Set It and Forget It Governance: Inside ExxonMobil's New Retail Investor Voting Program

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This episode examines ExxonMobil's new retail investor voting program and its implications for shareholder participation and corporate power.

The debate over ExxonMobil’s new retail investor voting program is raising important questions about shareholder participation and corporate power. In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we examine ExxonMobil’s new approach to retail shareholder voting, which supporters say gives retail investors a stronger voice, while critics argue it could consolidate management power and limit the influence of activist investors. Christina Sautter, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at ...

People in this episode

Guest: Christina Sautter

Topics covered

• shareholder participation
• corporate power
• retail investor voting
• management power
• activist investors

Keywords

• ExxonMobil
• retail investors
• voting program
• shareholder participation
• corporate governance

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Organizations: ExxonMobil

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