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		<itunes:subtitle>Dissecting Boards Actions</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Unexpected Director Endorsements</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Director Decisions, Dionne Pohler, the David and Alexandra Lipsky Professor of Dispute Resolution at Cornell University ILR School in the Department of Global Labor and Work and Associate Director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, discusses how REI should select who to nominate for the board of directors.</p><br><p>Recommendation of the Episode: <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2004.00241.x " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Governance of cooperatives and mutual associations: a paradox perspective</a></p><br><p>Podcast music by Crystal Piscitelli.</p><br><p>Director Decisions has been edited for brevity.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>The Rocky Departure of Gildan CEO Glenn Chamandy </itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>A Cooperative Breakup Story</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Director Decisions, Anna Lund a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, discusses how the board of Federated Cooperative should react to Calgary Cooperative ceasing to buy wholesale groceries from Federated.</p><br><p>Recommendation of the Episode: <a href="https://ica.coop/en/media/library/research-and-reviews/guidance-notes-cooperative-principles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guidance Notes on the Cooperative Principles</a></p><br><p>Podcast music by Crystal Piscitelli.</p><br><p>Director Decisions has been edited for brevity.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Balancing Bondholders Interests</title>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[BCE's Debentureholders]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Director Decisions, Liam McHugh‑Russell of Schulich School of Law talks about how BCE's board should consider the interests of bondholders while considering a takeover bid.</p><br><p>Recommendation of the Episode: <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-bond-king-how-one-man-made-a-market-built-an-empire-and-lost-it-all/9781250120847.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bond King by Mary Childs</a></p><br><p>Podcast music by Crystal Piscitelli.</p><br><p>Director Decisions has been edited for brevity.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Taking a Performing Board to the Next Level</title>
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