Category: Free Enterprise Project

Diversity DEI discrimination

The Shareholder Activism of Anti-Discrimination Proponents

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Corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) policies pose "serious and potentially vast financial risks to companies in addition to being inherently discriminatory and in violation of civil rights." Thankfully the National Center's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is sounding the alarm ...
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Scott Shepard: Some Wandering Wonderings About Disney’s Odd Shareholder Vote

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"[W]hen shareholders vote, the votes go to a company called Broadridge that somehow controls nearly all the voting pipes," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard in a commentary published by RealClearMarkets. So one would hope that Broadridge is a nonpartisan entity ...
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Disney shareholders

Shareholders Ask Disney to Disclose Pattern of Controversial Charitable Donations – Disney Board Says NO!

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Washington, D.C. – Today, concerned shareholders from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal (Proposal #8) at The Walt Disney Company annual shareholder meeting that would require the Company to disclose on ...
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Why Does ADL Call Me ANTISEMITIC

Ethan Peck: The ADL Smeared Me as Antisemitic for Opposing the WEF and UN, Even Though I’m Jewish

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Ever since Hamas's horrific October 7 attack on Israel, antisemitism has shown itself to be rampant around the world -- and particularly on college campuses across America. While one might hope that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) -- which was founded ...
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Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

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"There’s another tool to fight woke – one that shareholders can use, whether they own a few shares or millions," write Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard at The Daily Caller. For instance, in the case of the upcoming Disney ...
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Starbucks

Shareholders Ask Starbucks to Protect Employees from Viewpoint Discrimination — Company Says Vote NO!

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Washington, D.C./Seattle, WA - Today, shareholder activists from the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal at Starbucks' annual shareholder meeting (Proposal #5) that would require the Company to conduct an audit to ...
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Attention Starbucks Investors: Take a Stand Against DEI

Attention Starbucks Investors: Take a Stand Against DEI

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The Free Enterprise Project has an important proposal on the ballot of this week's Starbucks shareholder meeting. The proposal would require Starbucks to conduct an audit to determine the extent to which its “Partner Networks” (what are usually called Employee ...
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FEP’s Day in Court Against the Weaponized SEC

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Over the last few years our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) has waged an uphill battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has been doing the bidding of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler to discriminate against free-market organizations and ...
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Conservative Group Launches Proxy Navigator Tool to Fight Woke Corporations

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Washington, D.C. - Today, shareholder proponents at the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) launched Proxy Navigator, a new tool in the fight to hold woke corporations accountable to their shareholders. Proxy Navigator offers institutional investors ...
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Apple store

Apple Refuses to Protect Employees from Viewpoint Discrimination — Endangers Company’s Innovation, Future

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Washington, D.C. - Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) presented a shareholder proposal on Wednesday morning at Apple's annual shareholder meeting. The proposal asks Apple to prohibit discrimination based on viewpoint or ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.