I have tried to be diligent in actually reading arguments for and against mgmnt and shrhldr proposals but am overwhelmed. The last wave of email proxys went unvoted. I am wondering whether someone like a Morningstar might take over that responsibility for the shareholders and vote according to their established principles of corporate stewardship. Does a service like this exist which will vote in the shareholder's interest exclusively?
For hot button political/moral issues, it might ask for a preliminary indication at the outset from the subscriber or maybe even abstain. But for obvious good buddy board against the shareholder economic issues, the shareholder's obvious interest would be how the service would vote. It is just too hard to keep up with and I do not want to rubber stamp management decisions.