James McRitchie

Rule 14a-8: A Failed Experiment in Merit Regulation (Still) Rule 14a-8; Alan Palmeter's proposal would entrench managers and weaken the only scalable tool most investors have to hold boards accountable

Rule 14a-8; Alan Palmeter's proposal would entrench managers and weaken the only scalable tool most investors have to hold boards accountable #UniversalOwners, #Accountability, #CorpGov, #ESG, #SEC, #stewardship

Shareholder Primacy Shareholder Primacy- What Are the Costs of Weakening Shareholder Primacy? Bennett, et al. (2025). DExit; costly to shareholders & society

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

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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 www.corpgov.net/2026/02/cost...

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

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.

Injunctive relief? See draft language at www.corpgov.net/2026/01/volu...

Thank you @droste.bsky.social. I was about to post something on this, but didn't think about the impact on the vote-no campaigns. If things keep going as they have been, Rule 14a-9 proposals go largely by the wayside the impact on Vote-No campaigns could end up being the greater of the two. #corpgov

End Supermajority Requirements: Become an Advocate End Supermajority Requirements. This is the last in a series of 5 posts that offer up examples and target companies for specific proposals.

End Supermajority Requirements. Last in my current series of 5 posts that offer up examples and target companies for specific proposals to take back our economy. Song included. www.corpgov.net/2026/01/end-... #corpgov #socialeconomy #civileconomics

Majority Vote Requirements for Directors: Become an Advocate Majority Vote Requirements. Set the standard for uncontested directors at every public company. Become an advocate for shareholder democracy.

Majority Vote Requirements. Set the standard for uncontested directors at every public company. Become an advocate for shareholder democracy. www.corpgov.net/2026/01/majo... #corpgov #ESG #democracy Snowflake as an example.

Have’s heard what you’ve heard but my parents both grew up there and spent many summers in a land governed by the Cooperative Commonweath Federation. It was the reason I dropped out of university after a year of “economics” premised on lies I could see right through

Governance Structures Missing in Whittaker's Vision Governance Structures Missing in Whittaker's Vision of a moral form of capitalism. Formal #CorpGov mechanisms are needed for voice & impact.

Governance Structures Missing in Martin Whittaker's Vision of a moral form of #capitalism. Formal #CorpGov mechanisms are needed for voice & impact. www.corpgov.net/2026/01/gove... #ESG #Stakeholders #ESOPs #employeeownership Also posted a new song: "A Seat at the Table" #stakeholders #ESG #ESOPs

Visa #CorpGov
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CorpGov.net 2025 Proxy Season Results exceeded historical averages. Won 15; lost 5. I discuss topics and future possibilities. www.corpgov.net/2026/01/corp...

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

2025 Proxy Season Song All the Brains in the Room

jimmcritchie699368.substack.com/p/2025-proxy... CorpGov.net's 2025 Proxy Season in song. #corpgov Happy New Year. Here's to 2026 being a turnaround year.

Special Meetings: Become an Advocate Special MeetingSpecial Meetings should be a shareholder's right at every company. GorpGov.net tells you how and where to file.

Special Shareholder Meetings Rights Needed at over 500 identified companies www.corpgov.net/2025/12/spec... How and where to file. Become an Advocate series: Declassify Boards, Proxy Access #corpgov #ESG #Democracy #DEI #climate #ESOPs #inequality www.corpgov.net/wp-content/u...

Music for Democratic CorpGov

Music for a More Democratic Corporate Governance www.corpgov.net/music-for-de...

Matteo Gatti, Corporate Power and the Politics of Change Matteo Gatti’s Corporate Power and the Politics of Change exposes corporations as unelected governors. I contrast with Pateman and Minow.

Gatti’s Corporate Power and the Politics of Change brilliantly exposes how corporations act as unelected governors, risking democracy’s erosion. I contrast with visions by Carole Pateman & Nell Minow. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/matt... #corpgov #ESG #democracy

Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation. It could have a greater impact on all of us than anything Trump has done so far.

Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation. It could have a greater impact on all of us than anything Trump has done so far. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/onli...

