In the interest of fairness, corporate quality control review processes and rating standards should be objective, fair and transparent.
Americans for Tax Fairness' corporate-tax-reform principles can be found here.
Legislators worried about the future should focus more on keeping America's financial centers on top by promoting fairness, good corporate governance and impeccable transparency.
There is a trend emerging in corporate boardrooms to request fairness opinions – typically used in merger deals to give a gauge of a company's worth – in non-merger situations.
When corporate conservatives targeted the Fairness Doctrine, a policy that required media outlets to be accountable and represent all points of view.
Tax authorities worldwide, notably in the U.S. and U.K., are under mounting pressure to show that large companies are shouldering their share of the tax burden as part of a broader political debate about fairness and corporate social responsibility.
However, if the spouses are in business together or one spouse holds a power of attorney for the other spouse, an additional obligation of fairness from corporate, partnership, and agency law applies.
Think about it: on Iraq and the exercise of American power, on economic fairness, on corporate responsibility, on the environment and climate change, on the universal right to healthcare, the progressive policies and positions long championed by the left have moved from union halls and MoveOn emails to the sidewalks, backyards, and kitchen tables of Main Street, USA.
"Stanley broke corporate governance laws that assure fairness, and there is evidence that Stanley Works broke federal securities laws," he said.
But a reform to the way remuneration committees operate would be a small step towards reducing the vast pay gap in Britain and injecting a little "fairness" into the corporate sector.
"It's long overdue for Congress to close outrageous corporate tax loopholes, increase tax fairness, and use the revenue to stop irrational sequestration cuts from further damaging national security, education, health care, research and innovation and more," he said on Friday.
