Business and Society Program

Press Center

Policy Statement on Short-Termism, Released September 9, 2009

Wall Street's Mania for Short-Term Results Hurts Economy
Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post, September 11, 2009
Legalising Robin Hood
Greg Penfold, Leadership (South Africa), May 12, 2010
Time is up for short-term thinking in capitalism
Al Gore and David Blood, Financial Times, November 26, 2009
Act now for long term investment
Kristin Gribben, Financial Times' FT.com, October 18, 2009
What Wall Street Can Learn from Distance Runners
Chad Tragakis, ResponsAbility: Hill and Knowlton blog, September 28, 2009
Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo: Interview with President Bill Clinton
CNBC, September 18, 2009
Short-Termism: On the Way Out?
Karen Kroll, Big Fat Finance Blog (an affiliate of Business Finance), September 15, 2009
Buffett and Bogle join call for long-term, responsible investment
Daniel Brooksbank, Responsible Investor, September 15, 2009
High-Profile Call for Action to Address Short-Termism
Melissa Klein Aguilar, Compliance Week, September 10, 2009
Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo: Making Calls for Change (video featuring John Wilcox and Charles Rossotti)
CNBC, September 9, 2009
Power Lunch: Short-Term Gain = Long-Term Pain? (video featuring Bill George)
CNBC, September 9, 2009
Squawk on the Street: Overcoming Short-Termism (video featuring Judith Samuelson)
CNBC, September 9, 2009
An End to the Focus on Short Term Urged
Justin Lahart, The Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2009
Buffett and Bogle Want To Raise Costs for Short-Term Traders
Joe Weisenthal, The Business Insider, September 9, 2009
Warren Buffett Joins Call to Target "Short-Termism" In Financial Markets
Alex Crippen, CNBC, September 8, 2009

The First Movers Fellowship

Imagining the Future of Leadership: From Corporate University to Corporate Peace Corps
Daisy Wademan Dowling and Matthew Breitfelder, Harvard Business Review, June 4, 2010
2010 First Movers Press Release, April 28, 2010
Change Big Business From the Inside
Christine Bader, BusinessWeek, November 16, 2009
2009 First Movers Press Release, April 22, 2009

CVSG & Aspen Principles

Profit with a purpose
Adam Smith, Ode Magazine, April - May 2010
10 Management Lessons from Lehman's Demise
Rick Wartzman, BusinessWeek, September 21, 2009
Investors vs. Consumers: Misaligned Interests?
David Bogoslaw, BusinessWeek, June 14, 2009
Shareholder Value: Time for a Longer View?
David Bogoslaw, BusinessWeek, March 17, 2009
Are Executives Paid Too Much?
Judith Samuelson & Lynn Stout, The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2009
Boardroom Perspective with Judith Samuelson
TK Kerstetter, Corporate Board Member, August 12, 2008
Say on Pay: A Whisper or a Shout for Shareholders?
Claudia H. Deutsch, The New York Times, April 6, 2008
Numbers Game: Why 'Guidance' May Not Matter
Peter A. McKay, The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2007
Jam Today
Andrew Palmer, The Economist, July 12, 2007
COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: Aspen's corporate club prepares to take the long view
Francesco Guerrera, Financial Times, June 18, 2007
Group Wants Companies to Stop Issuing Earnings Guidance
Joel Bel Bruno, Associated Press, June 18, 2007 (reprinted in BusinessWeek, Forbes.com, International Herald Tribune, Channelnewsasia.com)