#corpgov #capitalmarkets #democracy #Trump #TrumpJr Yikes!

I can't wait to compare the Obama and the Trump Centers/Libraries. Obama will have a sports center and a reading room. Will Trump have a fight room? Trump says there will be a “big UFC fight” on the White House lawn tied to 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Will the Saudi's award gold belts?

Proxy Access Needed: Become an Advocate Proxy Access can empower shareholders and make companies more accountable. Learn how and where to file. Make a real difference in this world.

Companies with Proxy Access are more accountable & more valuable. This right is increasingly essential. I use my proposal at Axon as an example and provide a list of more than 500 companies where you could file similar proposals.
www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #ESG

YouTube video by James McRitchie With All the Brains in the Room

'Tis the season to celebrate. Let's sing out for the right of people to have a greater say in their destiny. We all do better when using all the brains in the room or on the planet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p2a...

Proxymity: Reshaping Proxy Voting & Corporate Governance Proxymity report, Revolutionising Proxy Voting in Australia: Overcoming Legacy Inefficiencies with Proxymity. Digital transformation.

Guest Post - Proxymity report, Revolutionising Proxy Voting in Australia: Overcoming Legacy Inefficiencies with Proxymity. Digital transformation. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #proxyvoting

Thanks @tompowdrill.bsky.social

With All the Brains in the Room With All the Brains in the Room -- That's how real value is created in corporate governance, not by making CEOs kings and presidents tyrants.

With All the Brains in the Room -- That's how real value is created in corporate governance, not by making CEOs kings and presidents tyrants. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/with... Lyrics drawn from my speeches in Japan, Korea, and China at the turn of the century. #ESG #workers #shareholders #corpgov

Sure @tompowdrill those who file shareholder proposals in the US. Unlike PMQs, it takes many many months to get answers. Still, it’s a good process when it works and you don’t need to be an elected official to participate. #corpgov

Shareholder Proposal Thresholds, although limited primarily to the rich, provide all investors a sense of agency in grounding capital markets. Take action: Submit Comments by Dec 3rd. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/shar... #shareholders #investor #investors #corpgov #ESG #SEC #capitalmarkets #democracy

SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States or Silence Shareholders SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States, Silence Shareholders: Atkins disrupts shareholder rights, misapplies state law, and circumvents the APA

SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States, Silence Shareholders: Atkins disrupts shareholder rights, misapplies state law, and circumvents the APA www.corpgov.net/2025/11/the-... #corpgov #law #APA #shareholders #states

Declassify Boards: Become an Advocate Declassify Boards. Ever think about filing a proxy proposal? Democracy is at stake. I'll help with an example and a list of 500 companies.

Declassify Boards. Ever think about filing a proxy proposal? Democracy is at stake. I'll help with an example and a list of 500 companies where you can file. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/decl... #ESG #democracy #boards #corpgov

Attorneys General Seek to Extend Trumpism to the EU Attorneys General threaten US companies, trade officials, and standard‑setting groups if they refuse to violate European Union laws.

Attorneys General threaten US companies, trade officials, and standard‑setting groups if they refuse to violate European Union laws. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/atto... #corpgov #ESG #sustainability #EU #corporatelaw #Trump #Trumpism

More Funds, More Choices, Less Control More Funds, More Choices, Less Control - Vote your values, yes. But also align with organizations that will negotiate on your behalf.

More Funds, More Choices, Less Control - Vote your values, yes. But also align with organizations that will negotiate on your behalf. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/more...

David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left. MAGA stole their rhetoric of rebellion but missed the importance of democracy in human flourishing.

www.corpgov.net/2025/11/davi... David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left. MAGA stole their rhetoric of rebellion but missed the importance of democracy in human flourishing.

Reclaiming Fiduciary Duty Reclaiming fiduciary duty is essential if corporations are to serve humankind. The economy must serve people, not abstract entities we invent

Reclaiming fiduciary duty is essential if corporations are to serve humankind. The economy must primarily serve people and a salubrious environment, not abstract corporate entities we have invented. #corpgov #ESG #fiduciaryduty Rick Alexander www.corpgov.net/2025/10/recl...