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Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 governs the circumstances under which a shareholder may include a proposal in a public company’s proxy statement for a vote of fellow shareholders.1 For decades the rule has served as the principal federal channel through which investors raise governance, social, and environmental questions with the companies…
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Clear FiltersAbout the white paper Timothy M. Doyle and Robert G. Eccles trace the history and institutional development of the shareholder proposal rule, using legislative, regulatory, and judicial records. This is a publication summary, not the full white paper. The original publication is available from the Responsible Business Initiative.
On September 10, 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services convened a full Committee hearing on a slate of proposed bills that would fundamentally reshape the federal proxy rules. Proposals range from…
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