The handbook is a plain-English treatise, intended as a user-friendly guide for those seeking a better working grasp of corporate governance, shareholder communications and securities litigation.

It couldn’t come at a more à propos time – when shareholders in the U.S. and abroad have become fatigued by corporate fraud, but also frustrated by management and directors over a host of governance issues, including executive compensation, board independence and board access.

I really like the idea of educated and conscious shareholder pressure on a company. When life gives you a flawed corporate system based primarily on profit, make the people that the company is accountable to educated in methods of keeping a company on the level.

Too bad there isn't a handbook for making them care.