Shareholder Proposals

The Archimedes Lever of a Social Gadfly

https://cpri.tripod.com/2021/gadfly2.pdf 

Jing Zhao

Publisher:

US-Japan-China Comparative Policy Research Institute

http://cpri.tripod.com  zhao.cpri@gmail.com

Printer: Lulu Press, Inc.

January 1, 2021 Second Edition

ISBN:  978-1-79485-977-7

Contents

[1] Google 2010 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Human Rights Impacts of Google Business in China

[2.1] Cisco 2010 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Restricting Sales to China and other Repressive Governments for Law Enforcement Purposes

[2.2] Cisco 2014 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Establishing a Public Policy Committee

[3] News Corp. 2010 Meeting Proposal Number 4: Human Rights Committee

[4] Chevron 2010 Meeting Proposal Item 9: Human Rights Committee of Chevron Business

[5.1] Yahoo 2011 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Human Rights Impacts of Yahoo Business

[5.2] Shareholder proposals companies don't want you to see by CNNMoney

[5.3] Yahoo 2013 Meeting Proposal Number 4: Social Responsibility Report

[5.4] Yahoo-Altaba 2017 Meeting Proposal Number 7: Yahoo Human Rights Fund’s Transparency

[6] Verizon 2017 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Human Rights Committee

[7] Oracle 2013 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Human Rights Committee

[8] H-P 2013 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Human Rights Committee

[9] Goldman Sachs 2013 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Human Rights Committee

[10] NetApp 2014 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Establishing a Public Policy Committee

[11.1] Sohu 2014 Meeting Proposal Number 4: Independent Board Chairman

[11.2] Sohu 2015 Meeting Proposal Number 4: Declassification of the Board of Directors

[12] Symantec 2015 Meeting Proposal Number 4: International Policy Committee

[13] IBM 2015 Meeting Proposal Number 7: Establishing a Public Policy Committee

[14] Facebook 2016 Meeting Proposal Number 12: International Public Policy Committee

[15] JPMorgan 2016 Meeting Proposal Number 9: Executive Compensation Philosophy

[16.1] Apple 2017 Meeting Proposal Number 8: Executive Compensation Reform

[16.2] Proposals on Gender Pay Gap, Compensation Principles Will Not Reach Apple Shareholders by John Filar Atwood

[16.3] SEC Says Apple Must Allow Investors to Vote on Executive Pay Probe by Fortune

[16.4] Shareholder Proposals: Apple Must Include “Hire Multiple Comp Consultants” Proposal

[16.5] SEC Rules Apple Must Allow Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay Review; Similar Proposals More Likely by Center on Executive Compensation

[16.6] Apple shareholder proposal for more executive compensation oversight coming to vote in 2017

[16.7] Apple 2018 Meeting Proposal Number 6: Human Rights Committee

[16.8] Apple Adds Human Rights Proposal to Proxy Following SEC Letter by Chris Nolter

[16.9] Bay Area man takes on Apple with push for more human rights accountability by Mercury News

[16.10] Apple CEO downplays special dividend at shareholder meeting by Reuters

[16.11] Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears by Reuters

[16.12] Proxy Preview 2018 Board Oversight section

[16.13] Apple 2021 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Improve Executive Compensation Program

[17] Tesla 2018 Meeting Proposal Number 3: Independent Board Chairman

[18] Tesla 2019 Meeting Proposal Number 7: Public Policy Committee

[19] Wells Fargo 2018 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Reform Executive Compensation Policy with Social Responsibility

[20] Twitter 2018 Meeting Proposal Number 4: Public Policy Committee

[21] Activists are using shareholder votes to promote social agendas by The Economist

[22.1] PG&E 2019 Meeting Proposal Number 5: Corporation Structure Reform

[22.2] PG&E sets meeting amid fury over wildfire woes, hefty executive paydays by Mercurynews

[22.3] Bonuses Slapped Down at Bankrupt PG&E by Tony Chapelle

[23] AT&T 2020 Meeting Proposal Item 5: Improve Guiding Principles of Executive Compensation

[24] Visa 2021 Meeting Proposal Number 7: Improve the Executive Compensation Program

[25] Applied Materials 2021 Meeting Proposal: Executive Compensation Program and Policy