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CFO September 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt	The Crackdown Continues Congress is working on a bill to give shareholders more say on pay, while companies on their own are reining in excess.
HBS Working Knowledge September 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects.
CFO October 1, 2006 Don Durfee	Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess?
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko	Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.
HBS Working Knowledge May 24, 2004 Ann Cullen	When Reputation Trumps Regulation Foreign firms cross-listing on U.S. exchanges are learning that their biggest appeal to potential investors lies in a strong reputation since SEC enforcement tends to be weak for foreign firms. An interview with Harvard professor Jordan Siegel.
Knowledge@Wharton	One Way to Settle the Controversy over Stock Options: Eliminate Them Some Wharton professors question this approach, warning that abandoning stock options altogether could ultimately hurt a company's performance. They say that despite recent allegations of abuse, stock options remain a valuable way to get managers to perform at their peak level.
CFO July 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough.
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National Defense June 2014 David Robbins	Embracing Mandatory Disclosure Can Save Contractors Time, Trouble and Legal Fees The mandatory disclosure rule -- which requires federal government contractors to report fraud and overpayments -- is in the news again.
CFO February 1, 2007 Julia Homer	Let There Be Light Public companies have slowly relinquished their view that accounting, corporate governance, and other business practices are essentially private matters, and have made their actions more transparent.
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HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2006 Desai & Margolis	Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem.
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Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen	Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising.
CFO July 1, 2007 Michelle Leder	Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one.
HBS Working Knowledge July 11, 2012 Julia Hanna	The Future of Boards In "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century," Professor Jay Lorsch brings together experts to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005	Social Responsibility: 'Fundamentally Subversive'? Economist Milton Friedman explains how companies are just serving their own interests when they serve the community.
Managed Care May 2006	Physician Disclosure Strengthens Patients' Trust Patients who received a disclosure felt more competent to judge the effect of their physician's compensation on their health care, and nearly a quarter of patients who remembered receiving a disclosure reported that it had increased their trust in their primary care physician.
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Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Raghuram Rajan	Straight Talk Risky Business Even as financial markets evolve, we have to constantly rethink the ways they are regulated and supported by policy, all the while being careful not to snuff out creativity and innovation. Only then will we be able to utilize their true potential.
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IndustryWeek July 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	Navigating Compensation Risk Reform and regulation are changing the executive pay landscape and directors are finding the once-solid concept of pay for performance beginning to crack under pressure.
HBS Working Knowledge May 17, 2010 Sean Silverthorne	What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection When Brazil entered the 20th century, its companies were a model of transparency and offered investor protections that government did not. Can our financial regulators learn a lesson from history?
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