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HBS Working Knowledge September 13, 2006 Jay W. Lorsch	Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying.
Knowledge@Wharton	Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages?
HBS Working Knowledge August 8, 2005	Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation.
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2006 Desai & Margolis	Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem.
HBS Working Knowledge August 1, 2005 Jim Heskett	Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? There is evidence of little or no relationship between the size of CEO compensation awards and corporate performance. Why?
Job Journal February 25, 2007 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth?
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Emily Thornton	How Golden Parachutes Unfurled When did companies start awarding CEOs a small fortune once their company changed hands, and why?
Knowledge@Wharton May 21, 2003	Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling?
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009	Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko	Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.
CFO July 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough.
U.S. Banker June 2006 Rebecca Sausner	Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Insane CEO Pay As investors, it can often be sobering to take a hard look at management compensation information in a company's proxy materials. Should shareholders say enough's enough?
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HBS Working Knowledge September 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle	A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism.
Knowledge@Wharton	CEOs Are Ridiculed for Huge Salaries: Why Aren't Athletes and Entertainers? Why is it that corporate executives are coming under fire for excessive pay when athletes like Michael Jordan and entertainers like Oprah Winfrey seem to stir no such feelings of resentment?
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Anne Tergesen	In Your Fund Manager On Your Side? Until recently, most investors asked just one thing of their mutual funds: red-hot returns. Now, in the wake of the trading scandals, investors are also looking for fund management they can trust.
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Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2000 Schonbraun & Schindler	Hitting the Grand Slam! Top producing executives, like the sultans of swat in baseball, can be expensive, but they are vital to a successful management team. The market for top executives is tight with the private real estate sector and other industries competing for the same talent pool as REITs and REOCs.
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003	Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Make the Most of Stock Options: The Basics Stock options can give employees of successful companies a huge incentive to work hard toward building shareholder value. Options can be a valuable part of compensation, but you have to manage them well.
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CFO October 1, 2003 Lori Calabro	Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk	Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger	5 Stocks That Won't Steal From You You don't have to fight your company's management. If the companies whose stocks you own won't put the brakes on their executives' avarice, then find investments where it simply isn't an issue.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Louis Lavelle	Governance: Backlash In The Executive Suite Many in America's business community say reform is going too far, as activists dig in.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Bill Mann	An Open Letter to CryptoLogic In an effort to open a dialogue with this stock pick about its compensation policies, the author sends this letter to the company's board of directors on the heels of a discussion he had with the company's director of communications.
U.S. Banker November 2005	Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view.
HBS Working Knowledge September 29, 2003	To Whom Should Boards be Accountable? Summing Up Reader comments suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach corporate law suggest that board accountabilities are subject to very broad interpretation.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear.
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Rich Smith	Stupid CEO Tricks When it comes to executive compensation, you don't always get what you pay for. If your company is too busy making its CEO rich to make you rich, then it might be time to find a better investment.
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Registered Rep. September 12, 2005 Kristen French	More Adieus From Morgan Stanley Directors As expected, Morgan Stanley board members from the Philip Purcell era continue to decamp, with two more directors out. With these resignations, the board now has 11 directors.
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