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Back to Basics: Board Meetings

Harvard Corporate Governance

This post is based on their Deloitte/Society for Corporate Governance memorandum. The pandemic prompted many companies to modify—at least temporarily—some of their core business, as well as board, practices in the face of health- and safety-related requirements that prevented or restricted travel and in-person gatherings.

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Stakeholder Governance and the Eclipse of Shareholder Primacy

Harvard Corporate Governance

Far from shared scholarly interest, their objective was plain: To justify cutting off directors’ reasoned judgment, in favor of maximizing short-term shareholder value, notwithstanding the attendant harm to the health of our corporate and economic landscape and even our national security. more…)

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Business Litigators Have A Source Of Untapped Fulfillment

Law 360 M&A

As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

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Time to rethink talent in the boardroom

Harvard Corporate Governance

Ultimately, at the center of all this change are the people inside organizations doing the work.

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The 2023 board agenda

Harvard Corporate Governance

Perhaps the most significant new matters relate to the corporation’s role in society at large. Of course, many matters have been added to board agendas since 2018 and will remain priority items in 2023.

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Combatting Racial Inequity: A Two-Year Retrospective

Harvard Corporate Governance

Business leaders throughout the country stepped up to the challenge of combatting racial injustice by pledging funds and taking action to address inequity within their workforces, local communities and society at large.

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Top Financial Media Stories Friday, September 23: Apple Resolves iPhone 14 Pro Camera Glitch, Credit Suisse Shares Tumble As It Looks For Capital Infusion, Boeing Penalized $200M For Misleading About 737 MAX Safety And More.

Benzinga

Twitter will also open an application process to allow more people working in academia, civil society, and journalism to join the Twitter Moderation Research Consortium that Twitter formed earlier this year. Humana, CVS Health Interested In Acquiring Primary Care Provider. Wall Street Journal.

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