TITLE

Are They Worthy?

AUTHOR(S)
Foroohar, Rana; Sheridan, Barrett
PUB. DATE
August 2006
SOURCE
Newsweek (Pacific Edition);8/14/2006, Vol. 148 Issue 7, p32
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports that executive pay matches executive performance, even at rates 431 times that of the average worker. Governments are responding to public consternation on the issue with new pay disclosure laws and limits on tax deductions for companies with overcompensated executives. executive pay has risen by the same percentages as the market capitalization of their companies.
ACCESSION #
21939636

Tags: EXECUTIVE compensation;  BUSINESS enterprises -- United States;  CHIEF executive officers;  DISCLOSURE;  TAX deductions;  STOCKS (Finance) -- Prices

 

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