If you were (or are) the founder or CEO of a start-up company or later-stage firm, would you be willing to pledge one percent of your equity to charity? How about one percent of your profit? Or your ...

For many insiders at a newly formed public company, a large portion of their net worth is potentially tied up in holdings of their company’s publicly-traded shares. These insiders often face ...

Editor’s note: This blog posting about pledging is from our archives. Keep checking The Root for continuing coverage of the lawsuit against SAE. Ah, it’s time to go back to school, and boy, have you ...

College officials are cautiously optimistic about a decision made by one of the country’s largest fraternities to ban its controversial pledging process, ending a ritual which has become synonymous ...

Freshman year of college I went to an open informational about the black Greek organizations on campus. As I sat listening to girls talk about their various sororities, all I could think was, how am I ...

One of the country’s largest fraternities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, realized it was in trouble—and needed to change drastically to survive. As of March 9, SAE announced it was eliminating its infamous ...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon — dubbed "The Deadliest Fraternity" in America — banned new member pledging last week following the deaths of 10 fraternity members and pledges over the past decade. While SAE is ...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, among the nation’s largest and most storied college fraternities, eliminated the controversial “pledging” process Sunday, saying new members once referred to as “pledges” ...

Fewer public companies are allowing insiders, including directors and officers, to hedge and/or pledge their shares. These days, insider trading policies will typically include a section covering ...