What do shareholders really value?
Can the focus on maximising shareholder wealth actually harm investors? UCLA's Professor Lynn Stout addresses an international forum hosted by UNSW.
View ArticleWhat next for the banks?
OPINION: Without higher standards of international accountability, banks will continue to see punishment for breaking the law as simply the price of doing business, warns Professor Justin O'Brien in...
View ArticleHow corporations are eating away at US democracy
A recent US Supreme Court ruling has allowed corporate entities to circumvent already flimsy campaign finance restrictions. In doing so, transparency and accountability have been reduced, argues...
View ArticleBoards, risk taking and independence: a $50bn mistake
Companies that install independent directors not only cause shareholder losses but also weaken every aspect of a firm's performance, writes Peter Swan.
View ArticleVital Signs: No, we won't change the corporate world with divestment and...
The AMP saga, and new research, shows the power of 'shareholder voice'.
View ArticleStuff-up or conspiracy? Whistleblowers claim Facebook deliberately let...
A Meta spokesperson told The Conversation non-news pages had been taken down by mistake. Whistleblower allegations contradict this.
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can't dump him
With less than 14 per cent of shares, Meta’s chairman and chief executive controls the majority of votes because of the tech company’s dual-class share structure.
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