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Book Description

“A valuable call to action for small shareholders to change the ways big corporations do business.”
—Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor

Want to make misbehaving corporations mend their ways? You can! If you own their stock, corporations have to listen to you. Shareholder advocate Andrew Behar explains how to exercise your proxy voting rights to weigh in on corporate policies—you only need a single share of stock to do it. If you've got just $2,000 in stock, Behar shows how you can go further and file a resolution to directly address the board of directors. And even if your investments are in a workplace-sponsored 401(k) or a mutual fund, you can work with your fund manager to purge corporations from your portfolio that don't align with your values. Illustrated with inspiring stories of individuals who have gone up against corporate Goliaths and won, this book informs, inspires, and instructs investors how to unleash their power to change the world.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. FOREWORD
  6. INTRODUCTION You Have More Power Than You Think
  7. CHAPTER 1 Who Let the Dog Out
  8. CHAPTER 2 How Ordinary Investors Can Bring Real Change to Big Problems
  9. CHAPTER 3 What You Can Ask a Corporation to Do
  10. CHAPTER 4 How to Vote Your Proxy
  11. CHAPTER 5 How to Influence Your Fund Manager
  12. CHAPTER 6 Engaging with a Corporation and Filing a Shareholder Resolution
  13. CHAPTER 7 Opportunities and Decisions to Make Real Change
  14. CHAPTER 8 What Kind of People Engage with Corporations
  15. CHAPTER 9 Foundations and Individual Shareholders Can Make a Difference
  16. CHAPTER 10 The Power of Disclosure
  17. CHAPTER 11 Divestment as the Ultimate Escalation of Engagement
  18. CHAPTER 12 How Do I Know What I Own?
  19. CHAPTER 13 How to Get Your Company to Offer Funds Aligned with Your Values
  20. CHAPTER 14 A New Generation of Corporate Leaders
  21. CHAPTER 15 Time to Take Back Your Power
  22. RESOURCE A Acknowledgments and Biographies of Interviewed Leaders
  23. RESOURCE B Links Proxy Voting Guidelines, Proxy Preview®, and others
  24. RESOURCE C Alliance Building for a Shareholder Movement
  25. RESOURCE D Glossary and Acronyms
  26. About As You Sow®
  27. About the Author
  28. Endnotes
  29. Index
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