November 2, 2012

I don’t always see eye-to-eye with the folks at GMI Ratings* because they sometimes delve into social and other issues rather than focusing on shareholders’ interests in corporate performance and share price. However, their Blog today [http://www3.gmiratings.com/home/2012/11/small-print-43/] has some interesting nuggets – especially for those of us who devote countless hours sweating over whether a particular payment or benefit could be deemed “excessive” and trying to do the right thing. The blog calls out (with a dose of humor) three compensation policies that may not quite qualify as best practices:

Saying Goodbye is Never Easy
A “Just Because” Bonus or an “Are You Happy Now?” Bonus
Golden Commute
Consider taking a look in order to lighten your weekend.

*GMI Ratings was formed through the merger of The Corporate Library, GovernanceMetrics International and Audit Integrity. It applies provides global research coverage of the environmental, social, governance and accounting-related risks affecting the performance of public companies.