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Bridging the divide between companies and shareholders.(Key Issues: APPLIED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)

Keeping Good Companies

| October 01, 2007 | Lee, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chartered Secretaries Australia Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

All too often the relationship between companies and their shareholders becomes strained and even confrontational. A disagreement over traditional corporate governance topics such as board structure or pay, or over wider issues such as strategy, capital structure, or the key risks the company is facing, can become an issue discussed not only quietly in private but also in public. This is increasingly true as hedge funds begin to take particularly strident stances on issues. Too often we see what Cool Hand Luke (in the film of that name) calls a failure to communicate--after an unnecessarily brutal encounter--being played out in the media.

It need not be this way. ...

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