Case Study:
https://investors.americanrailcar.com/financials.cfm
American Railcar proxy
Looking at American railcar company proxy statement. In there you should find:
1. A brief bio on each of the members of the board of directors
2. A "compensation report" explaining how the board has decided how much to pay the CEO and a few other top people.
[If you don't find this info in the proxy statement, it's almost surely somewhere else. Keep looking. Let me know if you can not find it.]
3. There is an ancient saying that a fish rots from the head. Presumably the opposite is true as well.
4. Assume that you are an employee of your assigned company. Would you feel better or worse about the company after reviewing these parts of the proxy statement? What facts from these materials would you use to persuade someone to buy stock in the company? What facts would you raise as red flags that need further exploration?