CORPORATE INTEGRITY PROJECT
NLPC promotes integrity in corporate governance, including honesty and fair play in relationships with shareholders, employees, business partners, and customers. In doing so, NLPC places special emphasis on the following:
- Asserting that the social responsibility of the corporation is to defend and advance the interests of the people who own the company, the shareholders. True responsibility is fidelity to one’s own mission, not someone else’s or someone else’s political agenda.
- Exposing the seeking of influence on public officials by corporations, which is the inevitable result of high levels of government spending and intervention in the marketplace.
- Combating practices that undermine the free enterprise system, including corporate giving to groups hostile to a free economy.
NLPC Challenges Starbucks: Hard on US Employees, Soft on Communist China
Today, National Legal and Policy Center presented a “Communist China Audit” proposal at Starbucks Corporation‘s annual shareholder meeting, which would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its business and ambitious...
NLPC: Disney Board Presided Over Last Year’s Disaster and Does Not Deserve Re-election
National Legal and Policy Center, a shareholder in The Walt Disney Company, is calling upon investors in the company to take the extreme step of voting to oppose the entire slate of nominees for the board of directors, all of whom are carryovers that presided over the...
NLPC TO SHAREHOLDERS: Vote Howard Schultz Off the Starbucks Board
Ahead of Starbucks Corporation’s annual meeting on March 23, National Legal and Policy Center is calling upon its fellow shareholders to support its proposal to provide greater transparency about the company’s risks of doing business in China, and to join NLPC in...
NLPC Hits Apple Over China Exposure at Annual Meeting
On Friday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a "Communist China Audit" proposal at Apple Inc‘s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its business and extensive supply chain...
NLPC Asks Shareholders to Demand More Transparency from Apple on China
Ahead of Apple Inc.’s annual meeting on March 10, National Legal and Policy Center is calling upon its fellow shareholders in the company to support its proposal to provide greater transparency about its risks of doing business in China, and to join the organization...
NLPC Calls for Removal of Al Gore from Apple’s Board
Writing for Fox Business today, Breck Dumas reported on National Legal and Policy Center's efforts to persuade our fellow Apple shareholders to oppose the reelections of Al Gore and CEO Tim Cook to the company board of directors. From the story: Gore is Apple's...
JPMorgan Chase Aided & Abetted Jeffrey Epstein, But De-Banked Conservatives
Today, National Legal and Policy Center and our allies at the Free Enterprise Project have called out JPMorgan Chase & Co. for knowingly letting sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein use his bank accounts to fund his illicit activities for years, but canceling the...
Recession Takes Toll on ‘Diversity’ Jobs Throughout Corporate America
In the Washington Times today, reporter Sean Salai writes that hundreds of companies have less use for workers to staff diversity, equity and inclusion (or "DEI") positions: From Amazon to Walmart, hundreds of corporations have started eliminating diversity, equity...
NLPC Calls Out Visa CEO at Annual Meeting Over Wokeness
On Tuesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a proposal at Visa Inc‘s annual shareholder meeting that would require the board to implement a policy to require the chair of the board of directors to be an independent member from the CEO. In other words, the...
‘Woke’ Chairman/CEO Takes Visa Everywhere He Wants It to Be — Like China
National Legal and Policy Center, a shareholder in Visa Inc., has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a report that outlines several missteps and ongoing "wokeness" on the part of Chairman and CEO Al Kelly (pictured above), and will call for the board to...
NLPC Commentary: Exposing Corporate America’s ‘China Problem’
Writing for the Washington Times this week, the director of National Legal and Policy Center's Corporate Integrity Project, Paul Chesser, previews the shareholder resolutions we have scheduled for next year's annual meetings at several multinational corporations. The...
Zuckerberg Should Follow Musk’s Lead and Release ‘Facebook Files’
As Elon Musk breaks blockbuster news almost daily with releases of internal communications and documents that reveal how much former Twitter executives lied to the public about its censorship practices, a Meta shareholder is calling upon CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take...
Apple and CEO Tim Cook Can’t Ignore China Risks Any Longer
As the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, Apple Inc. is belatedly taking steps to diversify its supply chain as it experiences costly delays – just as the holiday shopping season ramps up – in getting its merchandise to consumers, due to the company’s...
NLPC in FoxBusiness: Did ‘Woke’ Cause Disney to Boot CEO Bob Chapek?
Writing last night for FoxBusiness.com, reporter Breck Dumas interviewed Paul Chesser, director of NLPC's Corporate Integrity Project, about the sudden replacement of Disney CEO Bob Chapek (pictured above) with returning former chairman Robert Iger . From the article:...
As Iger Returns, Disney Must Focus on Vulnerabilities in China
As The Walt Disney Company announced on Sunday the return of former executive chairman Robert Iger (pictured above) as interim CEO for two years, following the disastrous leadership of Robert Chapek – which drove share value down by 40% this year – a shareholder...
Political Committees Must Return Bankman-Fried Donations
National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is calling upon political action committees to return approximately $40 million in donations that crypto-currency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) doled out during the recent election cycle, because it appears that the...
NLPC FLASHBACK: Clean-Up of Twitter Mess ‘Can’t Come Soon Enough’
UPDATE: Twitter Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde, considered the company's primary censorship advocate, has been terminated by Elon Musk, in addition to CEO Parag Agrawal. ORIGINAL POST: As multi-billionaire Elon Musk prepares to take over social media giant Twitter...
FoxBusiness: NLPC Proposes Pro-Fossil Fuel Board Member for ExxonMobil
Writing this week for FoxBusiness.com, reporter Fred Lucas explains NLPC's efforts to convince the leaders at ExxonMobil to add scientist and judge Donald van der Vaart to its board of directors. From the article: Last year, progressive investment fund Engine No. 1...
NLPC in NEWSWEEK: BlackRock Invests in Censorship
Writing for Newsweek today, National Legal and Policy Center Chairman Peter Flaherty explains how investment giant BlackRock promoted censorship when it opposed NLPC's shareholder resolution at Google/YouTube parent Alphabet. Excerpts from Flaherty's commentary: Why...
NLPC Seeks Fossil Fuel-Supporting Scientist for ExxonMobil Board
As the Securities and Exchange Commission enters the first month under a new rule that eases proxy access for shareholders’ corporate director nominations, National Legal and Policy Center is announcing its first recommendation for a seat on a corporate board. The...
NLPC in RealClearMarkets: Corporate America’s Anti-Racism Programs are Racist
(Pictured above: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts) Writing last week for RealClearMarkets, Paul Chesser, director of NLPC’s Corporate Integrity Project, detailed how "woke corporations" are implementing so-called "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" programs that are actually...
