James McRitchie
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I am a shareholder advocate trying to make corporations more accountable and democratic. https://www.corpgov.net/about/
Gatti’s Corporate Power and the Politics of Change brilliantly exposes how corporations act as unelected governors, risking democracy’s erosion. I contrast with visions by Carole Pateman & Nell Minow. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/matt... #corpgov #ESG #democracy
Matteo Gatti, Corporate Power and the Politics of Change
Matteo Gatti’s Corporate Power and the Politics of Change exposes corporations as unelected governors. I contrast with Pateman and Minow.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Gatti’s Corporate Power and the Politics of Change brilliantly exposes how corporations act as unelected governors, risking democracy’s erosion. I contrast with visions by Carole Pateman & Nell Minow. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/matt... #corpgov #ESG #democracy
Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation. It could have a greater impact on all of us than anything Trump has done so far. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/onli...
#corpgov #capitalmarkets #democracy #Trump #TrumpJr Yikes!
#corpgov #capitalmarkets #democracy #Trump #TrumpJr Yikes!
Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation
Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation. It could have a greater impact on all of us than anything Trump has done so far.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Online Prediction Markets: The Bet That Broke the Nation. It could have a greater impact on all of us than anything Trump has done so far. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/onli...
#corpgov #capitalmarkets #democracy #Trump #TrumpJr Yikes!
#corpgov #capitalmarkets #democracy #Trump #TrumpJr Yikes!
I can't wait to compare the Obama and the Trump Centers/Libraries. Obama will have a sports center and a reading room. Will Trump have a fight room? Trump says there will be a “big UFC fight” on the White House lawn tied to 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Will the Saudi's award gold belts?
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I can't wait to compare the Obama and the Trump Centers/Libraries. Obama will have a sports center and a reading room. Will Trump have a fight room? Trump says there will be a “big UFC fight” on the White House lawn tied to 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Will the Saudi's award gold belts?
Companies with Proxy Access are more accountable & more valuable. This right is increasingly essential. I use my proposal at Axon as an example and provide a list of more than 500 companies where you could file similar proposals.
www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #ESG
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Proxy Access Needed: Become an Advocate
Proxy Access can empower shareholders and make companies more accountable. Learn how and where to file. Make a real difference in this world.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Companies with Proxy Access are more accountable & more valuable. This right is increasingly essential. I use my proposal at Axon as an example and provide a list of more than 500 companies where you could file similar proposals.
www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #ESG
www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #ESG
'Tis the season to celebrate. Let's sing out for the right of people to have a greater say in their destiny. We all do better when using all the brains in the room or on the planet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p2a...
With All the Brains in the Room
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December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
'Tis the season to celebrate. Let's sing out for the right of people to have a greater say in their destiny. We all do better when using all the brains in the room or on the planet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p2a...
Guest Post - Proxymity report, Revolutionising Proxy Voting in Australia: Overcoming Legacy Inefficiencies with Proxymity. Digital transformation. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #proxyvoting
Proxymity: Reshaping Proxy Voting & Corporate Governance
Proxymity report, Revolutionising Proxy Voting in Australia: Overcoming Legacy Inefficiencies with Proxymity. Digital transformation.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Guest Post - Proxymity report, Revolutionising Proxy Voting in Australia: Overcoming Legacy Inefficiencies with Proxymity. Digital transformation. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/prox... #corpgov #proxyvoting
With All the Brains in the Room -- That's how real value is created in corporate governance, not by making CEOs kings and presidents tyrants. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/with... Lyrics drawn from my speeches in Japan, Korea, and China at the turn of the century. #ESG #workers #shareholders #corpgov
With All the Brains in the Room
With All the Brains in the Room -- That's how real value is created in corporate governance, not by making CEOs kings and presidents tyrants.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With All the Brains in the Room -- That's how real value is created in corporate governance, not by making CEOs kings and presidents tyrants. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/with... Lyrics drawn from my speeches in Japan, Korea, and China at the turn of the century. #ESG #workers #shareholders #corpgov
Shareholder Proposal Thresholds, although limited primarily to the rich, provide all investors a sense of agency in grounding capital markets. Take action: Submit Comments by Dec 3rd. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/shar... #shareholders #investor #investors #corpgov #ESG #SEC #capitalmarkets #democracy
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Shareholder Proposal Thresholds, although limited primarily to the rich, provide all investors a sense of agency in grounding capital markets. Take action: Submit Comments by Dec 3rd. www.corpgov.net/2025/12/shar... #shareholders #investor #investors #corpgov #ESG #SEC #capitalmarkets #democracy
SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States, Silence Shareholders: Atkins disrupts shareholder rights, misapplies state law, and circumvents the APA www.corpgov.net/2025/11/the-... #corpgov #law #APA #shareholders #states
SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States or Silence Shareholders
SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States, Silence Shareholders: Atkins disrupts shareholder rights, misapplies state law, and circumvents the APA
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
SEC Should Not Strong‑Arm States, Silence Shareholders: Atkins disrupts shareholder rights, misapplies state law, and circumvents the APA www.corpgov.net/2025/11/the-... #corpgov #law #APA #shareholders #states
Declassify Boards. Ever think about filing a proxy proposal? Democracy is at stake. I'll help with an example and a list of 500 companies where you can file. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/decl... #ESG #democracy #boards #corpgov
Declassify Boards: Become an Advocate
Declassify Boards. Ever think about filing a proxy proposal? Democracy is at stake. I'll help with an example and a list of 500 companies.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Declassify Boards. Ever think about filing a proxy proposal? Democracy is at stake. I'll help with an example and a list of 500 companies where you can file. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/decl... #ESG #democracy #boards #corpgov
Attorneys General threaten US companies, trade officials, and standard‑setting groups if they refuse to violate European Union laws. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/atto... #corpgov #ESG #sustainability #EU #corporatelaw #Trump #Trumpism
Attorneys General Seek to Extend Trumpism to the EU
Attorneys General threaten US companies, trade officials, and standard‑setting groups if they refuse to violate European Union laws.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Attorneys General threaten US companies, trade officials, and standard‑setting groups if they refuse to violate European Union laws. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/atto... #corpgov #ESG #sustainability #EU #corporatelaw #Trump #Trumpism
More Funds, More Choices, Less Control - Vote your values, yes. But also align with organizations that will negotiate on your behalf. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/more...
