At the annual meeting, the shareholders can come and elect a board and the board then is in charge of the company.

在年会上,股东会聚集起来,选出董事会来管理公司

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When you serve on a board, you are in a fiduciary role; you are there to protect shareholders and that's the concept.

一旦你进入了董事会,你就成为了受托人,你的存在就是为了维护股东的利益,就是这样

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The theory is that the shareholders are in control because they elect the board and the board hires the president and it's democratic.

之所以理论上说股东是掌控者,是因为他们选出董事会,董事会选出总裁,这是个民主的过程

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Well, the company--the board of directors-- decides if and when to pay dividends to the shareholders and then the law of the state would say that they must treat them all equally.

公司,董事会,会决定何时向股东支付股利,州法规定,股东利益均等

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When you sign on to a job on the board, you are signing on to a solemn responsibility and that responsibility is to treat all shareholders equally and fairly and make money for them.

如果你签订协议进入董事会,你就承担起一份庄严的责任,它就是,平等对待所有股东,努力为他们赚钱

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