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A responsible business

Governance that holds up when the politics don’t.

RBI helps business leaders, investors, and policymakers build practical frameworks for responsible governance that are durable across political cycles, free from ideological labels, and grounded in financial relevance.

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Tim Doyle with Charles Crain of the National Association of Manufacturers and Representatives Bill Huizenga and Al Green after testifying before the House Financial Services Committee
RBI co-founder Tim Doyle with Charles Crain of the National Association of Manufacturers and Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Al Green (D-TX), following their testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
Founded in 2024 on a simple premise
Co-Founder & President
Timothy M. Doyle
A Republican lawyer. Over two decades in corporate governance, financial services, energy and environmental policy, and the federal legislative and regulatory process.
Co-Founder
Robert G. Eccles
A Democratic academic. Several decades in corporate reporting and sustainability standards. Founding chairman of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford.

Companies are caught between a populist right skeptical of corporate engagement and a progressive left demanding more of it. RBI is a neutral forum for working out what good governance looks like in a divided America.

Publications

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White Paper
September 16, 2026

Rule 14a-8 and the Governance Architecture of the Exchange Act: A Historical and Institutional Account of the Shareholder Proposal Rule

Timothy M. Doyle and Robert G. Eccles

The SEC has proposed rescinding Rule 14a-8. The 1943 House hearings show Congress never authorized the obligation in the first place.

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Working Paper
September 9, 2026

The Cost of Delay: Federal Permitting and America’s Energy Challenge

Timothy M. Doyle and Robert G. Eccles

Delay in building energy infrastructure is an affordability problem. It has no single cause, which is why permitting reform keeps failing.

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Our principles

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Legal clarity and regulatory certainty

Corporations, investors, asset managers, and asset owners must be able to rely on clear legal principles and stable regulations to make informed business and investment decisions.

Corporate purpose

The purpose of corporations is long-term value creation for shareholders, while acknowledging that the profit motive is consistent with a corporation’s ability to consider the environment in which it operates or the interests of its employees, customers, or suppliers.

Risk and opportunity management

All material risks and opportunities should be incorporated in strategy and capital allocation, with risks reasonably and properly disclosed to investors using clearly understood standards.

Executive responsibility and board oversight

Corporate executives are responsible for managing the company with board oversight and sensible engagement with shareholders.

Fiduciary duties

Clearly defined fiduciary duties for executives, boards, and asset managers must continue to be the paramount factor for decision-making to ensure long-term value creation.

Academic Advisory Board

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RBI’s Academic Advisory Board provides a trusted forum to test ideas, gather feedback, and ground our work in credible, nonpartisan expertise.

Aswath Damodaran
New York University, Stern School of Business
Chair and Professor of Finance
Jill E. Fisch
University of Pennsylvania, Carey School of Law
Professor of Business Law
Glenn Hubbard
Columbia University, Columbia Business School
Dean Emeritus and Professor
Mary Johnstone-Louis
University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
Senior Fellow in Management Practice and Co-director of the Oxford Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme
David F. Larcker
Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Emeritus Professor and Director of both the Rock Center for Corporate Governance & Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Colin Mayer CBE
University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
Emeritus Professor (also of Management Studies at the Blavatnik School of Government); Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Amelia Miazad
University of California Davis, Davis School of Law
Professor of Law
Shivaram Rajgopal
Columbia University, Columbia Business School
Chair and Professor of Accounting and Auditing
Amanda Rose
Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Law School
Chair and Professor of Law and Co-Director of Law & Business Program
Alison Taylor
New York University, Stern School of Business
Clinical Associate Professor
J.W. Verret
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
Associate Professor

RBI and the Board operate independently. Institutional affiliations are listed for identification only and do not imply institutional endorsement. RBI amplifies the research and commentary of Board members on topics that align with our mission, offering an academic perspective complementary to the policy and political dimensions RBI addresses.

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RBI is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.