More Funds, More Choices, Less Control
More Funds, More Choices, Less Control - Vote your values, yes. But also align with organizations that will negotiate on your behalf.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
More Funds, More Choices, Less Control - Vote your values, yes. But also align with organizations that will negotiate on your behalf. www.corpgov.net/2025/11/more...
www.corpgov.net/2025/11/davi... David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left. MAGA stole their rhetoric of rebellion but missed the importance of democracy in human flourishing.
David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left
David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left. MAGA stole their rhetoric of rebellion but missed the importance of democracy in human flourishing.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
www.corpgov.net/2025/11/davi... David Brooks Misreads the Democratic Left. MAGA stole their rhetoric of rebellion but missed the importance of democracy in human flourishing.
Reclaiming fiduciary duty is essential if corporations are to serve humankind. The economy must primarily serve people and a salubrious environment, not abstract corporate entities we have invented. #corpgov #ESG #fiduciaryduty Rick Alexander www.corpgov.net/2025/10/recl...
Reclaiming Fiduciary Duty
Reclaiming fiduciary duty is essential if corporations are to serve humankind. The economy must serve people, not abstract entities we invent
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October 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reclaiming fiduciary duty is essential if corporations are to serve humankind. The economy must primarily serve people and a salubrious environment, not abstract corporate entities we have invented. #corpgov #ESG #fiduciaryduty Rick Alexander www.corpgov.net/2025/10/recl...
The Proxy Voting Choice Revolution could determine who will control American corporations. Will it be real people or algorithms focused on short-term stock prices? Will genuine fiduciary duty please stand up? www.corpgov.net/2025/10/the-... #corpgov #ESG #proxyvoting #iconik
The Proxy Voting Choice Revolution: Quick Thoughts
The Proxy Voting Choice Revolution could determine who will control American corporations. Will it be real people or algorithms focused on short-term stock prices?
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October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Proxy Voting Choice Revolution could determine who will control American corporations. Will it be real people or algorithms focused on short-term stock prices? Will genuine fiduciary duty please stand up? www.corpgov.net/2025/10/the-... #corpgov #ESG #proxyvoting #iconik
Exxon Vote Capture. As You Sow and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility ask the SEC to recind what I believe is an illegal action. www.corpgov.net/2025/10/exxo... Iconikapp or one of their many partners #corpgov #ESG #proxyvoting
Exxon Vote Capture
Exxon Vote Capture. As You Sow and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility ask SEC to recind what I believe is an illegal action
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October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Exxon Vote Capture. As You Sow and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility ask the SEC to recind what I believe is an illegal action. www.corpgov.net/2025/10/exxo... Iconikapp or one of their many partners #corpgov #ESG #proxyvoting
Corporate Governance Risks at Tesla and How I Voted. Insights by AInvest Fintech focused on John Chevedden. #corpgov @Tesla @TESLA $TSLA www.corpgov.net/2025/09/corp...
Corporate Governance Risks at Tesla and How I Voted
Corporate Governance Risks at Tesla and How I Voted. Insights by AInvest Fintech focused on John Chevedden. #corpgov @Tesla @TESLA $TSLA
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September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Corporate Governance Risks at Tesla and How I Voted. Insights by AInvest Fintech focused on John Chevedden. #corpgov @Tesla @TESLA $TSLA www.corpgov.net/2025/09/corp...
Controlled Companies Underperform. Yes, that's the conclusion of recent research by MSCI. You may want to redirect investments to democracy. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/cont... #corpgov #ESG
Controlled Companies Underperform
Controlled Companies Underperform. Yes, that's the conclusion of recent research by MSCI. You may want to redirect investments to democracy.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Controlled Companies Underperform. Yes, that's the conclusion of recent research by MSCI. You may want to redirect investments to democracy. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/cont... #corpgov #ESG
Rich Koppes passed away on September 9, 2025. He was 79. Rich touched millions of people in a positive way; certainly a life worth celebrating. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/rich...
