The movement for corporate social responsibility is in direct opposition, in such cases, to the movement for better corporate governance, which demands that managers fulfill their fiduciary duty to act in the shareholders' interest or be relieved of their responsibilities.
That possibility has drawn resistance from major shareholders and attracted interest from potential rival bidders in Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn.
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Despite some public pressure for the first BRK cash dividend, Buffett is reluctant as he and other large longtime shareholders have no interest in either the income or the taxes that would be due.
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If Anglo's current attempts at restructuring founder, its shareholders may welcome renewed interest from Xstrata.
When you talk about the interest of shareholders or some group you can lay your hands on it.
As saddening as it may be, the move makes financial sense and it is in the best interest of shareholders.
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"It's incredible that we're seeing a huge bonus which should be reflecting performance in the interest of shareholders and that's you and me, " he said.
Fuld is also contemplating the sale of mortgage assets or spinning them off into a separate "bad bank" in which shareholders would retain an interest.
Bank leaders suggest that lending targets for what might be weaker businesses could breach rules that say any decision should be in the best interest of shareholders.
From high-ranking corporate executives and bankers, you still hear talk of the special Japanese model, whereby shareholders are only one interest and rough "Anglo-Saxon" capitalism is antithetical.
And Mr Higgs could usefully propose ways to make institutional shareholders take a closer interest in the firms they own, though he seems unlikely to do so.
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Similarly, corporate leaders must also manage the interests of often competing groups such as managers, employees, unions, board members, and creditors, while theoretically acting in the best interest of shareholders.
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In January, he again repeated that the bank had no plans for a capital increase and that it wasn't in the best interest of shareholders, while adding he couldn't rule out any options.
It's an impressive roll-up, to be sure, yet a closer look at how Dosoretz has kept this empire growing reveals some business practices, conflicts of interest and less than vigorous disclosures that should be of interest to shareholders and patients.
As we often note in such a circumstance, the company is not really required to devote any amount of resources to buy back shares, but if it feels it is in the best interest of shareholders (because the stock is too cheap) Kellogg has the ability to support its stock.
Instead they have called on shareholders to take a closer interest in executive pay - and to protest when executive rewards are deemed to be excessive.
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"Replacing Alex Ferguson is a monumental task and one that shareholders will watch with great interest and nervous uncertainty, " he said in a note on the firm's website.
"Despite the substantive accounting issues as to whether companies end up paying twice, we believe that in today's market climate, it is in the best interest of our shareholders to expense the options AIG grants going forward, " Greenberg said in a prepared statement.
The management of Norilsk Nickel stresses that its job is to act in the interest of all its shareholders.
How do we create mutual economic structures, that recognise the common shared interest and interdependence of shareholders and customers and workers?
Crucially, however, unlike the bank's shareholders, these creditors have no interest in the upside potential of a gamble for redemption: however that punt turns out, the most they can receive is the value of their fixed claim.
Indeed, there is reason to hope that the trust may be able to trim debt through profitable property sales or issuance of new equity (which would benefit existing shareholders if diminished risk and lower interest cost can more than offset the impact of additional outstanding shares).
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Yet American corporations seemed to do far better then than now, not only in serving shareholders and workers but the overall national interest.
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Determining the optimal incentive plan design will not only help improve performance, it will promote ethical behavior that is in the best interest of the company and shareholders.
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And the correct way of looking at it is what is in the interests of the shareholders: not what is in the interest of the company or the management.
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Under this doctrine there is a neat intersection between the desire of shareholders for a better world and their interest in corporate success, and reward flows to those companies that are most successful at balancing the needs of different stakeholders.
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The meaning of capitalism and American enterprise is evolving and now considers the interest of communities alongside those of shareholders.
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In America and Britain, shareholders these days are taking a much greater interest in the performance of the firms they own.
"Resolving this litigation is in the best interest of our company, our shareholders and our associates, " said Tom Mars, general counsel of Wal-Mart Stores.
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