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Corporate Scandals, Executive Compensation, And International Corporate Governance Convergence: A U.S.-Australia Case Study, Jacob Barney
Corporate Scandals, Executive Compensation, And International Corporate Governance Convergence: A U.S.-Australia Case Study, Jacob Barney
Jacob Barney
The first decade of the 2000s began with a rash of large-scale corporate scandals touching every corner of the globe, and it draws to a close in the midst of a worldwide recession which, somewhat ironically, has brought to light gargantuan executive compensation packages, resulting in widespread public outcry. Given the global nature of these two sets of corporate crises, it stood to reason that there would emerge a universal movement to revise the laws and practices controlling executive compensation. However, the mere fact that such a movement has emerged does not mean that the response to this movement will …