Author: Stefan Padfield

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Hiding from Shareholders: CVS Health

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"CVS has arguably thrown down the gauntlet, daring the federal government to enforce its stated policy on biological reality," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. Noting that "[t]he Trump administration has made ...
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Hiding from Shareholders: Berkshire Hathaway

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What is Berkshire Hathaway hiding from shareholders? The multinational conglomerate once led by Warren Buffett is taking advantage of a recent SEC loophole to exclude from its proxy statement our shareholder proposal -- a straightforward request that Berkshire assess whether ...
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Stefan Padfield: Chasing Sustainability Without Adding Value is Foolish — and Perhaps Fraudulent

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The National Center's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is submitting multiple shareholder proposals this year seeking information about whether companies are considering return on investment (ROI) when implementing their leftist ESG or DEI agendas using shareholder money. In a commentary published ...
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Stefan Padfield: Trump Can Un-Woke AI By Addressing Disparate Impact

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President Trump's executive order addressing what he calls "Woke AI" in the federal government did well to address political bias and progressive orthodoxy, says Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield, but  "it arguably leaves unnamed one of the most ...
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Stefan Padfield: The ESG ROI Reckoning Is Coming

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Corporations that aren't basing their ESG/DEI investments on traditional return on investment (ROI) calculations risk being held legally accountable for numerous infractions, warns Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. FEP has been ...
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Stefan Padfield: SEC Aim to End Shareholder Proposals Won’t Depoliticize Corporations

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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins recently suggested eliminating shareholder proposals in order to "depoliticize" corporate governance, but Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield warns that this strategy "would almost certainly have the opposite effect. It would further entrench corporate politicization rather ...
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Stefan Padfield: Don’t Ask Cisco About the ROI For Its DEI

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If tech giant Cisco truly believes its DEI agenda is good for business, why can't it defend that agenda when we ask questions about it? In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield notes: If ...
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Stefan Padfield: Microsoft’s Censorship Denials Just Raise More Questions

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The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) was recently shot down by Microsoft after submitting a shareholder proposal asking Microsoft "to clarify whether its work in Europe—particularly in partnership with governments and nongovernmental organizations—could expose the company to pressures that ...
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Stefan Padfield: Can ‘Focused Fighting’ Increase Unity?

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"I believe there are many powerful people on both sides of the aisle who just want to make a positive difference in this world without having to endure a cancel culture struggle session every time they try to do so," ...
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Stefan Padfield: We See Your Projections While Rejecting Your Disinformation

Stefan Padfield: We See Your Projections While Rejecting Your Disinformation

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"Over and over, the loudest DEI defenders reveal the iron law of woke projection: accuse your opponents of what you yourself are doing," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. He continues: At the ...
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