Netflix shareholders, accounting homework help

The article discusses Netflix shareholders, who will vote at the company’s annual meeting on a proposal by two public pension funds to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive officers.

Click on the following link to locate the article

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/netflix-investors-to-vote-on-c-e-o-chairman-split/?

Questions:

1. Who are the backers of this corporate governance issue and why do you think they are pursuing this?
2. What other firms have been pressured to do this in recent years? Is this a good thing? Discuss in terms of costs and benefits.
3. What are some of the recent battles that Netflix has encountered? Discuss whether any of these could be related to this corporate governance issue.

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