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As part of national Responsible Investment Week, the Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability at SFU Beedie School of Business and the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC Sauder School of are co-hosting an event on “Reconciliation: A New Relationship for Investors”.

'Crain's' 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Martin Lipton, who defended corporations against raiders

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Will blockchain technology lead to less shareholder activism and higher executive compensation? Watch David Yermack’s full Stigler Center lecture on the potential implications of blockchain technology for the future of corporate governance. Second part of a three-part series.     In January, NYU professor David Yermack taught a mini-course of three stand-alone lectures at the Stigler Center on the potential implications of blockchain technology.   Yermack, the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business, has researched blockchain technology extensively in recent years. His Stigler lectures touched on the potential implications of blockchains …

Though I enjoy a great story as much as the next person, the barrage of media hype surrounding shareholder activists leaves me wondering

Proxy Access in Canada -- Another US Corporate Law Practice Makes Its Way Up North

This week, we're headed to the Big Apple for one of the biggest investment conferences around. And today, Editor Zach Schedit shares the most important news from this conference…

A study shows that where a company incorporates isn’t necessarily based on what’s good for shareholders.

An exclusive investment for the rich is making them poorer, writes Howard Gold.

Evidence shows that leadership style has a major impact on levels of employee stress. Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, an occupational psychologist and CEO of

Directors conduct risk assessments to see what could potentially harm the organization, and one would be sexual harassment, according to governance experts....GIII

The BDO Board Survey, conducted annually by the Corporate Governance Practice of BDO USA, was created to act as a barometer to measure the attitudes of public company directors on these and other governance issues. The 2017 BDO Board Survey, conducted in August of 2017, examines the opinions of 130 corporate directors of public company boards.

Dan Siciliano of Stanford University discusses everything from budgeting for board training to the importance of culture and chemistry among board members.

A new Stigler Center working paper finds that managers who resist shareholder proposals are typically acting responsibly, as opposed to acting on their own self-interest.      Conflicts and disagreements between management and shareholders are common, but the playing field is heavily tipped in favor of management due to the business judgment rule, which creates a legal presumption in favor of managers.   To gain leverage, reformers regularly seek tools that would give shareholders more influence in the hope of managing agency problems—the tendency of managers to make decisions in ways that benefit themselves rather than shareholders. The risks are …

Many of the nation’s largest institutional investors—including BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, among others—are increasing the pressure to get Corporate America to think more long term. 

Here's the Bill Ackman apology Wall Street's been waiting for! This guy is a true "Mush" https://t.co/s8A9yOhdYk https://t.co/Hv9fUBJaLX