Younger and Partnoy's article in Financial Times seeks to revise The Communist Manifesto to promote shareholder activism - wherein shareholders of a company, operating as partial owners, would put pressure on the company management to enact reforms - as the new revolutionary act best poised to transform corporations and lead to a more equal society. If you are convinced by their argument, please explain why with one or two examples of how you could imagine this activity creating social change. If you don't agree with them, please explain why not and provide one or two actions you think could be taken to increase shareholder activism's potential for social change. Please write at least 4 sentences.

Shareholders have numerous ways they can pressure firms to change their behavior – one of which is shareholder proposals. Shareholder activists use proposals to pressure firms in a variety of areas. Choose a company that you would like to see change their practices or strategy in some way. In the form of a letter, write a brief proposal outlining your request to the company (this should be addressed to the company leaders/board of directors).

How did the corporate culture at Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? Did Enron's bankers, auditors and attorneys contribute to Enron's demise?

Raised in Ireland, Patrick and John Collison were precocious, inquisitive youngsters who taught themselves computer coding at an early age. By the time they were teenagers, the brothers were developing iPhone apps and eventually became college dropouts after a few semesters at MIT (Patrick) and Harvard (John). During this time they started a company called Auctomatic Inc., which created an online marketplace management system for companies such as eBay, and then sold the company for $5 million in 2008.   After selling the business, they continued to work on simplifying the payment process for startup businesses that use the internet to sell goods and services. As the internet entered its second decade and more and more entrepreneurs were using the web to do business, the Collisons recognized that the payment transaction process for online purchases needed an overhaul. In 2011, they opened their new company, Stripe, after testing their service and building relationships with banks,…