Corporations and the Public Interest

Table Of Contents

Preface
Introduction

PART ONE: In Whose Interest? The Markets, Government, and the Public
1 The Current Dilemma
2 What Is Long-Term Wealth?
Defining Long-Term Wealth
Five Examples of Long-Term WealthCreation
Encouraging and Assessing Wealth Creation
Relative Roles of Government and the Marketplace
3 Guiding the Corporation
The Business Case
Values-Driven Models
Systems of Measurement and Rewards

PART TWO: Transforming the Marketplace
4 The First Step: Data and Disclosure
How Disclosure Has Grown Since the 1970s
International Standards for Disclosure
Nationally Mandated Disclosure
Disaggregated Data
Voluntary Individualized Company Disclosure
5 The Second Step: Analysis and Debate
Processing and Rating the Data
Demystiying and Debating the Data
6 The Last Step: Consequences in the Marketplace
Targeted Engagement
Asset Reallocation
Public Discourse
7 Government's Role and the Road Ahead
Notes
Index
About the Author