Corporate Reform

It is no secret that the executives of publicly traded companies are paid at rates that greatly exceed those of the rank-and-file.  In a recent survey of 356 companies by Equilar, the median ratio of CEO to worker pay was found to be 140:1, the average ratio jumps even higher, to 241:1.  A 2016 survey…

We urge the implementation of a Securities-Speculation Tax, a small tax on all financial transactions that would restrain financial gambling and redirect investment towards productive enterprise. Security speculation tax

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Citizen Works – War Contracts (A Discussion of War Contracts in 2003)

Citizen Works – Corporate Tax Dodgers (A Discussion of Corporate Tax Dodgers in 2003)

Citizen Works – Media Consolidation (A Discussion of Preserving Diversity of News and Opinion in 2003)

Citizen Works – Corporate Scandal Fact Sheet

Citizen Works – Corporate Reform Weekly (an e-mail newsletter from 2002 through 2006) contains information relating to corporate reform, scandals and fiascos in Washington and around the country during that time period. Each issue also gave readers a weekly action item to help make real corporate reform a reality.

Citizen Works -unityplatform In our efforts to build a better world, more than 200 organizations pledged ourselves to vigorously promote this common plan of action as an antidote to the systemic concentrated greed, power and control by enveloping corporate power that is relentlessly eroding our future as democratic societies under the sovereignty of their people.

Citizen Works – The Code for Corporate Citizenship (Also known as the Code for Corporate Citizenship) According to corporate law, Corporations make decisions based only on maximizing profits and increasing stock prices. The Code for Corporate Responsibility seeks to add protections for the environment, human rights, public health and safety, the welfare of our communities…