Responsible executive compensation for a new era of accountability
By: edited by Peter T. Chingos ; contributors from Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Contributors: Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780471655084
Subjects: Leadership; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Organizational Development; Executives; Workplace Culture; Salaries; Corporate Governance
Description: This book, written for executives and boards of directors in for-profit companies, examines a series of issues impacting executive compensation theory and practice in the new era of governance and reward management. Focus is on how companies create and measure value and how traditional executive pay programs, with their heavy weighting of accounting-friendly stock options, can be reassessed and revised in light of anticipated SEC and accounting rules. Other important ancillary issues include the influence of institutional investors on executive pay programs, needed changes in director roles/re
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: How companies create value and drive success; title: Assessment of executive pay programs; title: Board governance of executive pay; title: CEO/board score card; title: Institutional shareholder perspective on executive pay; title: FASB implications for executive program design; title: Role of equity in pay programs; title: Relative total shareholder return and the selection of peers; title: The new executive compensation model; title: Outside director compensation; title: Executive communications : the role of compensation consultant.