Corporate governance

Corporate governance refers to the internal rules by which high-level decisions are made by the board, executives, and shareholders. Proxy voting on corporate governance issues focuses on the composition and structure of the board, protections maintained by management against potential takeovers, and the voting rights of shareholders on these and other issues.

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Fund	Activism score
Neuberger Berman Socially Responsive	100.0
Sentinel Sustainable Core Opportunities Fund (formerly Citizens Core Growth)	96.3
CalPERS	90.6
AFSCME Employees Pension Plan	90.3
Pax World Balanced Fund	89.8
MMA Praxis Core Stock Fund	83.8
Parnassus Fund	83.4
Calvert Social Index Fund	82.8
Florida SBA	81.0
Calvert Social Investment Fund	79.2
Schwab Capital Trust Core Equity Fund	77.9
Domini Social Equity Fund	77.6
Schwab Hedged Equity Fund	77.5
Goldman Sachs Capital Growth	77.5
Schwab 1000 Index Fund	77.5
Schwab Capital Trust S&P 500 Index Fund	77.4
CBIS	76.9
Evergreen Equity Index	75.3
Evergreen Large Cap Equity	74.8
T Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Fund	74.6
Calvert Large Cap Growth Fund	74.3
T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund	74.0
T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund	72.7
Evergreen Fundamental Large Cap	72.6
Fidelity Spartan 500 Index	71.6
Legg Mason Partners S&P 500 Index Fund	69.7
Legg Mason Partners Social Awareness	69.4
Janus Twenty Fund	68.8
Legg Mason Partners Appreciation Fund	67.4
Goldman Sachs Growth & Income	67.4
T Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund	66.9
Dreyfus Premier Third Century Fund	65.2
Legg Mason Partners Aggressive Growth	65.2
Franklin Income Fund	64.7
DWS Dreman High Return Equity Fund	62.8
DWS Equity 500 Index Fund	61.7
DWS Growth & Income Fund	59.7
Janus Fund	57.7
Wells Fargo Advantage Growth	57.6
Dreyfus S&P 500 Index Fund	56.6
TIAA-CREF Social Choice Equity Fund	55.9
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040	55.2
Wells Fargo Advantage Equity Index	54.9
TIAA-CREF Equity Index Fund	54.8
USAA S&P 500 Index Fund	54.7
TIAA-CREF Growth Equity Fund	54.3
RiverSource S&P 500 Index Fund	52.9
TIAA-CREF Growth & Income Fund	52.0
Blackrock S&P 500 Index	49.6
Nationwide S&P 500 Index	48.9
RiverSource Diversified Equity Income Fund	48.6
Dreyfus Fund	48.0
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund	46.3
Janus Growth and Income Fund	45.8
Franklin Mutual Shares Fund	45.5
American Century Income & Growth	45.3
American Century Growth	44.8
Federated American Leaders	44.0
Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund	44.0
American Century Ultra	43.3
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund	42.6
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund	42.5
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund	42.3
MFS Value Fund	42.0
MFS Total Return Fund	40.6
Barclays Global Investors S&P 500	39.7
Growth Fund of America	35.8
Federated Max-Cap Index Fund	35.4
Morgan Stanley S&P 500 Index	35.2
Van Kampen Comstock	34.2
Morgan Stanley Dividend Growth Securities	33.6
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index	31.2
Vanguard 500 Index	30.8
Vanguard Windsor II	30.2
Putnam Fund for Growth and Income	30.2
Fidelity Contrafund	29.2
Fidelity New Millennium	29.2
Fidelity Magellan	27.6
Van Kampen Strategic Growth	26.9
Vanguard Wellington	26.7
Morgan Stanley Focus Growth	17.7