corporate governance

British banks should be forced to disclose the number of employees who earn more than 1 million pounds a year, a government-commissioned review of corporate governance in banks said Thursday.

British banks should be forced to disclose the number of employees who earn more than 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) a year, a government-commissioned review of corporate governance in banks said Thursday.

This was the year corporate governance experts predicted that investors, stung by plunging stock prices as the recession intensified, would finally demand big changes in CEO pay levels and ineffective boards.

Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone.

Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.

A group of Exxon Mobil shareholders is appealing to investors in the nation's biggest mutual funds to help change the oil giant's approach to environmental issues and corporate governance.