TITLE

Executive pay and its critics

AUTHOR(S)

Lochner Jr., Philip R.

PUB. DATE

January 2000

SOURCE

Directors & Boards;Winter2000, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p37

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on several ways that a board of directors and chief executive officers can follow to sidestep the issue of executive pay. Key elements of executive pay; Causes for the increase in salaries of executives; Importance of sharing information with shareholders about executive compensation. INSET: Options under assault..

ACCESSION #

2939722

 

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