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‘All businesses should have a mission’: What are BCorps?
The new movement of businesses balancing purpose with profit. Can they help tilt the balance in favour of communities?
Shareholders
The government’s proposals will do little to check fat-cattery or improve corporate governance
Fat-cats have no shame and shareholders have no long-term commitment to any company. New measures won't work.
The Tory mirage of share-owning democracy
Any form of democracy is associated with rights, duties and powers, which are weak in corporations
The nonsense of shareholder ownership: what we should know
Neoliberals claim that shareholders are the owners of companies. This is nonsense, argues Austin Mitchell MP and Prem Sikka, Professor of Accounting, University of Essex
James Murdoch, despite being called “toxic to shareholders”, stays on the BSkyB board
James Murdoch - despite being called “toxic to shareholders” - stays on the board for BSkyB, which prompts the question, how far have we really come?
Your say on high pay: The campaign against excessive executive pay
Annie Powell of Fair Pensions writes about the “Your say on high pay” campaign against excessive executive pay.