Others argue that any bailout must pinch the people who have run the companies now needing rescue, along with their shareholders, addressing the unseemly reality that executives have amassed beach houses and fat bank accounts while taxpayers are now stuck with the bill for their reckless ways.
The open forum exercise orchestrated by Bank governor Mark Carney was a distinctly controlled affair, which meant the day avoided comparison to an annual meeting's long lines of shareholders addressing their concerns to the chairman of the board, who must, through time-honoured tradition, offer long and often detailed answers.
It should advise the shareholder to address complaints to management, not children or parents.
Elon Musk couldn't help but include some teasers in his Tesla shareholder meeting address on Tuesday, reiterating that the company would be holding a special event to reveal its Semi Truck at the end of September, but noting also that he would "really recommend showing up" for the event because "maybe there's a little more than we're saying here".
Management today has taken decisive action for shareholders to address this issue and unlock substantial value".
So he wrote a shareholder proposal addressing BlackRock's record on pay that the firm's stockholders will vote on at their annual meeting on May 26.
After being forced into talks with shareholders to address his remuneration, following a humiliating annual general meeting defeat in 2012, an unrepentant Sorrell grudgingly agreed to a £150,000 pay cut, maximum bonus reduction and overhaul of WPP's controversial long-term incentive scheme.
Large corporations have the opportunity, while still in service to their customers and shareholders, to address the needs of society by working with small organizations with strong social values.
Susan Kilsby, Shire's chairman, said: "Shire has a long track record of delivering for shareholders and addressing unmet patient needs ..
Most of the rest came from small shareholders with addresses in southern England: from bankers, barristers, spinsters, retired army officers and people known simply as "gentlemen".
