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Diamonds and Rust: The Need for Ethical Climate Change in Banking

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Marcy Murninghan

The takeaway: The British scandal over interest-rate rigging underscores the need for ethical climate change in banking. In addition to regulatory and policy changes, doing this involves the combined efforts of CEOs, boards of directors, investors, depositors, and other stakeholders … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Public Policy | Tagged Bank of England, Barclays, business ethics, Citizens United, civic moral values, Ed Millibrand, Ezra Klein, fiduciary ethic, Financial Services Authority, Frank Stanton, Gary David Goldberg, George Osborne, Glass-Steagall Act, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Divinity School, integrity, Jan du Plessis, John Whitehead, Lady Susan Rice, London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), Mary Houghton, moral compass, Norman Lear, Paul Tucker, Peter Jennings, Robert Diamond, Ron Grzywinski, Sir Mervyn King, stewardship, systemic risk, Teddy Forstmann, Tocqueville, trust, U.K. Serious Fraud Office | Comments Off

Corporate Oligarchs, Politics, and the Common Good

Posted on 21 January 2011 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: Among other events, this week’s anniversaries of JFK’s inaugural speech and Citizens United call us to fight to elevate conscience over politics and capitalism. This week juxtaposed statesman service and corporate dominion at a time when oligarchs increasingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy | Tagged Center for Responsive Politics, child obesity, children of light, Citizens United, clean tech, Comcast, Eric Schmidt, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ford Foundation, Google, Grey Areas Project, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Larry Page, Let's Move!, Marsha Blackburn, Martin Luther King, Michael J. Copps, Michelle Obama, NBC, net neutrality, oligarchs, Paul Ylvisaker, Peace Corps, Reinhold Niebuhr, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Sargent Shriver, Super PACs, Verizon, Walmart, War on Poverty | 2 Comments

What Price Democracy?

Posted on 3 November 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: Big money bought many midterm elections, but a new Conference Board publication provides guidance on responsible corporate political spending. In a preview of what’s in store for 2012, political campaigners – including candidates, parties, and outside interest groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting | Tagged American Action Network, American Crossroads, Bruce Freed, Center for Political Accountability, Center for Political Responsiveness, Citizens United, corporate political spending, Crossroads GPS, DISCLOSE Act, Ellen Miller, engagement, ethical corporate culture, Federal Elections Commission, filibuster, governance, Handbook on Corporate Political Activity, IRRC Institute, Karl Rove, OpenSecrets.org, Sen. Russ Feingold, shareholder resolutions, Sunlight Foundation, Super PACs, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), The Conference Board, US Chamber of Commerce | 3 Comments

Sustainability News Roundup

Posted on 29 October 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: BP’s transparency, the power of proxy advisory firms, and uncontrolled campaign spending BP disaster: truth or “integrated spin”? | Today’s New York Times and Wall Street Journal report that Halliburton knowingly supplied “unstable” cement to BP to seal … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Investor Governance, Proxy Voting, Public Policy | Tagged BP, Broc Romanek, Citizens United, Deepwater Horizon, Global Reporting Initiative, Halliburton, integrated reporting, Macondo, Mary Schapiro, Nell Minow, OpenSecrets.org, ProPublica, proxy plumbing, Sanford Lewis, SEC | 2 Comments

Follow the (Corporate Campaign) Money

Posted on 14 October 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: Shareholder activists and researchers focus on corporate political donations, while more than 80 percent of S&P 500 companies fail to provide spending information “Follow the money” was a catchphrase of the 1976 movie All the President’s Men, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy | Tagged All the President's Men, Center for Political Accountability, Citizens United, global warming, Green Century Capital Management, Heidi Welsh, Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute, Jon Lukomnik, Lance Lindblom, Laura Campos, Mindy Lubber, Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF), News Corp, Occidental Petroleum, Proposition 23, Republican Governors Association, Robin Young, Rupert Murdoch, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), Tesoro, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), US Chamber of Commerce, US Chamber of Commers, Valero, Watergate | 5 Comments

Citizens United: The Aftermath

Posted on 4 October 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: This year’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United opened the floodgates of money in politics, eroding public trust in government as well as shareholder value. “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!” the Marshal of the Court called out today, marking the … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Governance, Public Policy | Tagged American Crossroads, American International Group (AIG), Bank of America, Business Roundtable, Center for Political Accountability, Citizens United, DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175), Fox News, Goldman Sachs, John Coates, JP Morgan Chase, Karl Rove, Lawrence Lessig, News Corp, OpenSecrets.org, OYEZ Project, political activity, political spending, proxy access, shareholder protection, Super PACs, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), US Chamber of Commerce | 4 Comments

“We the People”, Not “We the Moguls”

Posted on 23 August 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

The TakeAway: Controversial corporate political spending spurs shareholder activism aimed at aligning company values with American values. With election season around the corner, today we question if our democracy, founded on the ideal of representing “We the People”, has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Proxy Voting, Public Policy | Tagged Best Buy, Bruce Freed, Calvert Investment, Center for Political Accountability, citizen activism, Citizens United, George Packer, LGBT rights, News Corp, proxy access, self-governance, shareholder activism, Shelley Alpern, Target, Trilium Asset Management, Walden Asset Management | Comments Off

Environmental & Social Policy Resolutions Receive Record Levels of Support

Posted on 21 July 2010 by Marcy Murninghan

Part Two of Three Parts For more than forty years, shareholder activists and large investors have expressed their concerns to corporate boards through the proxy resolution process. For them, this past season was the best ever. Proxy resolutions are proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Proxy Voting | Tagged Altria, Bob Massie, Calvert, Center for Political Accountability, Ceres, Citizens United, climate change, coal ash, diversity, Domini Social Investments, equal employment, ESG, Exco Resources, Gardner Denver, Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, Heidi Welsh, hydraulic fracturing, ICCR, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, KBR, Leggett and Platt, Lubber, Mercy Investment, Miami Firefighters, NYCERS, Pax World Funds, political activity, political spending, proxy resolution, reporting, Reynolds American, SEC, shareholders, Si2, sustainability, Sustainable Investments Institute, The Transition Group, Trillium Asset Management, Trinity Health | 2 Comments

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