Category: Published Commentaries

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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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Bonner Cohen: Food Trumps Green Energy, Wind And Solar

Bonner Cohen: Food Trumps Green Energy, Wind And Solar

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"Wind and solar power require a lot of upfront capital, and investors may be having second thoughts about placing their bets on what looks like a losing horse," writes Dr. Bonner Cohen in a Daily Caller commentary. Bonner provides an ...
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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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Bennett Nuss: DEI Clarity Should be the Goal of the New EEOC

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"The first item of business for the EEOC ought to be the creation of a legal definition of what constitutes discriminatory DEI practices through note-and-comment rulemaking," writes Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss in a commentary published at Legal Reader ...
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Stefan Padfield: DEI Proponents Can’t Stop Lying

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"DEI proponents cannot stop lying because the truth is fatal to their cause," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. He notes: Once stripped of selective statistics, cooked-up correlations, and ideological cover, DEI ...
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Stefan Padfield: Is Dow Inc. Doxing the Shareholders Who Ask the Wrong Questions?

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If a shareholder proposal has merit on its face, why does it matter who is submitting it? And is Dow Inc. in the business of doxing shareholder proponents if they want to stay anonymous to avoid potential retribution? In a ...
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Stefan Padfield: Why Activist Investors Are Essential, Not Improper

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Recent corporate legal filings are treating the deeply flawed decision made in our Starbucks lawsuit as if it's proper precedent and good law. In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield explains why that assumption ...
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