How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public
Why “shareholders come first,” an ideology that became widely accepted only in the last 30 years, is a poor guide for managing companies.
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What Do the Jersey Elections Have to Do With Britain?
Not only is the isle of Jersey facing increasing scrutiny for its status as a notorious tax haven, especially from the UK, but populist desire for reform is surging from within as elections approach.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Featherbedding: Seeks Further Pay Increase Despite Underfunding, Municipalities Suffering to Meet Rising Pension Bills
Why authorizing a further pay increase for CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost is indefensible, but CalPERS cronyistic board will almost certainly set that plan in motion next week.
Read more...Bank Watch: Wells Fargo Fined $1 Billion
The OCC and CFPB imposed $1 billion in fines on Wells Fargo Friday, continuing the kind and gentle treatment of bank transgressions pioneered by the previous administration.
Read more...CalPERS to Investigate CFO Charles Asubonten, But Will It Look into Misrepresentations on His Employment Application?
CalPERS has finally accepted that it needs investigate the apparent misrepresentations in recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten’s resume and Form 700, but will the probe go far enough?
Read more...Los Angeles Times Confirms Our Reporting on CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume Misrepresentations; CalPERS Admits to Fabrications and Gets Defensive
The Los Angeles Times verifies and amplifies our reporting on the misrepresentations and inaccuracies in the resume that recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten presented to CalPERS.
Read more...Why Charles Asubonten Is Not Qualified to Be Chief Financial Officer and What His Hiring Says About CalPERS
Further discussion of the mystery of how CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten got hired.
Read more...Executive Summary: New CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Misrepresentations and Discrepancies in His Resume and Form 700
Why the hiring of Charles Asubonten as CFO of CalPERS is a serious governance lapse.
Read more...Don Quijones: After a String of Corporate Scandals and Collapses, “Big Four” Accounting Giants Face Breakup in the UK
The Big Four accounting firms desperately need to be reformed. But are UK regulators up to the task?
Read more...Elon Musk’s Two Great Virtues
Elon Musk can conjure up wonderful images of the future. In the here and now, can he even produce cars (batteries? solar panels? anything?) on schedule? What is going to happen to Tesla?
Read more...Whistleblower Woes: Retaliation
SEC makes record whistleblower award, while meanwhile an Ethics and Compliance Initiative survey reports retaliation rates for reporting of corporate misconduct have doubled.
Read more...What Is CalPERS Trying to Hide? Plans to Eliminate Transcription of Board Meetings, A Giant Step Backwards in Transparency and Accountability
CalPERS plans to take a big step backwards in terms of governance and credibility via getting rid of transcription of board meetings, when the cost is a pittance compared to the benefits.
Read more...Trump SEC Fails to Pursue Aggressive Deregulatory Agenda (Albeit from Previous Pathetic Baseline)
WSJ reports Trump SEC has failed to pursue an aggressive deregulatory agenda; legislation necessary to disable securities framework further.
Read more...More Power to the Workers: Seymour Melman on Extraction by the Military, Managers, and Finance
Why workers are the nexus of production and prosperity.
Read more...Why Are Profit-Making Factories Closing Across England?
The curious case of England’s closing factories shows the need for industrial strategy to counter rampant short-termism.
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