The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed changes that could prevent many shareholders from raising issues of social and environmental corporate responsibility. Over the past few decades, shareholder resolutions have played a significant role in persuading major companies to improve their labor, environmental and corporate governance practices. In 2004, Coca-Cola executives backed a shareholder resolution that led the… return to article
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Posted by frank67 on Dec 19, 2007 at 9:04 AM 
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