Does 'best practice' in setting executive pay in the UK encourage 'good' behaviour?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-91

  Bender, Ruth ^a   Moir, Lance ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation; Ethics; Executive; Governance; Remuneration; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747890723     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9006-8     Document Type: Article

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