S.E.C. Proposes Rules on Executive Pay and Performance

…But some say the rules seemed designed more to shame companies and their executives than to provide shareholders with any meaningful insights. “If you are a serious shareholder, you know what the stock has done, and you can come to your own conclusion about whether the C.E.O. is the right leader,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, a compensation consulting firm in New York. “The real purpose of these rules was to embarrass corporate America.”…

The New York Times / April 30, 2015

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