Mastodawn

Rule 14a-8; AlanPalmeter's proposal would entrench managers and weaken the only scalable tool most investors have to hold boards accountable https://www.corpgov.net/2026/02/rule-14a-8-a-failed-experiment-in-merit-regulation-still/ #NoActionProcess, #PoliticalSpending, #ProxyRules, #ProxySeason, #proxyvoting, #PublicPensions, #RaceToTheBottom, #Reincorporation, #RetailInvestors, #Rule14a8, #Rule14a9, #SecuritiesLaw, #ShareholderRights, #ShareholderVoice, #StateCompetition, #SystemicRisk, #UniversalOwners, #Accountability, #CorpGov, #ESG, #SEC, #stewardship

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Feb 9

Shareholder Primacy- What Are the Costs of Weakening Shareholder Primacy? Bennett, et al. (2025). DExit; costly to shareholders & society https://www.corpgov.net/2026/02/shareholder-primacy/ #corpgov #ESG #DExit #corporategovernance

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Feb 2

On #Music for #Democratic #Corpgov, you can now play all songs, play one, download, and change the speed. https://www.corpgov.net/music-for-a-democratic-corporate-governance/

Today's post is Costco-Walmart, France-USA. To avoid precarity, predistribute costs; don't externalize them. Universal ownership should change how #Fiduciary duty is defined.
Inequality and externalizing costs are design choices https://www.corpgov.net/2026/02/costco-walmart-and-france-internalization-as-governance-design/

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Jan 27

Voluntary Exempt Solicitations Prohibited: SEC limits meaningful influence to large shareholders, silencing dissent and fostering oligarchy. Shareholder proposals and "Vote-No" campaigns will be severely impacted. #corpgov #democracy

One possible course of action would be to seek injunctive relief. See draft language at https://www.corpgov.net/2026/01/voluntary-exempt-solicitations-prohibited/

I don't want to stand by idly while even our weak form of democratic capitalism is dismantled, replaced by an oligarchy or criminal dictatorship.

Voluntary Exempt Solicitations Prohibited

Voluntary Exempt Solicitations Prohibited: SEC limits meaningful influence to large shareholders, silencing dissent and fostering oligarchy

CorpGov.net: Corporations are not Democratic-Free Zones

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Jan 26

End Supermajority Requirements. This is the last in my current series of 5 posts that offer up examples and target companies for specific proposals to take back our economy so that we use all the brains in the room and distribute the work and profits more fairly to provide a moral economy that doesn't externalize costs but provides all workers and shareholders with agency. Song included. https://www.corpgov.net/2026/01/end-supermajority-requirements/ #corpgov #socialeconomy #civilecomomics
#civicsovereignty

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Jan 12

Governance Structures Missing in Martin Whittaker's Vision of a moral form of #capitalism. Formal #CorpGov mechanisms are needed for voice & impact. https://www.corpgov.net/2026/01/governance-structures-missing-in-whittakers-vision/ #ESG #Stakeholders #ESOPs #employeeownership Also posted a new song: "A Seat at the Table," as well as link to music catalog, including "All the Brains in the Room" #stakeholders #ESG #workers #employees #ESOPs

James McRitchie, CorpGov.net Jan 6

CorpGov.net 2025 Proxy Season Results exceeded historical averages. Won 15; lost 5. I discuss topics and future possibilities. https://www.corpgov.net/2026/01/corpgov-net-2025-proxy-season-results/

#corpgov #ESG #lobbying #RightToCure #Declass #SOK #workplace #WorkplaceDemocracy