Simon McKeon: ‘The boardroom is not spared from poor competence and occasionally a bad apple.’

By Dean Newlan, University of Melbourne

Welcome to the latest in our In Conversation series, between Australian of the Year Simon McKeon, and Fellow at the Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships, Department of Accounting, University…

24 October 2011

Strike_one-1319419528 — Two strikes - a term borrowed from baseball, now being applied to Australian executive pay. EPA/Arleen Ng

‘Two strikes’ law for shareholders, but will it curb executive pay?

By Julie Walker, University of Queensland

Australia’s new “two strikes” law giving shareholders more power to curb excessive executive pay packets, promises to shake up some businesses. Homewares company GUD Holdings has already been hit with…

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22 July 2011

Reforms to executive pay won’t prevent a future GFC

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Reforms preventing excessive executive pay will not have much effect on reducing risk within the financial sector, according…

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