Andrew Behar

The Shareholder Action Guide

Unleash Your Hidden Powers to Hold Corporations Accountable

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781626568457
• ISBN-10: 1626568456
• Artikelnr.: 44498918

Autorenporträt

Andrew Behar is CEO of As You Sow, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. Founded in 1992, As You Sow envisions a safe, just, and sustainable world in which environmental health and human rights are central to corporate decision making.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD by Thomas Van Dyck
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