild Trust
The Murdochs and their executive team at News Corp. need to begin building “a new corporate conscience,” argues Patricis Harned, President of the Ethics Resource Center. “NewsCorp is now literally fighting for its life,” she writes. “The best defense, as we have seen with companies that have survived such crises, is not to spin its story, but to start writing a new one.”
11 Reasons Why We Need the Shareholder Protection Act
The Shareholder Protection Act, introduced today in the U.S. Congress, addresses governance problems left in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, which enables corporations to spend an unlimited amount of money on political advertising. The bill is modeled on the U.K. Companies Act, which requires prior shareholder approval of corporate political donations.
Opinion: Sustainability Profits Companies
A KPMG International study of executives released April 18 said that, “nearly 55 per cent of US executives say their organization has a formal sustainability strategy in place… Another 12 per cent say they are working on a strategy and an additional 19 percent expect to eventually develop a formal plan… Asked to identify the top three benefits from their sustainability program, the respondents most often chose: better or more efficient business processes and practices; increased profitability or shareholder value; and the ability to attract or retain new or existing customers… ”