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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

August 4, 2016
News Release

Business Roundtable today published the 2016 Principles of Corporate Governance — providing public companies with the most modern guidance for upholding the highest ethical standards and delivering long-term economic value.

July 21, 2016
Letter

Our members believe that informative, clear and usable disclosures are essential to thriving capital markets and place a high value on modernizing and improving disclosures in a manner that continues to provide material information to investors. We agree that a “step-back” look aimed at improving our disclosure regime is appropriate. We are concerned that immaterial line-item disclosures and duplicative disclosure requirements both burden companies and do not provide investors with information necessary to make informed decisions.

July 20, 2016
Letter

We are concerned that the proposed rule, in its current form, is overly prescriptive, could create additional tax compliance difficulties for the individuals and institutions to which it applies, and would make U.S. financial institutions less globally competitive. The proposed rule will also make it difficult for the institutions that pump capital through the U.S. and global economies to attract top talent. In addition, the proposed rule will create burdensome record keeping and corporate governance requirements.

May 27, 2016
Media Resource

Reforms Should Encourage ‘What’s Good for the Economy’ Long Term

In an op-ed published in today’s The Wall Street Journal, Business Roundtable President John Engler urges changes to the U.S. shareholder proposal system:

May 18, 2016
Media Resource

The ‘Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016 would improve the transparency and accountability of the proxy advisory process

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