The shareholder action guide : unleash your hidden powers to hold corporations accountable / Andrew Behar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behar, Andrew, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stockholders' meetings.

Corporate meetings.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

"A valuable call to action for small shareholders to change the ways big corporations do business."--Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor Want to make misbehaving corporations mend their ways? You can If you own their stock, corporations have to listen to you. Shareholder advocate Andrew Behar explains how to exercise your proxy voting rights to weigh in on corporate policies--you only need a single share of stock to do it. If you've got just 2,000 in stock, Behar shows how you can go further and file a resolution to directly address the board of directors. And even if your investments are in a workplace-sponsored 401(k) or a mutual fund, you can work with your fund manager to purge corporations from your portfolio that don't align with your values. Illustrated with inspiring stories of individuals who have gone up against corporate Goliaths and won, this book informs, inspires, and instructs investors how to unleash their power to change the world.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: You Have More Power Than You Think

CHAPTER 1 Who Let the Dog Out

CHAPTER 2 How Ordinary Investors Can Bring Real Change to Big Problems

CHAPTER 3 What You Can Ask a Corporation to Do

CHAPTER 4 How to Vote Your Proxy

CHAPTER 5 How to Influence Your Fund Manager

CHAPTER 6 Engaging with a Corporation and Filing a Shareholder Resolution

CHAPTER 7 Opportunities and Decisions to Make Real Change

CHAPTER 8 What Kind of People Engage with Corporations

CHAPTER 9 Foundations and Individual Shareholders Can Make a Difference

CHAPTER 10 The Power of Disclosure

CHAPTER 11 Divestment as the Ultimate Escalation of Engagement

CHAPTER 12 How Do I Know What I Own?

CHAPTER 13 How to Get Your Company to Offer Funds Aligned with Your Values

CHAPTER 14 A New Generation of Corporate Leaders

CHAPTER 15 Time to Take Back Your Power

RESOURCE A: Acknowledgments and Biographies of Interviewed Leaders

RESOURCE B: Links

RESOURCE C: Alliance Building for a Shareholder Movement

RESOURCE D: Glossary and Acronyms

About As You Sow®

About the Author

Endnotes

Index

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62656-846-4

OCLC:

960041257