http://www.erichaller.com/2006/02/28/946/ the central clearinghouse for all things eric haller Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.erichaller.com/2006/02/28/946/comment-page-1/#comment-11164 Jondi Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:42:06 +0000 http://www.erichaller.com/2006/02/28/946/#comment-11164 Corporations are controlled by the board of directors ... shareholders have a say but shareholder activism has its limits. IMHO corporate legal reform is a necessity if we are to see improved ethical behavior on the part of oil, mining, and other polluting, exploitive industries. We can and should be angry with profiteering and environmental destruction on the part of these companies, even if we are shareholders. Corporations are controlled by the board of directors … shareholders have a say but shareholder activism has its limits. IMHO corporate legal reform is a necessity if we are to see improved ethical behavior on the part of oil, mining, and other polluting, exploitive industries. We can and should be angry with profiteering and environmental destruction on the part of these companies, even if we are shareholders.

]]> http://www.erichaller.com/2006/02/28/946/comment-page-1/#comment-11162 phil Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:53:42 +0000 http://www.erichaller.com/2006/02/28/946/#comment-11162 the oil companies should reimburse us for securing their interests overseas. without the subsidy, the pensions might look elsewhere to invest. the oil companies should reimburse us for securing their interests overseas. without the subsidy, the pensions might look elsewhere to invest.

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