Pay for performance
Article Abstract:
Executive compensation should be simplified to performance pay. Compensation has become overblown to include inducements to work or stay with a company, based upon the fallacious assumption that executive talent is limited and no one would volunteer for such positions without compensation. In fact, highly paid executives who do not want to stay in their positions have an attitude problem which should be noticed by boards of directors. Boards should stop using complicated compensation packages to replace their job of monitoring the performance of management.
Publication Name: Annual Institute on Securities Regulation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0195-5756
Year: 1992
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The year of the proactive director: recent developments in the performance and compensation of outside directors
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Outside directors and institutional investors appeared to have responded in 1995 to concerns raised by the SEC and others regarding director passivity. The SEC provided an example of director passivity in its report regarding Cooper Companies, Inc. Director independence and activism is most evident in the changes that have occurred in compensation committees and in director pensions. Many corporations have established independent committees for reviewing performance awards and have ended pensions for outside directors.
Publication Name: Annual Institute on Securities Regulation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0195-5756
Year: 1995
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Integrating "extrinsics" into profit maximization: the lawyer's role
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Corporate counsel can be a part of helping corporate boards meet their duty to maximize shareholder wealth. They can provide guidance for board's where regulation is absent or unclear, and can monitor board performance in relations to corporate strategic planning. They can also aid the board by providing full and accurate information.
Publication Name: Annual Institute on Securities Regulation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0195-5756
Year: 1996
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