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«Even if the bills are not implemented, it creates a public discussion about discrimination, and that creates the idea that discrimination is important to religious freedom,» says Marieka Klawitter, a professor of public policy and governance at the University of Washington.
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But Darrell West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, has done his best to comb through disclosure reports and, by combining that information with qualitative judgments about softer forms of power, come up with a ranking of our new oligarchy.
Last year, Chanos voiced questions about the profitability of Tesla's business, and called the deal between the electric automaker and solar solutions firm SolarCity a «shameful example of corporate governance at its worst.»
The greater focus on executive pay means investors also care more about board pay, said Pat McGurn, head of strategic research and analysis at corporate governance firm ISS.
If you are concerned about the Company's governance practices, I urge you to WITHHOLD your vote from Mr. Hagenbuch at this year's annual meeting.
Russian telecoms company Megafon's London initial public offering (IPO) successfully raised $ 1.7 billion, despite concerns about corporate governance at the company, majority - owned by Russian internet tycoon Alisher Usmanov.
That shouldn't stop exchanges concerned about their reputations and corporate governance standards from leaning against the fashion — perhaps by limiting dual classes to the first five years of public ownership, or capping nonvoting stock at, say, 25 percent of all shares.
The SEC's corporate governance proposals call for increased disclosure about a company's «leadership structure» and an explanation as to why «the company believes it is the best structure for it at the time of the filing.»
See U.S. Gov» t Accountability Office, supra, at 15 («Recent studies, market participants, and other stakeholders agree that proxy advisory firms have influence on shareholder voting and corporate governance practices, but had mixed views about the extent of their influence.»).
The widely divergent responses to the governance failures at AMP, which was chaired by a woman, and CBA, which was chaired by a man, say a lot about how hard it is to advance gender diversity in Australian business.
While talking about engagements between Glass Lewis and the companies we cover, Aaron pointed out that Glass Lewis does not meet as a representative of our clients but seeks to get a better understanding of the unique governance situation at each individual company.
Robert McCormick, chief policy officer at Glass Lewis & Co., talks about the impact of shareholder activism on corporate governance.
The position descriptions are posted on our website at www.valeant.com (under the tab «About Valeant» and under the subtab «Corporate Governance»).
(And since we are entering an era in which conservatives may be forced into considering, at all levels of government, the use of more dramatically intransigent constitutional resistance options to various budget - destroying, Constitution - eroding, and religious - liberty threatening trends of liberal «governance,» a Lincoln - like precision about what we intend to do, and about what enormities we are constitutionally obliged to put up with, is all the more necessary.
The U.S. system of governance is at a tipping point where we have to decide (and are about to) whether we believe in the free exercise of enterprise and good will of the people or whether we will subjegate our freedom for the care of a bureaucracy.
The box at right features tools you can reference to track the Association's initiatives and accomplishments, as well as learn more about its governance structure.
So, the Bristol Post have launched their Make Bristol Greater campaign, aimed at raising the debate about what the Bristol city region should be called and what its governance should look like.
Journalists» aims, or their perceptions about the role of their media institutions in society, tend to amount to principles of democratic governance, or, according to the journalists at La Jornada «giving voice to those who don't have it» and «criticizing power».
«As employers of more than a million New Yorkers, we urge you to act now to end uncertainty about the future governance of our city schools and extend the current law for at least three years,» reads the letter, which was released by the Partnership for New York City.
Responding to an email from a New York City deputy mayor's chief of staff, then - REBNY President Steven Spinola wrote in March of 2015 that it did not appear as if the state Senate majority leader at the time, Republican Dean Skelos, had put anything about school governance in his budget bills.
He further indicated that based on the «good works» of the president, Nana Konadu's efforts at getting on the ballot paper in this year's elections and her rhetoric's about President Mahama's governance style would not impact the elections in any way.GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com
This was two days before Brooks, along with Rupert and James Murdoch, was due to appear before the Commons culture, media and sport select committee to be quizzed about the phone - hacking scandal and governance at the company.
Cuomo called together about 220 government, business and community leaders at the Hotel Syracuse for a conference on «sustainable development and collaborative governance.»
Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex, explains: «The basic idea is that more transparency about the revenues from oil and gas production would lower the chances of corruption and graft, and hence improve governance and development.»
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Speaking about Data IQ's co-founder, George Kidd from the ODA said: «Christine works extensively in the industry, speaking at many conferences and events on the importance of data protection, security and overall data governance, as well as solutions for companies wishing to maximise the value of data within their organisations.»
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Aside from that, somewhere down the road from today, we may look back and wonder about the sudden proliferation late in this decade of films centred on Robin Hoods literal and allegorical, robbing from a broken system of fiscal governance to give to (or, at least, not directly take from) the common guy.
That is why the School Governance Review I launched in September starts with the presumption that decisions about the way schools are run should be taken at school level.
A former director of governance at a large MAT, says you should aim to get staff «on board» with the decision, as they are most likely to be the people parents will ask about the process.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Both Republicans and Democrats can take comfort in the latest findings about political independents contained in the most recent nationally representative survey released today by the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University (PEPG).
About Education Next: Education Next is a scholarly journal committed to careful examination of evidence relating to school reform, published by the Education Next Institute, Inc., and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
About the Authors: Martin R. West, editor - in chief of Education Next, is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and deputy director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
At Harvard, I studied higher education and learned about the law of education, board governance, the goals of liberal arts education, and the importance of access for students in need.
About the Authors: Paul E. Peterson is professor and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
We at Fordham believe so, and are embarked on a year - long project to develop sound recommendations about the long - term governance of the Common Core initiative so that «sensible» people stay in charge and it remains a state - led effort forever.
Inside Higher Ed, July 2, 2012 «This gubernatorial concern about board appointments is a significant departure from an era when there was more deference to institutions about who they wanted on boards, said Richard Chait, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education who studies university governance.»
Every parent and faculty member is asked to join at least one design team, and though participation varies from person to person, we average about sixty adults actively involved in the school's governance.
About Education Next: Education Next is a scholarly journal committed to careful examination of evidence relating to school reform, published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
About Education Next: Education Next is a scholarly journal committed to careful examination of evidence relating to school reform, published by the Education Next Institute and the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
About the Authors: Paul E. Peterson is a professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
About Fen Wang Founder and President at GEC; UNEP Reform Project Leader at Tema at Linkoping University; SCO Project Leader at Vermont University; My mission is to contribute myself in global environmental and sustainable development governance and act to accelerate transitioning the society to green economy with sustainable development, and to join together with world -LSB-...]
About Education Next: Education Next is a scholarly journal published by the Hoover Institution and the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School that is committed to careful examination of evidence relating to school reform.
About the Authors: Paul E. Peterson is professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
But for the families at Walsh Elementary, especially those who sit on the school governance council that exercised the Parent Trigger under Nutmeg State law (with help from teachers at the school), the move isn't just about woeful performance.
In response to these concerns, David Harris responded that, while he is open to different ideas about governance, that evidence suggests that districts under mayoral control perform better and are more accountable to voters by giving them a single line at the voting booth by which to express displeasure over educational issues.
Jason is a senior fellow at Bellwether Education Partners where he researches, writes about, and advises foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies on city - level education reform initiatives, governance, innovation, and talent.
Learn more about ASCD governance at www.ascd.org/governance and about the ASCD Whole Child approach at www.ascd.org/wholechild.
Only about one - quarter of public school teachers believe their states» standardized tests provide «good» or «excellent» information about school quality, according to a 2009 survey co-sponsored by the journal Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.
The box at right features tools you can reference to track the Association's initiatives and accomplishments, as well as learn more about its governance structure.