As a result of the financial crisis of 2008, the employment compensation policies and decisions of Wall Street corporate boards have come under close scrutiny. Specifically, the willingness to approve company-wide compensation plans that resulted in the paying out of billions of dollars in...

The board of directors of a public company is only responsible for a relatively few of the almost infinite number of decisions that are made at a public company over any period of time. Yet, when a corporate board does make a decision, for example, the appointment of a chief executive officer or...

It has been over seven years since the public was first made aware that Enron (or the quot;Companyquot;) was a troubled firm, ultimately doomed to bankruptcy and much litigation, both civil and criminal. Yet, the Enron debacle continues to fascinate researchers and the general population alike....