Mason credits the company's environmental impact, climate change, governance, human rights and philanthropic efforts for the change.
In our case, the support of the mayor has been critical, and as one of the only large urban districts to adopt this change in governance of our schools, I believe that the District of Columbia public school system will be a model for urban school reform.
It's been billed as the most radical change to police governance in decades.
One thing is certain: The euro cannot survive without a major change in the governance structure of the euro zone.
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In a statement, they said the new proposals represented "a fundamental change to the governance structure which underpinned the agreed merger of equals" initially announced in February.
But government has limited power to bring about governance change.
In a statement, Xstrata's independent directors said the new proposals represented "a fundamental change to the governance structure which underpinned the agreed merger of equals" initially announced in February.
This past November the Sandridge board changed corporate bylaws requiring a majority of shares outstanding rather than a simple majority of shares voting to enact a change in corporate governance.
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The investors, who account for 18% of BAE, said the time had come for a change in strategy and governance.
But the ruling Socialist Party has given the row fresh impetus by proposing a change to corporate-governance rules that may boost Mr del Rivero.
If they don't change by improving their corporate governance, they will be left behind.
Because the Co-Op would become so large in the sensitive business of taking deposits, with care of tens of billions of pounds of savings for many millions of customers, it would be forced to change its corporate structure and governance, and dedicate more capital to banking, to protect depositors from losses.
The global nature of climate change demands international cooperation and sound governance.
Mr Hutchinson said the Policing Board and Police Ombudsman had diligently performed their roles and been "pivotal in supporting change and as important institutions of governance and accountability".
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Murdoch knows something that his assailants will seldom concede, and that renders their call for radical change, in the rapport between governance and the media, both tardy and redundant.
But today Redstone cites the need for proper corporate governance and claims Shari must "change her behavior" to win over the boards of Viacom and CBS. Several people say she has rankled Viacom's Dauman, CBS Chief Leslie Moonves and some directors by being, in their view, too assertive and meddlesome.
Mandelson extended the need for global management of markets to climate change, geosecurity, counter terrorism and global economic governance.
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It is time to embrace the concept and practice of Governance as Leadership as we drive social change for the greater good in our world.
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We need global governance to address the threat of climate change.
Much more must change, they think, before high-quality board governance can be achieved.
What is unlikely to change, for aspiring Indian entrepreneurs, is the obstacles of governance.
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Revolutionary change creates its own reality, and its own form of governance to oversee it.
Regis said that doing so will support the substantial change underway at the company, including cost-cutting and governance changes.
The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, is due to report in December on options for improving the economic governance of the eurozone, and one option would be limited treaty change.
This change of policy may be convenient for ISS but it ignores the realities of corporate governance.
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For such an outspoken voice for reform of corporate governance, Buffett was curiously passive about using his personal power to affect change.
Businesses need to have the courage to declare their commitment to social change, the conviction to participate in building systemic solutions to social issues, and governance policies that support these priorities.
Since corporate change has to start from the top, a lack of biotech-savvy corporate governance may be at the heart of the issue: the reality is there are few if any biotech voices in Big Pharma boardrooms.
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Joseph Grundfest, a law professor at Stanford University who is an expert on corporate governance, said that "management can, for entirely legitimate reasons, change its mind as long as it hasn't made a binding commitment" to return the cash to shareholders.
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