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ESG Lessons from S&P’s Facebook Smackdown
The S&P 500 ESG (environmental, social and governance) Index lost a few familiar names during its annual rebalancing, including Wells Fargo, Oracle and IBM. But the one that made the most news, and the biggest component of the index, was Facebook. -
How Well Do You Really Know the Shareholders You Represent?
A few years back, I was at a non-business cocktail party, chatting with someone I had just met. It was a great conversation, as I recall, until I learned that he was a board member of a company in which I held stock, and I shared that fact with him. -
The Runaway CEO Gravy Train
Forty years ago, Directors & Boards posited the question, “Is Any CEO Worth $1 Million?” Today, almost all CEOs are apparently worth $1 million — often $1 million a month!
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Weighing ESG Against Directors’ Fiduciary Duty
A focus on environmental, social and governance benefits should be framed by the lens of business benefits.
The directors of a Delaware corporation have a fiduciary duty to manage the corporation, in good faith, in the best interests of the stockholders. Under Delaware law, this means, in general, that the board has a fiduciary obligation to maximize the profits of the firm for the benefit of its owners.
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