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  2. Worker representation on corporate boards of directors

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    Worker representation on corporate boards of directors, also known as board-level employee representation (BLER), [1] refers to the right of workers to vote for representatives on a board of directors in corporate law. In 2018, a majority of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and a majority of countries in the European ...

  3. Policy Governance - Wikipedia

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    Policy Governance, informally known as the Carver model, is a system for organizational governance. Policy Governance defines and guides appropriate relationships between an organization's owners, board of directors, and chief executive. The Policy Governance approach was first developed in the 1970s by John Carver who has registered the term ...

  4. William U. Parfet - Wikipedia

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    Parfet joined The Upjohn Company (now recognized as Pfizer) in March 1973 and was a member of the Board of Directors from 1985 through 2003. He also served as the chairman of the board and independent lead director for Stryker Corporation, director for Monsanto Company, director for Consumers Energy, director of Bissel Inc and director for ...

  5. Board of directors - Wikipedia

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    A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations (including the jurisdiction's corporate law) and the organization's own constitution and by-laws.

  6. Corporate governance - Wikipedia

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    Definitions. "Corporate governance" may be defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions that appear purpose-specific. Writers concerned with regulatory policy in relation ...

  7. Shareholder rights plan - Wikipedia

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    A shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", is a type of defensive tactic used by a corporation's board of directors against a takeover.. In the field of mergers and acquisitions, shareholder rights plans were devised in the early 1980s as a way to prevent takeover bids by taking away a shareholder's right to negotiate a price for the sale of shares directly.

  8. National Right to Life Committee - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is the oldest and largest national anti-abortion organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and more than 3,000 local chapters nationwide. [2][N 1] Since the 1980s, NRLC has influenced anti-abortion policy at national and state levels through campaign financing of anti ...

  9. United States corporate law - Wikipedia

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    United States corporate law. The New York Stock Exchange (headquarters pictured) is the major center for listing and trading shares in United States. Most corporations are, however, incorporated under the influential Delaware General Corporation Law. United States corporate law regulates the governance, finance and power of corporations in US ...