Stakeholders Versus Shareholders (Telfer School of Management), 1:30 pm
| Stream 3 - Social, Session Overview |
| How does management please everyone? Higher triple bottom line expectations by stakeholders are putting pressure on traditional shareholders who simply who want to maximize their profits. What to do? Hear from a business executive who "gets it" and from the publisher of Corporate Knights, the leading CSR magazine. |
| A Delicate Balancing Act: Penny Collenette, Telfer School of Management Legislators are beginning to put forward ideas for regulation of business regarding CSR matters. We will hear about two new pieces of proposed legislation and debate whether they will add clarity or confusion to the on going juggling act between stakeholders and shareholders. |
| Stakeholders vs Shareholders: Janet Yale, Telus Communications Boards |
| Protecting shareholders from themselves: Toby Heaps, Corporate Knights This presentation will discuss structures and mechanisms for how companies can insulate themselves from the short-term myopia of quarterly results driven shareholders. |
| The alignment of interests between stakeholders and shareholders: Sophie L'Hélias After the wave of corporate raiders, pension funds and hedge fund activism, stakeholders are entering the active investor arena with a focus on common investor values that underscore performance, trust and accountability. |
| Q & A with the Panel |
