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Corpocracy Robert A. G. Monks

Corpocracy By Robert A. G. Monks

Corpocracy by Robert A. G. Monks


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Summary

Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks reveals how corporations abuse their power and what we the people must do to rein them in.

Corpocracy Summary

Corpocracy: How CEOs and the Business Roundtable Hijacked the World's Greatest Wealth Machine -- And How to Get It Back by Robert A. G. Monks

Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks reveals how corporations abuse their power and what we the people must do to rein them in. In a clear and careful analysis, Monks outlines a plan for reconciling the competing interests of corporations and society through thoughtful shareholder activism.

Corpocracy Reviews

a facinating read (City AM podcast www.cityam.com, Wednesday 23rd January 2008) ...a formidable polemic ...its unarguable point about unaccountable corporate power cannot be ignored. (The Financial Times, January 28, 2008) ...a timely new book...deserves to be read. (Pensions & Investments, Monday 21st January 2008)

About Robert A. G. Monks

Robert A. G. Monks is the founder of ISS, The Corporate Library, the LENS Fund, and Governance for Owners. A CEO in two industries and the director of ten publicly traded companies, he was placed in charge of the national pension system and made a founding trustee of the Federal Employees Retirement System by Ronald Reagan. He has written six books in the fields of governance, including, with Nell Minow, Corporate Governance.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. Definition. Chapter 1: An Audience with the Emperor. Chapter 2: Economics Ascendant. Chapter 3: The Godfather. Chapter 4: The Business Roundtable. Chapter 5: Inside the Corpocracy. Chapter 6: House Take. Chapter 7: Efficiences R Us. Chapter 8: Return of the Blob. Chapter 9: The Great and the Good. Chapter 10: Still, I Dare to Dream. Appendix. Notes. Index.

Additional information

GOR005760584
9780470145098
0470145099
Corpocracy: How CEOs and the Business Roundtable Hijacked the World's Greatest Wealth Machine -- And How to Get It Back by Robert A. G. Monks
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20071228
272
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