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DIS » Topics » Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be voted against if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 22, 2010. Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be voted against if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.
Bobbie Strohbar has notified the Company that she intends to present the following proposal for consideration at the annual meeting: WHEREAS: The Walt Disney Company does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on ex-gay status in its sexual orientation employment policy and diversity training for employees. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), a national non-profit organization defines the ex-gay community as men and women with unwanted same-sex attractions who leave homosexuality by gender affirming therapy, faith based ministries, Homosexuals Anonymous support groups, or other non-judgmental environments. Their decision is one only they can make. However, there are others in society who refuse to respect individual self-determination. Consequently, formerly gay men and women are reviled simply because they dare to exist. PFOX has documented numerous incidents of intolerance against the ex-gay community. Ex-gays and their supporters are subject to an increasingly hostile environment because they live out or support a different view of homosexuality. They remain closeted because of others negative reactions or disapproval. Ex-gay employees are uncomfortable being open about their sexual orientation with their colleagues because they fear discrimination or unfair treatment in the workplace.
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Table of ContentsThe Walt Disney Company Notice of 2010 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 16, 2009. Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be voted against if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.
Walden Asset Management has notified the Company that it intends to present the following proposal for consideration at the annual meeting: RESOLVED, that shareholders of The Walt Disney Company request the board of directors to adopt a policy that provides shareholders the opportunity at each annual shareholder meeting to vote on an advisory resolution, proposed by management, to ratify the compensation of the named executive officers (NEOs) set forth in the proxy statements Summary Compensation Table (the SCT) and the accompanying narrative disclosure of material factors provided to understand the SCT (but not the Compensation Discussion and Analysis). The proposal submitted to shareholders should make clear that the vote is non-binding and would not affect any compensation paid or awarded to any NEO. SUPPORTING STATEMENT: Investors are increasingly concerned about mushrooming executive compensation especially when it is insufficiently linked to performance. In 2008, shareholders filed close to 100 Say on Pay
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Table of ContentsThe Walt Disney Company Notice of 2009 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 12, 2007. Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be so voted if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.
Lucian Bebchuk has advised the Company that he intends to present the following proposal for consideration at the annual meeting: It is hereby RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 109 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Del. C. § 109, and Article IX of the Companys By-Laws, the Companys By-Laws are hereby amended by adding to Article III of the Companys By-laws as follows: This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 11, 2006. Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be so voted if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.
The Office of the Comptroller of New York City, as custodian and trustee for the New York Retirement Systems, has advised the Company that it intends to present the following proposal for consideration at the annual meeting:
Whereas, The Walt Disney Company currently has extensive operations in China, and
Whereas, in recent years, a number of independent human rights organizations based in Hong Kong have surveyed manufacturers in south China, including a number of suppliers of Disney and other major U.S. companies, and
Whereas, these studies have found a number of violations of Disneys corporate code of conduct on the part of its suppliers, as well as violations of Chinese Labor Law, and
Whereas, these studies have also found that many workers surveyed at those supplier factories are unaware of the corporate codes of conduct of Disney and other U.S. companies that are supplied by their factories, and
Whereas, human rights abuses in the overseas subsidiaries and suppliers of U.S. corporations can lead to negative publicity, public protests, and a loss of consumer confidence, which can have a negative impact on shareholder value,
Therefore, be it resolved, that shareholders request that the Board of Directors review and report to shareholders by November 2006, on the adherence of Disneys suppliers in China to Disneys corporate code of conduct, to the provisions of the Chinese governments Labor Law, and to the core conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO). This report should be prepared at reasonable expense and contain no proprietary information.
Supporting Statement: The New York City Employees Retirement System, the New York City Teachers Retirement System, and the New York City Police and Fire Department Pension Funds, believe that the adoption of this resolution will benefit the company by helping to ensure that it is not associated with human rights violations in the workplace. We urge you to vote FOR this proposal.
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Table of ContentsThe Walt Disney Company Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 6, 2005. Accordingly, the Board recommends that you vote AGAINST this proposal, and your proxy will be so voted if the proposal is presented unless you specify otherwise.
Proposal 2China Labor Standards
The Company has been notified that a representative of the Office of the Comptroller of New York City, as custodian and trustee for the New York Retirement Systems, intends to present the following proposal for consideration at the annual meeting:
Whereas, The Walt Disney Company currently has extensive operations in China, and
Whereas, human rights abuses in the overseas subsidiaries and suppliers of U.S. corporations can lead to negative publicity, public protests and a loss of consumer confidence, which can have a negative impact on shareholder value, and
Whereas, the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee has surveyed over twenty toy manufacturers in south China, including a number of suppliers of Disney and other major U.S. toy companies, and
Whereas, the study found a number of violations of Disneys corporate code of conduct on the part of its suppliers, as well as violations of Chinese Labor Law, and
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Table of ContentsWhereas, the study found that a large majority of workers surveyed at those supplier factories were unaware of the corporate codes of conduct of Disney and other U.S. toy companies that are supplied by their factories,
Therefore, be it resolved, that shareholders request that the Board of Directors review and report to shareholders by September 2005, on the adherence of Disneys suppliers in China to Disneys corporate code of conduct, to the provisions of the Chinese governments Labor Law, and to the core conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO). This report should be prepared at reasonable expense and contain no proprietary information.
Supporting Statement: The New York City Employees Retirement System, the New York City Teachers Retirement System, and the New York City Police and Fire Department Pension Funds (the Systems), believe that the adoption of this resolution will benefit the company by helping to ensure that it is not associated with human rights violations in the workplace. We urge you to vote FOR this proposal.
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