Wall Street) and Jordon Belfort (
The Wolf of Wall Street), it also cemented America’s standing as both a global trade leader and the world’s largest national economy.
These days, however, big business is no longer focused on its business. Instead, in the wake of last year’s racial unrest, corporate powerhouses seem more concerned with providing public mea culpas on their historic failure to be sufficiently “woke.”
Self-inflicted floggings appear regularly within professional sports, where the Cleveland Indians have dropped their “Chief Wahoo” logo and have promised to follow in the footsteps of “The Washington Football Club” in dropping their longstanding team moniker as well.
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Regions Bank Names Andrew Nix as Chief Governance Officer
February 9, 2021 GMT
Andrew Nix will join Regions as chief governance officer on March 17. (Photo: Business Wire)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 9, 2021
Regions Bank on Tuesday announced Andrew Nix will join the company as chief governance officer, serving in a leadership role advising the Regions Financial Corporation Board of Directors and executive management on a wide range of corporate governance best practices.
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Andrew Nix will join Regions as chief governance officer on March 17. (Photo: Business Wire)
Seven Dow leaders achieve top honors on OUTstanding’s 2020 leading LGBT+ professionals lists
Seven Dow leaders achieve top honors on OUTstanding’s 2020 leading LGBT+ professionals lists Dow today announces that seven leaders earned recognition on three 2020 OUTstanding lists: LGBT+ Executives, LGBT+ Ally Executives and LGBT+ Future Leaders. Two of these individuals ranked in the top 10 for their respective categories. 2020 marks the eighth year OUTstanding, a professional network for LGBT+ executives and their allies, has published these lists. A Dow leader has been recognized on one of these lists each year since 2014. The 2020 lists include the most weve ever had in a single year, with seven Dow leaders receiving the honor. Annual rankings are based on a review process of nominees selected among professionals actively contributing to an environment where employees feel safe, respected and valued both within and outside of the workplace.
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December 21 2020
Just in time for the new proxy season comes this from the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, the Council of Institutional Investors and the Society for Corporate Governance. The report is replete with helpful guidance, detailing best and emerging practices for virtual shareholder meetings. The Working Group updates its 2018 report (see this PubCo post) in light of the deluge of pandemic-induced VSMs that were convened during the 2020 proxy season. Sorry to say, but it seems likely that this new proxy season will see a repeat for the same reason at least in the first part of the season so this report should be especially useful.
Just in time for the new proxy season comes this
Report of the 2020 Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Practices for Virtual Shareholder Meetings from the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, the Council of Institutional Investors and the Society for Corporate Governance. The report is replete with helpful guidance, detailing best and emerging practices for virtual shareholder meetings. The Working Group updates its 2018 report (see this PubCo post) in light of the deluge of pandemic-induced VSMs that were convened during the 2020 proxy season. Sorry to say, but it seems likely that this new proxy season will see a repeat for the same reason at least in the first part of the season so this report should be especially useful.