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Ira Millstein Letter to the Editor, Financial Times re: "just war" (Posted with permission - December 11, 2001) |
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Press Release: Cambridge University's business school announces new professor to boost research into corporate accountability (Posted October 02, 2001) |
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Institutional Investors Consider Responsibility for Global Warming.
"Climate Change - A Risk Management Challenge for Institutional Investor".
Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd. Written by: Mark Mansley & Andrew Dlugolecki (External - Posted August 21, 2001) |
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Profiting Responsibly Companies Can Do Well by Doing Good (Abstract - Posted August 06, 2001) |
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Ethical investment: Warm and fuzzy (Abstract - Posted July 17, 2001) |
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“Best” behaviour: New responsible share indices are irresponsible casuistry (The Economist, July 12, 2001) |
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"Taming the Corporation" A Review of Robert AG Monks'
New Global Investors by Anne Simpson (Financial Times, July 05, 2001) |
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Commentary on Exxon and Global Warming (Posted June 18, 2001) |
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The New Global Investors - How Shareholders Can Unlock
Sustainable Prosperity Worldwide |
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Myners Review of Institutional Investment:
Final Report (Updated June 07, 2001)
(Posted March 21, 2001) The Myners review of institutional investment published its final report. It identifies a series of distortions to effective decision-making, and makes proposals to tackle them. |
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Robert A.G. Monks Receives Honorary Degree From Connecticut
College (Posted May 30, 2001)
Robert A. G. Monks awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Connecticut College at the 83rd Commencement held Saturday, May 26, at the campus in New London, Connecticut. |
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Principles of Institutional Investment Decision Taking:
A Response to the Treasury's Requested Consultation on the Myners'
Proposals (Posted May 24, 2001)
Comments by Robert A.G. Monks and Allen Sykes on the [Myners] Report’s main analyses and recommendations and on several other issues raised in the Report. |
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Shareholder Activist Robert A.G. Monks Faults SEC For
Stifling Shareholder Initiative (Press Release - Posted May 21, 2001) Monks states: "Current rules for submitting shareholder resolutions are a maze of frustration for legitimate proposals. The SEC leaves serious investors little choice but to run hostile slates, increasing costs and disruption." |
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The Shame of Shareholders' Apathy on AT&T Governance (Posted April 30, 2001 - Reprinted
with permission) "Ultimately, shareholders have to act, if the board continually proves that it cannot or will not... Won't somebody do something?" |
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Governance and Responsibility - the relationship between
companies and NGOs
(Posted April 25, 2001) "In a long perspective NGOs are agents of change, expressing discontent with the status quo..." |
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Shareholder Activism: A Reality Check
(Updated April 23, 2001 - Power Point Presentation) Power Point presentation given by Robert A.G. Monks at this year's Bottom Line 2001: The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility Conference at The Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel in San Francisco, California. |
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Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies (Posted April 06, 2001) Revised "Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies" from the German Panel on Corporate Governance. |
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The Heisenberg Principle
(Posted April 04, 2001) "Corporate managements obey the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Like sub-atomic particles, they behave differently when observed." |
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Bottom Line 2001: The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility
(Posted March 20, 2001) Summary of special keynote address that will be given at the Bottom Line 2001 conference - "Shareholder Activism: A Reality Check." |
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Report of the General Board on the establishment of a
Robert Monks Professorship of Corporate Governance (Posted March 20, 2001) Announcement of the Robert Monks Professorship of Corporate Governance at Henley Management College. |
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Corporate Governance 2nd Edition (Posted February 16, 2001) Announcement of the publication of the 2nd edition of CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, the case book edited by Robert Monks & Nell Minow, by Blackwell, in April 2001. |
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CEO Pay - The Smoking Gun
(Posted February 12, 2001)
Respect for sound corporate governance principles has grown tremendously. Why, then do CEO pay levels continue to soar? |
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Rewarding
CEOs Who Leave (Posted
February 15, 2001) Why do Boards approve enormous departure packages for CEOs on their way out the door? |
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Temple-Inland - Still a Game in Play (Posted February 2, 2001) It's a paper company - and a bank - and both are consistently undervalued by the market. But shareholders |
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The Creation of
Lens (Posted January
15, 2001) The motivation behind the formation of Lens and a quick look at its remarkable success. |
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Power and Accountability (Posted January 1, 2001) The 1991 book that started it all, co -written by Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow. are watching... |
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Redesigning Corporate Governance Structures and Systems for
the 21st Century (Posted January 1, 2001) Keynote address given at Henley Management College. |