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Shareholders are pressing companies for more details on corporate campaign contributions, reports David Nicklaus in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  Some companies have opened up to show shareholders where the money is going, but others continue to balk claiming first amendment rights and “competitive disadvantage”.

Wash U. law professor and Olin adjunct Hillary Sale tells Nicklaus that shareholders may need to demand more than transparency if they want to see where the money goes.

“Forcing disclosure can actually change behavior, but by itself this is just about transparency,” says Hillary Sale, a professor of law at Washington University. “In corporate governance discussions, we usually say transparency is a good thing.” Indeed. This slow-motion shareholder revolt won’t end the flow of corporate cash into politics anytime soon, but may at least bring it out of the shadows.

Read David Nicklaus’ column here.

Image: Flickr Creative Commons, DonkeyHotey, Citizens United Money Globe

Thank you for your generosity during the special PB&Joy food drive to help our neighbors in Ferguson and surrounding areas.  We donated 373 pounds of food collected in the four Olin bins!  Here are some other details about the University-wide campaign:

·        Our colleagues at Operation Food Search mentioned numerous times that Washington University was the first of their community partners to step up and offer to help following the incidents in Ferguson.  They are deeply grateful for our contributions and our desire to assist.

·        32 bins were placed across all University campuses

·        3830 pounds of food were donated

Operation Food Search was delighted with the prevalence of canned chicken & tuna, which is sorely needed.  This food has already gone out to the 8 partner agencies in/near Ferguson, and to St. Louis Crisis Nursery / Florissant which is going door to door in Camden Green.

·        $1270 was donated to Operation Food Search. A portion of this was used to cover freight to deliver 360,000 diapers to Ferguson and neighboring communities.

·        Operation Food Search calculates that our drive allowed 1,789 people to eat for a day.

We look forward to once again participating in the annual PB&Joy food drive in April 2015 and the friendly competition between Students and Faculty/Staff to win the title of biggest donor.

Warm regards,
Your PB&Joy Ambassadors

A message from Chancellor Wrighton: On behalf of Washington University, I want to offer our thoughts, prayers and support for all those in the Philippines who have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan. While it does not appear that we have any students or scholars currently in the area, we know that many here in St. Louis have friends and family members who have been touched by this devastating storm, and our concern goes out especially to them.

Listening to the media accounts of the storm, it appears that the best way to help at this moment is to make contributions to international relief efforts being undertaken by organizations like the Red Cross and others. More information on how to help and where to donate can be found in this article from the CNN website.

I hope you will join me in supporting these important efforts. As we have seen so many times in the past, the Washington University community is filled with caring, generous people, and for that I am grateful.

Mark S. Wrighton
Chancellor

Residents walk on a road littered with debris after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on Sunday, with coastal towns and the regional capital devastated by huge waves. Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through the province on Friday, said chief superintendent Elmer Soria, a regional police director.

Photo credit: Mans Unides, Flickr

Campaign Chairs Cory and Brooke used pickaxe, shovel, and good humor to prod their classmates to leave their mark at Olin.

Members of the MBA Class of 2013 are leaving their mark on campus, literally.

Donors to the class gift campaign earned the privilege of signing a steel beam that will be used in the construction of the new Knight and Bauer Halls.

Brooke James and Cory Glass chaired the “Leave Your Mark” campaign that raised $9,592 including donations from students, corporate matches, and professors.

Members of the MBA class of 2013 at the beam signing ceremony.

Class participation rate was 98.53% , besting the class of 2012’s 97.18% rate.

Thank you MBA Class of 2013 and Congratulations!

(Professor Nickerson, please note, the critical thinkers used the pickaxe just for you!)

Thanks to Sarah Miller for the great photos!