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Regulation v. System Stewardship: The Fading Promise of Governmental Intervention

Regulation v. System Stewardship: The Fading Promise of Governmental Intervention

by jennifer@theshareholdercommons.com | Aug 23, 2022 | Category1

We’re hardly alone in pointing out that today’s ESG activism has failed to stop companies from externalizing social and environmental costs when they can gain a financial advantage by doing so. Many other critics conclude that shareholder activism at companies is...
Response to System Stewardship Challenges

Response to System Stewardship Challenges

by jennifer@theshareholdercommons.com | Mar 4, 2022 | Category1

A recent article by Marcel Kahan and Edward B. Rock critiqued the sort of system stewardship we promote at TSC. While several correspondents have pointed to this article as taking a side against system stewardship, it is much more a tour of the landscape that...

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