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Corporate Governance

U.S. corporations employ millions of American workers, create opportunity for employees and shareholders, drive innovation, improve the lives of consumers, and provide health care and other benefits to American families. The way corporations are governed directly affects the well-being of employees, shareholders and consumers.

Business Roundtable advocates for corporate governance policies that help create long-term value, advance the economic interests of workers, shareholders and consumers, and uphold the highest ethical standards.

Recent Activities in Corporate Governance

October 20, 2011
Letter

Today, we write to offer our support for SA 814, which would help ensure that end-user companies, which did not cause the financial crisis, are not regulated as if they did.

October 12, 2011
Letter

Today, we write to offer our support for S. 1650, the Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011, which would take several steps to ensure that end-user companies, which did not cause the financial crisis, are not regulated as if they did.

October 12, 2011
Letter

While the Coalition supported the Dodd Frank Act’s goals of increasing transparency and reducing systemic risk in the OTC derivatives market, we also emphasized the critical importance of avoiding unnecessary burdens on end-user companies.

October 12, 2011
Letter

We are writing to express support for H.R. 2779, introduced in August by Representatives Stivers and Fudge.

October 6, 2011
Letter

We are submitting this letter in response to the September 6, 2011 request for public comments by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) regarding the development, scope, and elements of a plan for the retrospective...

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