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Do CEOs deserve their huge salaries?

Do CEOs deserve their huge salaries?

Update: 2024-08-01
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How have CEO bonuses reached such stratospheric levels? What do chief executives have to do to get them and how does getting them influence how they run the business?

Researchers have found that CEO bonuses can lead to some sneaky corporate behaviour. And the incentives often don’t align the interests of the boss and the shareholders.

  • Anna Bedford, Associate Professor at UTS
  • Geoff Martin, Professor of Strategy at Melbourne Business School
  • Dr Rebecca Bachmann, Lecturer, Department of Account and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University 
  • Ed Johns, Executive Manager, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors 
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