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.
Benioff Pronounces from His Tower: San Francisco’s Little People Must Adapt
In what comes across as a desperate plea for help, a San Francisco art gallery owner, Collier Gwin, writes in the Wall Street Journal today about his experience with a mentally ill homeless woman who repeatedly defiled his place of business, until he lost his cool and...
Proxy Advising Duopoly Pushes Woke Activism On Companies
Businesses and watchdogs alike have rightfully criticized the major asset managers for their efforts to push ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing criteria, but the proxy advising services have escaped scrutiny. Until now. According to a leading...
Instead of Going Away, Woke Bob Iger Will Stay Longer at Disney
The formerly "retired" CEO who just won't go away, whose attitude and backstabbing leave some observers with the impression that he thinks he is irreplaceable, just extended his contract an additional two years, until December 2026. That would be Robert Iger, CEO of...
BlackRock’s Fink Now Believes ‘ESG’ is a Taboo Term
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink says he is no longer on board with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance principles). Ironic, considering he’s one of the movement’s founders. In February 2021, NLPC’s Paul Chesser, Director of the Corporate Integrity Project, pointed out...
‘Indiana Jones’ Flop a Reminder of Why NLPC Called for Disney Board Overhaul
The new, low-budget film “Sound of Freedom” surpassed Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” --- which itself was released just ahead of the Independence Day long weekend --- as the top-grossing movie on July 4. Fox News reports: The action film starring Jim...
UPDATE: Target Relents, Will Sell Mark Levin’s Book After All
UPDATE: Mark Levin announced on Twitter that Target has reversed course and will indeed make his book available to its customers: Target just informed my publisher that it has reversed course and will be taking my new book in its stores upon its release. You folks are...
Ben & Jerry’s Bashes U.S. ‘Stolen Land;’ Ignores Parent Co.’s Nazi History
Unilever subsidiary Ben & Jerry's, the iconic America-hating ice cream maker, re-entered the news stream on Independence Day by ignoring the sales of its products and the celebration of our country, and instead calling for the return of "indigenous lands" (now...
NLPC Calls Out GM Over Its EV Fantasies and Its Risks in China
On Tuesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a “Communist China Risk Audit” proposal at General Motors Company’s annual meeting that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its extensive business in the...
Shareholder Rips Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff for Helping to Destroy San Francisco
Here is the statement made today by Peter Flaherty, Chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, at the Salesforce shareholders' meeting in support of the group's proposal for an independent chair: The owner of two more hotels — the Hilton San Francisco and the...
NLPC Pushes Comcast to Disclose More About China Ties
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a “Communist China Risk Audit” proposal at Comcast Corporation‘s annual shareholder meeting that that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its extensive...
Google, YouTube Told Their Denials About Censorship are Not Credible
On Friday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a proposal at Alphabet Inc.‘s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a report that "review[s] the vulnerabilities of its enforcement" of its Terms of Service related to content...
Target’s Clueless CEO Brian Cornell
From my op-ed published today by Real Clear Markets: On Target Corporation’s May 17 earnings call, Chairman & CEO Brian Cornell complained that theft from its stores will hit the bottom line big-time, costing the retailer $500 million in profits this year… ...
Meta Called Out for Facebook’s Censorship at Behest of Government
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a proposal at the Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a semi-annual report that itemizes requests it has received from the federal government...
Walmart Urged to Disclose Its Risks Related to Supply Chain, Stores in China
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a “Communist China Risk Audit” proposal at Walmart Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting that that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its extensive business...
Insiders Milk Black Lives Matter as Bankroll Dwindles
In the wake of the 2020 riots, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation received tens of millions from corporate America. Today, the group is still living off those funds, has trouble raising new money, and continues to operate to the personal benefit a small...
McDonald’s Dilutes ‘Communist China’ Label, But Gaslights on BLM
On Thursday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a "Communist China Risk Audit" proposal at McDonald's Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its extensive...
NLPC to Demand Transparency from McDonald’s, Walmart About China Risks
As shareholders are set to attend annual meetings over the next week for McDonald’s Corporation and Walmart Inc., National Legal and Policy Center will ask fellow investors to support its proposals to provide greater transparency about the companies’ risks of doing...
NLPC Asks Amazon’s Censors: Who in Government are You Trying to Protect?
On Wednesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a proposal at Amazon.com, Inc’s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a semi-annual report which would itemize requests it has received from the federal government to censor users...
Charge Against Peter Flaherty Dropped After Arrest At Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders’ Meeting
The trespassing charge has been dropped, but I never should have been arrested. Nor should I have been handcuffed, fingerprinted, brought to jail, and detained for three hours. Berkshire Hathaway’s silencing of me is an ominous precedent...
Merck Urged to Disclose More About Its Billion$ in China Business
On Tuesday, National Legal and Policy Center presented a “Communist China Audit” proposal at Merck & Co., Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting that would require the company to produce a report that addresses its vulnerabilities related to its extensive business in...
NLPC to Address Censorship Policies at Alphabet, Amazon and Meta
Following the exposure by the “Twitter Files” reports that revealed the extent to which malicious government agencies colluded with Big Tech to censor content, a shareholder in three Silicon Valley corporations will present proposals in the coming weeks to address...
