Should J.P. Morgan's Jamie Dimon be fired?

Amid reports that J.P. Morgan's London unit trade losses could climb as high as $9 billion, some are wondering whether it's time to seriously reconsider CEO Jamie Dimon's fate at the bank. By Eleanor Bloxham

J.P. Morgan's debacle: It's time to talk exec pay

In all the hullabaloo and consternation about J.P. Morgan's oversized bets, we have glossed over the elephant in the room: executive pay at banks is in need of a major makeover. By Eleanor Bloxham

Wal-Mart, J.P. Morgan, and the perils of ignoring shareholders

The two companies' boards failed to heed risk and compliance warnings from its shareholders, which could have saved both companies considerable trouble. By Eleanor Bloxham

Bank of America meeting: Will investors even be allowed in?

Shareholders were kept out of Wells Fargo and Peabody Energy's annual meetings, in what has been a concerning trend this proxy season. Will we see a repeat at Bank of America? By Eleanor Bloxham

WellPoint faces shareholder ire over political spending

Several major companies are seeing shareholders take steps to monitor corporate political spending, but at WellPoint board members up for reelection are facing a no vote campaign. By Eleanor Bloxham

Founder-controlled companies: A few cautionary tales

Some of the nation's greatest corporations started with a few people. But when trouble hits, they need to be held accountable to their many shareholders.

FORTUNE -- I don't know about you, but my head is spinning. Google, Wal-Mart, News Corp, Chesapeake Energy. We all know absolute power corrupts, but the apparent level of ethical challenge at these public, founder-controlled companies is mind-boggling.

Worse, these companies not only do damage to themselves MORE

Et tu, Google?

Google's founders recently announced a new corporate structure designed to perpetuate their grip over the company. Everyone should beware.

FORTUNE -- Google's founders announced a plan designed to perpetuate their ironclad grip on the long-term governance of the company.

With the board's blessing, the company will issue a new non-voting class of shares to existing shareholders. Because the founders currently hold majority-voting rights, the plan does not require that shareholders give their MORE

Wells Fargo: The next big bank showdown?

Wells Fargo's upcoming annual meeting could prove to be just as significant as the pay rebuke Citigroup suffered last week. Here are some of the key issues at stake. By Eleanor Bloxham

The terrible cost the U.S. pays for derivatives

Whether they understand them or not, all taxpayers have been sucked into the derivatives virtual reality game, and at great cost. By Eleanor Bloxham

Goldman board deal: Great for Blankfein, no one else

The fine print of Goldman's agreement with shareholder AFSCME places weak independent board members even more under the thumb of CEO Lloyd Blankfein. By Eleanor Bloxham