USA Today (October 7)
The “superspreader” event in the Rose Garden will go down in history. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the “maskless Supreme Court nomination ceremony turned into a form of biological attack on the top echelons of U.S. government.” Symbolic of “America’s failing response to the novel coronavirus,” the event was “a sad brew of hubris and misapplied science.” White House officials and guests mistakenly thought “they could frolic in a kind of virus-free bubble, exempted from the preventative measures that have reshaped and constrained the lives of millions of average Americans.”
Tags: Biological attack, Bubble, Ceremony, COVID-19, Failing, Frolic, History, Hubris, Maskless, Nomination, Pandemic, Rose Garden, Superspreader, Supreme Court, U.S.
Bloomberg (March 9)
Hewlett-Packard is under fire (again). This time the issue is CEO Leo Apotheker’s involvement in the nomination of five new directors. Company rules stipulate this process must be conducted by independent directors. Because they failed to uphold the nomination process, proxy adviser ISS is recommending “no” votes against 3 directors standing for re-election and against the CEO’s remuneration. “The CEO’s formal participation in the ad hoc committee established to identify potential director candidates runs contrary to the Nominating and Governance Committee’s Charter.”
Tags: Directors, Governance, HP, ISS, Nomination, Proxy adviser
