megatrends - the Billanthropy Waves and the Africa Progress Panel (APP) -one of the first babes of Gates Foundation Billanthropy - see also sustainability investment networks 5 by 5's & gatesways
July 2006
APP "uk1 Iran1 US1: The Africa Progress Panel, which will be chaired by Mr Annan, will produce an annual report for the G8, UN and the Africa Partnership Forum in order to" ...
Africa2 signals of the need for Billanthropy's APP to partner transparency in every developing way ahead - search Peter Eigen's 25 (Transparency International)
BILLANTHROPY
Google alert : Article connecting Billanthropy's war against lost leadership transparency
July 4 The Age : Australia : Scaling up a partnership to a mega-foundation the size of a government instrumentality, one worth 40 times the annual budget of the World Health Organisation and where most of the money comes from a handful of donors, can generate obvious tensions and create dependencies.
[July 01, 2006]
Bad apples
(Daily Mail Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) IN a week marked by the extraordinary 'billanthropy' of Warren Buffett, it is disturbing to discover that corporate greed is far from dead in America.
The revelation that Steve Jobs of Apple, creator of the Mac and iPod, is caught up in the spreading share options scandal will be shocking to those who see the company as part of a new wave of ethical corporate endeavour.
The scandal that has now embroiled more than 50 American companies including such notable names as retailer Home Depot and United Health Group, centres on backdated options.
It is alleged that executives in the companies concerned rejigged the dates at which options were awarded so that when they vested, months and years later, they would reap bigger profits on share sales.
Many of the companies caught up in the affair are relatively new technology firms where much of the pay in early years took the form of options, rather than cash rewards.
Nevertheless, there must be real questions about governance in American boardrooms which allow executives to help themselves to resources that belong to the whole body of shareholders.
In the high-profile case of Steve Jobs, he thought better of it and cancelled the options. So no gains were made.
However, if US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission finds that the allegations of backdated options stand up, it is possible that the executives involved could face a fraud scandal.
July 2006
APP "uk1 Iran1 US1: The Africa Progress Panel, which will be chaired by Mr Annan, will produce an annual report for the G8, UN and the Africa Partnership Forum in order to" ...
Africa2 signals of the need for Billanthropy's APP to partner transparency in every developing way ahead - search Peter Eigen's 25 (Transparency International)
BILLANTHROPY
Google alert : Article connecting Billanthropy's war against lost leadership transparency
July 4 The Age : Australia : Scaling up a partnership to a mega-foundation the size of a government instrumentality, one worth 40 times the annual budget of the World Health Organisation and where most of the money comes from a handful of donors, can generate obvious tensions and create dependencies.
[July 01, 2006]
Bad apples
(Daily Mail Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) IN a week marked by the extraordinary 'billanthropy' of Warren Buffett, it is disturbing to discover that corporate greed is far from dead in America.
The revelation that Steve Jobs of Apple, creator of the Mac and iPod, is caught up in the spreading share options scandal will be shocking to those who see the company as part of a new wave of ethical corporate endeavour.
The scandal that has now embroiled more than 50 American companies including such notable names as retailer Home Depot and United Health Group, centres on backdated options.
It is alleged that executives in the companies concerned rejigged the dates at which options were awarded so that when they vested, months and years later, they would reap bigger profits on share sales.
Many of the companies caught up in the affair are relatively new technology firms where much of the pay in early years took the form of options, rather than cash rewards.
Nevertheless, there must be real questions about governance in American boardrooms which allow executives to help themselves to resources that belong to the whole body of shareholders.
In the high-profile case of Steve Jobs, he thought better of it and cancelled the options. So no gains were made.
However, if US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission finds that the allegations of backdated options stand up, it is possible that the executives involved could face a fraud scandal.
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