Avoiding a Punch in the Mouth

Shifting some (or more) board focus to stakeholder interests sounds good in principle, but…

Throughout this year, Directors & Boards is devoting space in every issue to discuss and analyze “The Character of the Corporation.” We’re looking at the corporation’s (and board’s) roles and responsibilities to employees, the local and global community, and other stakeholders through a variety of lenses: ESG (environmental, social, and governance), human capital, the impact of technology on stakeholders, and the desire for longer-term thinking and planning in the face of quarterly reports and guidance, and outside pressures from short-term activists and governments.

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David Shaw

David Shaw is the publishing director of Directors & Boards.


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