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Both/And in Women’s Leadership: Advancing Gender Equity from the Classroom to the Boardroom
Work or family. Today or tomorrow. Service to self or others. Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation. These seemingly everyday challenges women business leaders face are often presented and perceived as “either/or” scenarios.
SPACs: Navigating Challenges in an Evolving Market
A discussion of current trends in a fast-changing SPAC market and recent developments impacting SPACs and their targets, including the SEC’s proposed new rules regarding SPAC transactions and litigation involving SPACs and companies that have gone public through SPAC transactions.
Delaware Law Update
“Board Oversight Liability Three Years After Marchand –What Has Changed? What Still May Change?”
The Chancellors: Past and Present
Date-Time: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Location: Clayton Hall, University of Delaware View Video the Weinberg Center will be hosting "The Chancellors: Past and Present," which will feature the following current and former Chancellors from the...
University of Delaware Weinberg Center/ECGI Corporate Governance Symposium
Friday, March 11, 2022, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM @Virtual : REGISTER Agenda Co-sponsored with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) In collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate...
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WEINBERG CENTER & RELATED NEWS
Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing
Susan Williams - Thursday, March 8, 2012 The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping vast shale gas resources in the United States, but it is unclear if all companies can successfully manage the complex array of environmental and social risks that...
Finding Common Ground on Metrics that Matter
Mark E. Bateman, Peter A. Soyka - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Investors and companies are both increasingly interested in sustainability issues. These issues typically revolve around environmental and social factors that have real but potentially long-term or...
IRRC Institute Research Award Winning Academic Paper
Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...
IRRC Institute Research Award Winning Practitioner Paper
Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...
Growing Traction For Environmental & Social Shareholder Proposals At Us Companies
IRRC Institute - Sunday, February 12, 2012 A new analysis indicates that environmental and social (E+S) shareholder proposals are gaining increased voting support from investors at U.S. public companies. From 2005-2011, average support for these proposals more than...
Key Performance Indicators for Investors to Assess Labor & Human Rights Risks Faced by Global Corporations in Supply Chains
Funding from IRRC Institute, The Fair Labor Association, The Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project at Harvard Law School - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Harvard Law School's Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project, part of the Labor and Worklife Program, has completed...
Mergers and Acquisitions and the Universal Investor
Anurag Sharma, Ben Branch, Chetan Chawla, Liping Qiu, Ning Pu - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Institutional investors often must decide whether to favor or oppose a proposed acquisition or whether to accept or reject a tender offer. In isolation such decisions are usually...
Corporate Governance of Political Expenditures: 2011 Benchmark Report on S&P 500 Companies
IRRC Institute, Si2 - Friday, November 11, 2011A new study finds that corporate accountability and disclosure of political expenditures is on the upswing, with the boards of 31 percent of S&P 500 companies now explicitly overseeing such spending, compared to 23...
Weinberg Center Marks 10th Anniversary
PepsiCo CEO delivers keynote at anniversary celebration April 12, 2011 Focusing on establishing an ethical corporate culture and long-term planning for results may be the keys to overcoming future corporate scandals, Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo told an...
The State of Engagement between U.S. Corporations and Shareholders
IRRC Institute, ISS, Marc Goldstein - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 At a time when engagement is front and center in the public debate about corporate America, this study provides the first-ever benchmarking of the level of engagement between investors and public...
Identifying the Legal Contours of the Separation of Economic Rights and Voting Rights in Publicly Held Corporations
IRRC Institute, Rock Center for Corporate Governance - Tuesday, October 19, 2010 The report provides an analysis of the decoupling phenomenon also known as empty voting that occurs when shareholder voting rights substantially exceed economic interest in the company....
How Companies Influence Elections: Political Campaign Spending Patterns & Oversight at America’s Largest Companies.
IRRC Institute, Sustainable Investments Institute - Thursday, October 14, 2010 This study is the first comprehensive report to benchmark the governance of corporate political spending of the S&P 500, which has proven contentious for a wide range of companies. View...
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