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Affordable Housing And Civic Participation: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Goutam U. Jois
Affordable Housing And Civic Participation: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Goutam U. Jois
Goutam U Jois
Over the past several decades, America’s inner cities have deteriorated socially, economically, and politically. Simultaneously, civic engagement, almost by any measure, has been on the decline: Americans vote less and volunteer less, go out to dinner with friends less and attend PTA meetings less. In this Article, I argue that the two phenomena are linked, at least from the perspective of remedies. Specifically, by rebuilding our inner cities to promote mixed-use, mixed-income development, we can revitalize some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in our country while simultaneously engendering the mechanisms to foster increased civic engagement in our participatory democracy.
Looking Back And Looking Forward: Sarbanes-Oxley And The Future Of Corporate Governance, Scott Harshbarger, Goutam U. Jois
Looking Back And Looking Forward: Sarbanes-Oxley And The Future Of Corporate Governance, Scott Harshbarger, Goutam U. Jois
Goutam U Jois
Corporate governance has received significant media attention over the past few years. From the spectacular bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom to the white-collar criminal trials of Kenneth Lay, Martha Stewart, and Bernie Ebbers, Americans watched Corporate America hit one of its lowest points. Fraud, self-dealing and deception, among other “worst practices,” seem to have become widespread. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 in reaction to those corporate scandals, but its future is now uncertain. All debates hinge on two fundamental assumptions: that business leaders and regulators are natural enemies and that one of those groups must be “right” and …