Rich Koppes: A Life Worth Celebrating
Rich Koppes passed away on September 9, 2025. He was 79 and touched millions of people in a positive way; certainly a life worth celebrating
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September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rich Koppes passed away on September 9, 2025. He was 79. Rich touched millions of people in a positive way; certainly a life worth celebrating. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/rich...
Proxy Power & Proposal Abuse -- Proxy Power & How to Diffuse the Voice of Shareholders. House members think owners should defer to CEO kings. Exxon allows its shareholders to always vote with management. #corpgov #ESG #proxy www.corpgov.net/2025/09/prox...
Proxy Power and Proposal Abuse: Reforming Rule 14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value
Proxy Power & Proposal Abuse -- Proxy Power & How to Squash the Voice of Shareholders. House members think owners should defer to CEO kings
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September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Proxy Power & Proposal Abuse -- Proxy Power & How to Diffuse the Voice of Shareholders. House members think owners should defer to CEO kings. Exxon allows its shareholders to always vote with management. #corpgov #ESG #proxy www.corpgov.net/2025/09/prox...
James McRitchie
14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value "protecting" shareholders by excluding "environmental, social, or political" proposals. Owners were mostly excluded from testimony in favor of managers. Yet, here's one short clip in our defense: www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... #corgov
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14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value "protecting" shareholders by excluding "environmental, social, or political" proposals. Owners were mostly excluded from testimony in favor of managers. Yet, here's one short clip in our defense: www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... #corgov
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User Clip: Rep. Casten skewers Republican attacks on ESG
In a House Financial Services Committee hearing Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) called right-wing critiques of the shareholder proposal process "dumb". He proceeded to, one-by-one, eviscerate the arguments r...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
James McRitchie
14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value "protecting" shareholders by excluding "environmental, social, or political" proposals. Owners were mostly excluded from testimony in favor of managers. Yet, here's one short clip in our defense: www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... #corgov
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14a-8 to Protect Shareholder Value "protecting" shareholders by excluding "environmental, social, or political" proposals. Owners were mostly excluded from testimony in favor of managers. Yet, here's one short clip in our defense: www.c-span.org/clip/house-c... #corgov
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Shareholder Proposals Vital in Shaping Materiality. Governance provides the scaffolding, E&S the direction. Votes decide what is material. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/shar... #agency #AntiESG #CorpGov #democracy #E&S #ESG #materiality #fiduciaries #fiduciary #market #material #salubrious #sustainability
Shareholder Proposals Vital in Shaping Materiality
Shareholder Proposals Vital in Shaping Materiality. Governance provides the scaffolding, E&S the direction. Votes decide what is material.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Shareholder Proposals Vital in Shaping Materiality. Governance provides the scaffolding, E&S the direction. Votes decide what is material. www.corpgov.net/2025/09/shar... #agency #AntiESG #CorpGov #democracy #E&S #ESG #materiality #fiduciaries #fiduciary #market #material #salubrious #sustainability
John Chevedden is probably the most prolific filer of shareholder proposals in history. His positive influence and impact continue. I reflect on his influence and its importance to #corpgov #democracy and our #economy www.corpgov.net/2025/08/john... #proxyvoting #shareholders
John Chevedden: Economy-Class Investor Advocate
John Chevedden is probably the most prolific filer of shareholder proposals in history. His positive influence and impact continue.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
John Chevedden is probably the most prolific filer of shareholder proposals in history. His positive influence and impact continue. I reflect on his influence and its importance to #corpgov #democracy and our #economy www.corpgov.net/2025/08/john... #proxyvoting #shareholders
Trump called for Intel's Lip-Bu Tan to step down on August 7. On August 11, Tan agreed to cough up 10% of Intel.
The board must approve material actions with well-informed due care.
I'm an Intel shareholder and would consider joining legal action. #corpgov #ESG #Intel #FicuciaryDuty #litigation
The board must approve material actions with well-informed due care.
I'm an Intel shareholder and would consider joining legal action. #corpgov #ESG #Intel #FicuciaryDuty #litigation
August 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump called for Intel's Lip-Bu Tan to step down on August 7. On August 11, Tan agreed to cough up 10% of Intel.
The board must approve material actions with well-informed due care.
I'm an Intel shareholder and would consider joining legal action. #corpgov #ESG #Intel #FicuciaryDuty #litigation
The board must approve material actions with well-informed due care.
I'm an Intel shareholder and would consider joining legal action. #corpgov #ESG #Intel #FicuciaryDuty #litigation
DEI support remains strong despite attacks by President Trump and officials in several states. Heightened focus on proxy voting is positive. www.corpgov.net/2025/08/dei-... #DEI #ESG #corpgov
DEI Support Remains Strong, Despite Attacks
DEI support remains strong despite attacks by President Trump and officials in several states. Heightened focus on proxy voting is positive.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
DEI support remains strong despite attacks by President Trump and officials in several states. Heightened focus on proxy voting is positive. www.corpgov.net/2025/08/dei-... #DEI #ESG #corpgov