reports from corporate governance land

The term “significant policy issue” doesn’t appear anywhere in Rule 14a-8. So, where does this exception come from?

BlackRock's announcement to let indexed clients instruct their votes has received wide praise, but the move raises a number of questions.

The SEC staff has posted the letter it sent to Brinker International regarding The Humane Society's VSM shareholder proposal.

The SEC staff appears to have flipped the script on shareholder proposals about virtual shareholder meetings.

Demands for worker voice are on the rise. Boards could soon be challenged to accommodate worker voice more formally in corporate governance.

The Aspen Institute just published a series of six essays that present fresh perspectives on "worker voice" in the boardroom.

A reaction to my previous post about pre-recorded virtual annual meetings from The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER.

I tested the waters with the Q&A function at VSMs this year by submitting a question about PACs.

How virtual can a virtual shareholder meeting be and still be called a meeting?

There was nothing extraordinary about BlackRock's 2021 virtual shareholder meeting, but I kind of liked it.

I attended the Carrier Global Corporation 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on Monday, April 19 (vitual-only, audio-only).

The AT&T enforcement action shows the SEC continues to examine corporate strategies to influence securities analysts’ quarterly estimates.

Letter I submitted in support of California AB 1192, the Uplifting Employers That Advance Job Quality Act.

Stories about issuers’ placing strict substantive limits on presenting shareholder proposals at VSMs.

Re-post of an interview by Nell Minow with Adam Bryant on his book, "The CEO Test."

Here are reports from four VSMs I’ve attended to date: Visa, Apple, Disney, and AmerisourceBergen.

Don't just press pause on corporate PACs. Defund them. Cancel them. No one will be worse off.

Microsoft leveraged technology and put the work in to produce a superb VSM.

Boards are facing new expectations and accountability as stakeholder capitalism gains steam.

Just as Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet, Broadridge didn’t invent the VSM, but they did create and develop the platform that became...