Executive pay
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A CEO is paid hundreds of times more than the ‘everyday workers’ in their own company. The market seems to allow it, but is it morally right? This report proposes a biblical framework for exploring remuneration, which has three major... more
The principal-agent paradigm predicts directors will pay themselves excessive remuneration. To curb self-dealing behaviour, the interests of shareholders and directors are traditionally aligned through awarding the directors with shares... more
Questions whether corporate governance in its current form has a future. Published as: Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2016), Challenging Corporate Governance, Governance, Issue 266, August, pp 10-12
In an attempt to address the growing gap between chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration and that of the general worker, reign in rising CEO remuneration, and justify the portion of long-term incentive pay that makes up the bulk of CEO... more
Contextual factors are typically neglected in both theorizing and empirical tests on executive pay. The fast majority of empirical investigations use data from U.S. based firms. Theoretical implications are typically developed, understood... more
While there exist extensive literatures on both distributive justice and senior executive pay, and a number of authors (notably the French economist Thomas Piketty) have addressed the implications of high pay for distributive justice, the... more
Em português: A relação entre gestores e acionistas vem sendo analisada há mais de dois séculos, ainda que a produção científica se tenha intensificado apenas desde o estudo de Jensen e Meckling (1976) sobre a Teoria da Agência. Esta... more
Explores the future of governance and the future role and practice of directors and boards in the light of trends and changing requirements and questions the sustainability of current approaches to governance based upon particular... more
The paper examines political and charitable donations among FTSE350 companies over a period spanning 1996 through 2010. A wide range of measures is drawn on to explain the observed variation in behaviour. In addition to measures of... more
Introduction Key focus of the study The primary challenge in the executive pay-performance relationship is finding a mutually beneficial balance between executive remuneration and organisational performance. This Orientation: The... more