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reports from corporate governance land


"Inflection Points and Bridges to the Future: Career Lessons from Corporate Governance's Defining Moments"
The future of corporate governance is being written right now, in boardrooms where AI is informing critical decisions, in virtual meetings that are redefining director engagement, in new frameworks for governing algorithmic systems.
Doug Chia
19 hours ago


Paying for Restoring Trust at Boeing
Pay for performance? Only if performance means restoring trust.
Doug Chia
May 15, 2024


The Most Repulsive Shareholder Proposal Ever
This proposal marks a new low for the NLPC and the anti-ESG movement. It is deplorable in every sense of the word.
Doug Chia
Oct 30, 2023


Society for Corporate Governance Announces Leadership Transition
Andrew Fitzsimons Appointed Interim CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance; Doug Chia Appointed as Strategic Advisor to Interim CEO
Doug Chia
Jul 20, 2023


Tesla's Annual Meeting Makes Elon Musk Look... Good
Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting and Cyber Roundup 2023 was so good that I almost forgot about Elon's bad side!
Doug Chia
May 23, 2023


Guardians of the VSM Galaxy, Vol. 2
For the second consecutive year, Disney put in the effort to make its VSM exciting.
Doug Chia
May 19, 2023


Virtual Shareholder Meetings: Don’t Ghost Me!
Projecting transparency at the annual meeting is a small but easy way to help you build trust.
Doug Chia
May 10, 2023


Attending Pfizer’s Virtual Shareholder Meeting on an iPhone
I decided to attend Pfizer’s virtual annual meeting on my phone...
Doug Chia
May 5, 2023


Anti-ESG: A War On Two Fronts
Anti-ESG politics has everything to do with elections and little to do with fiduciary duties and investment returns.
Doug Chia
Apr 13, 2023


"Honey, I Exculpated the Kids!"
A lesson on corporate law and parenting.
Doug Chia
Feb 10, 2023


Virtual Shareholder Meeting as a Safety Measure?
What happened at Walgreens' annual meeting last week will make companies think hard before going back to in-person meetings.
Doug Chia
Feb 3, 2023


Disney Wars II: The Shareholder Menace
Disney has a proxy fight on its hands, compliments of Trian Partners' Nelson Peltz. Here are my thoughts in a series tweets.
Doug Chia
Jan 12, 2023


How to Build the Perfect Virtual Annual Meeting
Companies can create a worthwhile VSM experience for its shareholders without much extra cost, effort, or potential for complications.
Doug Chia
Dec 15, 2022


The Shareholder Poet
In what may be an annual meeting first, a shareholder proponent recited an original poem to present their proposal.
Doug Chia
Dec 15, 2022


There Is No “C” In “ESG”: An Illustration of ESG’s Biggest Risk
The various and creative ways in which cyber security can be packaged as ESG demonstrate the potential for ESG to become an open-ended term.
Doug Chia
Sep 28, 2022


SEC (finally) jumps into ESG fund fracas
The SEC has taken the first steps to create some much-needed semblance of order and structure in the ESG investment industry.
Doug Chia
Sep 16, 2022


Comment Letter: SEC Proposal on Investment Company Names
SEC comment letter on proposed rules on Investment Company Names.
Doug Chia
Aug 30, 2022


Comment Letter: SEC Proposals on ESG Fund Names and Disclosures
I support the Commission’s efforts to enhance the level and quality of disclosure required by funds that claim to invest based on ESG...
Doug Chia
Aug 16, 2022


Staff Legal Bulletin 14L and the Significant Social Policy Exception: A Possible Solution?
Determining what is a "significant social policy issue" under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) desperately needs a multi-pronged test.
Doug Chia
Dec 14, 2021


VSM Proposals: Soup and Crackers
The virtual shareholder meeting related proposal votes are in, and the results are interesting.
Doug Chia
Dec 8, 2021
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