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Trouble at the Top - Shareholder Rights

Friday, March 21, 2008

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Shareholder Rights

The NBR special Trouble at the Top examines shareholder activism and the current state of corporate governance in America. In this report from the special, NBR correspondent Stephanie Dhue looks at the reforms currently being championed by members of the shareholder rights movement.

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External Links/Articles*

  • AFL-CIO
    The AFL-CIO is a federation of US labor unions. Damon Silvers, the union's associate general counsel, is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report. This links to a section of the AFL-CIO website titled, "Executive PayWatch."
  • The Business Roundtable
    The Business Roundtable is an association of chief executive officers of leading US companies. The president of the organization, John Castellani, is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report. This links to an October 2007 Business Roundtable publication titled, "Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Survey Key Findings."
  • Corporate Governance
    Corporate Governance is a 2003 book authored by shareholder activist Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow of The Corporate Library. Minow is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report. This links to information Amazon.com offers about the book.
  • The Corporate Library
    The Corporate Library is an "independent source for U.S. corporate governance and executive & director compensation information and analysis." The organization is headed by Nell Minow, who is interviewed in Stephanie Dhue's report.
  • Harvard Law School
    This links to a February 12, 2008 entry in Harvard Law School's Corporate Governance Blog. The entry is titled, "Say-on-Pay in the UK and Australia -- and now in the US?"
  • Robert A.G. Monks Blog
    Robert A.G. Monks is a shareholder activist, corporate governance advisor, and author of a number of books.

    • *Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.
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