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The Myths of CEO Compensation, Part III

May 22, 2009

Why CEO Salaries are so High Read Part I and Part II. Important facts about CEO salaries tend to be ignored by the news media. The back-story, the realities of CEO compensation, are far more complex than what can fit into a 30-second series of sound-bites on the evening news, and the complexities are often [...]

The Myths of CEO Compensation, Part I

May 20, 2009

The Story Behind Automaker CEO PR Disasters There’s nothing quite like a news story in which a corporate CEO is photographed in handcuffs. As the perceived pinnacle of global malfeasance, today’s CEO is widely vilified, and often for good reason. Or so it is assumed. Nothing illustrated the wide disconnect between CEOs and the masses [...]