Corporate Values Strategy Group:

What We're Reading

December, 2014

This edition's readings raise some provocative questions about corporate purpose, executive compensation, and corporate governance. Enjoy!

Fast Company profiles their Generation Flux Class of 2014: a new generation of corporate leaders who see higher purpose as their "secret weapon."
What does the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby ruling mean for the future of corporate law? An article in the forthcoming issue of The Business Lawyer weighs in.
Keith Ambachtsheer lays out a case for neutralizing short-term pressures to make long-term investment strategies a possibility.
A fascinating study from the IIRC Institute explains why Total Shareholder Return is the wrong metric to measure CEO performance.
A whitepaper by James Montier with GMO critiques the concept of maximizing shareholder value, and offers lessons for investors, corporate leaders, and "everyone."

Let us know if you think there's something we should be reading!

Regards,

Judy Samuelson, Rebecca Darr and Miguel Padr�

Don't forget to register for:

"Making Purpose Work"

Feb. 26-27

San Francisco, CA

Purpose drives productivity and innovation. How might companies better operationalize their purpose in the 21st Century Economy?

This is an invitation-only event. For more information

contact Miguel Padro.

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