corporate democracy

How Regulatory Shifts Have Reshaped ESG Voting Patterns

In 2021, a regulatory shift by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission expanded shareholder proposals on environment and social issues from mere company...

How Proxy Voting Policies Fail To Reflect Investor Ideologies

Large asset managers increasingly control voting rights on behalf of investors, raising questions about ideological alignment in corporate governance. Pablo Montagnes, Zac Peskowitz, and...

Can Shareholder Democracy Fill the Void of a Dysfunctional Regulatory System?

As financial markets take on societal challenges like climate change, new research from Robin Döttling, Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Magdalena Rola-Janicka explores how shareholder democracy interacts with the political process to impact public goods provisions. The authors investigate the potential of investor-driven governance to supplement the shortfalls of the regulatory system, highlighting both benefits and risks posed by wealth inequality and ESG backlash.

Reclaiming Corporate Democracy

The following is an excerpt from Sarah C. Haan’s book, “Reclaiming Corporate Democracy.”

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