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Executive Comp and Governance Provisions of Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, widely considered to be one of the most comprehensive reforms of the U.S. financial industry in years, was signed into law on Wednesday. While many provisions of the Act relate primarily to banks and the financial regulatory system, the new legislation will also have a significant impact on corporate governance and executive compensation practices for public companies in general.
Proxy Advisors Find Themselves in the Spotlight
Proxy advisory services play a key role because institutional holders turn to them for advice when voting billions of shares at annual meetings. Questions are now being raised about the influence of the services and whether more formal oversight is needed. As a result, proxy advisory services may be about to start receiving their own report cards for a change.
Businesses Link Sustainability Objectives to Executive Pay
A small but growing group of pioneering companies are increasingly aware of the power that policies on executive pay can exert on sustainability behavior. One challenge: linking today’s compensation package to policies and practices whose impact may not be felt for many years to come.
PODCAST: The Failure of Corporate Boards and the Price We All Pay
If you’re one of the many trying to determine where blame might lie for the financial and economic crises of the last two years, John Gillespie would suggest you look in the corporate boardroom. Gillespie is co-author of a new book – Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions – which is rich with unfortunate detail about the performance of corporate boards. Download a Business Ethics podcast featuring an interview with John Gillespie.
BOOKS: The Failure of Corporate Boards and the Price We All Pay
If you’re one of the many trying to determine where blame might lie for the financial and economic crises of the last two years, John Gillespie and David Zweig would suggest you look in the corporate boardroom. Their new book – “Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions” – is rich with unfortunate detail.
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