Sunday, August 09, 2009

SEC Speech: "The American Corporation and its Shareholders: Dooryard Visits Disallowed"


Speech by SEC Commissioner:
"The American Corporation and its Shareholders: Dooryard Visits Disallowed"
by
Commissioner Elisse B. Walter
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Hotel Del Coronado
San Diego, California

Thank you, Neila, for that wonderful introduction. I am delighted to participate in this year's conference. And, I particularly appreciate your willingness to change the placement of this speech in your program so that I could attend.

I have enormous respect for this Society and its members. In fact, once, long before there were governance professionals, I persuaded David Smith to allow me to join the Society, even though I have never served as a corporate secretary. Although that was years ago, I am delighted to see that there are still familiar faces here today. Most important, as I'll highlight later, each of you sits at a critical juncture in our corporate governance system.

See full Speech.