David Samson, General Manager of Public Affairs at Chevron, on managing reputation in an industry under intense scrutiny.
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It’s proxy season….do you have some explaining to do?
Jeff Hunt
April 23rd, 2009
It’s that time of year when many publicly held companies are getting out their proxy statements.
This year, the springtime ritual is complicated by last year’s sickening plunge in stock prices. Many companies find themselves sending proxies to anguished investors who lost retirement savings, employees who lost 401k plans and maybe even their jobs, and skeptical media people eager to find the next AIG-like bonus scandal.
Are you ready to explain to these people why the CEO is getting his multimillion dollar compensation package?
If you’re in corporate communications or investor relations for those firms, your task may be further complicated by the fact that the boss’s compensation probably isn’t primarily in the form of salary. Valuing restricted stock and stock options is governed by arcane SEC and FASB accounting rules that may result in proxy disclosures that bear little resemblance to current market values. (more…)
Ray Jordan on Johnson & Johnson’s reputation
PulsePoint Group
March 18th, 2009
Ray Jordan, Corporate VP of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications at Johnson & Johnson, on potential reputation management learnings from J&J.
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Andrew Walker on communications in the sporting industry
PulsePoint Group
April 28th, 2009
Andrew Walker, VP of Communications for the Women’s Tennis Association, talks about how communications is effectively utilized in the sporting industry.
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