I am happy to announce the first 50 “Transparency Advocates.” Among this initial group of 50 Advocates are 19 former SEC Staffers.
The Transparency Advocates consist of a group of well-known disclosure drafters and disclosure readers. These influential people believe…
One of the reasons I’ve touted for you getting onboard the transparency train is the beautiful feeling when you can take pride in the work that you do. That’s why I want to highlight this Freeport-McMoRan press release in which…
Objectively applying the 28 transparency criteria for the Form 10-K during our “Transparency Awards” process, ConocoPhillips won best Form 10-K this year after coming in second last year. Here’s their 2024 Form 10-K.
Bearing in mind again that the criteria…
Objectively applying the 234 transparency criteria to the five disclosure documents we track during our “Transparency Awards” process, Ford Motor Company came up big as the winner this year of “Most Improved.” Here’s their 2024 proxy statement; the 2023 Form…
Following up on my blog announcing the winners of this year’s Transparency Awards, here’s a 9-minute video that I recently taped for Ethisphere in which I’m interviewed about this year’s Awards. And I’ve been rolling out blogs providing specific examples…
Objectively applying the 83 transparency criteria for the proxy statement during our “Transparency Awards” process, my alma mater – Lockheed Martin – won best proxy this year after coming in second last year. Here’s their 2024 proxy statement.
Bearing in…
Objectively applying the 234 transparency criteria to the five disclosure documents we track during our “Transparency Awards” process, Intel came up as the big winner this year after coming in fourth last year (and in first the year before that).…
When I blogged a few days ago about our 2024 Transparency Awards Winners, you may have toggled over to our “Transparency Awards” website. If you did, you would have found this wonderfully, detailed 23-page report about the results and highlights…
The most transparent companies in the US! As determined by an independent Transparency Scientific Committee for the first time! I am pleased to share the winners of the 2024 Transparency Awards (the “6th Annual” in the US), as noted in…
Understandably, much of the attention related to cyber disclosures relate to how – and when – to make disclosure related to cyber incidents in a Form 8-K. But perhaps equally as important is consideration of what you should be disclosing…
I’ve been blogging long enough to know that you never know which of your blogs will create the biggest buzz. My last blog did indeed create a buzz as I got quite a few emails back about it. Here are…
My good friend Carl Hagberg is one of the smartest – and certainly the most experienced – people when it comes to the proxy process. He has served as in independent inspector of elections for a long time and is…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners (here’s the latest in the series) – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question…
As I enter my second year wearing the “Transparency Champion” hat, I’ll be endeavoring to answer the question of “why should I be pushing for better disclosure within my company?” I’ve already listed a number of reasons on our “Why…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners (here’s our last one) – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question of: “When…
