Corporate Finance

As the result, shareholders hire managers(agent) to run the business and act on the shareholder’s behalf. Since managers involved in the daily business, these is information asymmetries between shareholders and managers. Also, managers are likely to have different motives to principals. In shareholder’s point of view is maximum long-term shareholder wealth but the managers may be influenced by different factors such as financial rewards, labour market opportunities and relationships with third parties which are not directly relevant to principals. The management acts in their self-interests instead of acting in the shareholders’ best interests. Therefore, the agency problem arises because there is a conflict of interest between the management and the

When the firm is trying to maximize their stock they are trying to develop new products and technology which leads to producing products that the customer (society) needs.

Our textbook defines an agency problem as a “conflict between the goals of a firm’s owners and its managers” (Megginson & Smart, 2009). It then defines agency costs as dollar costs that arise because of this conflict. In the corporate structure, stockholders are the owners of the firm, and they elect a board of directors to oversee the firm and help protect their investment. The board then hires the right corporate managers to run the firm with the goal of maximizing the wealth of the

In the corporate form of ownership, the shareholders are the owners of the firm. The shareholders elect the directors of the corporation, who in turn appoint the firm’s management. This separation of ownership from control in the corporate form of organization is what causes agency problems to exist. Management may act in its own or someone else’s best interests, rather than those of the shareholders. If such events

I personally don’t believe that all executives are paid too much. Seeing people in this position from my experience has shown me how much dedication these individuals have put into their work. This isn’t one of those positions that someone can get thrown in. I know that most executives work from the bottom of the food chain to get to where they are today. Certain people may believe executives are overpaid.

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To start with, executive compensation has been a major and main target for criticism by the stakeholders as well as academics over the time of last several years. “Liberty Mutual’s longtime chief earned an average of nearly $50 million a year from 2008 to 2010, making him one of the highest-paid corporate executives in the country, according to state insurance filings reviewed by the Globe (Wallack, 2012)”. At first glance at this question I think; well we live in a capitalistic society where there are no limits on how much money people can make. Also if this CEO started the business and why shouldn’t they be entitled to that much money from the company, right?

The main foundation of executive compensation has not changed, it is designed to attract, inspire, motivate and in the end retain the superior talent in the management world. In 2008 a government fund TARP was “created to purchase troubled assets from financial institutions” (Bruvik & Whitney Gibson, 2011, p. 79). TARP funds put restrictions on executive compensation by; restricting paying out bonuses, limiting the “Golden Parachutes”, denial of benefits and used clawbacks if executive compensation was based on misleading statements (Bruvik & Whitney Gibson, 2011). In order to receive TARP funding, firms have to practice the US mandatory “Say on Pay” which was implemented in January 2011. The United Kingdom has also implemented the “Say on Pay” concept. The “Say on Pay” is a concept that “shareholders should be given a nonbinding vote on board of director’s

It’s difficult to say if executive compensation at current levels are unethical. I fully understand that fact that some positions are salary based, hold more responsibility, and are more liable when there is a conflict, but I do not agree with the amounts in which they are compensated. When a company sets large compensation rewards for only certain levels it limits the income or assets to award lower levels employees. One must consider that each employee is a cog/gear within a machine and if not maintained properly or replace then problems come about with the functionally to operate. I believe that once an employee has retained so many years of employment there should be some type of compensation. I would recommend that after each third year a

Toni, I could tell that you were very passionate about this subject; I agree with you that CEOs should not be overly compensated. According to one source there are five factors that should be taken into consideration when determining an employee’s salary: (1) skill profile – this includes experience, education, certifications, and licenses; (2) importance – what they will be responsible for; (3) supply and demand – the economy and the current job market; (4) information – this compares salaries with other companies; and (5) industry – the type of company, i.e. oil and gas, educational, health field, government, etc. (Moran, 2014).

Share holders will be more involved in the management of these companies. As Shareholders are the real “owners” of these companies, their interests would be to insure that management operates to the benefit of the company which they can accomplish by closely monitoring management. On the contrary, shareholders may be too profit and performance orientated. This may repel talented management as underperforming companies may leave executives with unfair compensation.

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A business must operate with ethics as a guiding principle to be successful and profitable. A company that is publically traded bears a responsibility of being a good steward of the profits the company earns, for the stakeholders, employees, and clients. The social aspect of a company and ethics go hand-in-hand. If a business fails to act ethically responsible, the result of that behavior can affect it socially. “The concept of social responsibility proposes that a private corporation has responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010, pg. 72).

Managers and shareholders are the utmost contributors of these conflicts, hence affecting the entire structural organization of a company, its managerial system and eventually to the company's societal responsibility. A corporation is well organized with stipulated division of responsibilities among the arms of the organizational structure, shareholders, directors, managers and corporate officers. However, conflicts between managers in most firms and shareholders have brought about agency problems. Shares and their trade have seen many companies rise to big investments. Shareholders keep the companies running

As explained by Schelker (2013), the agency problem between the owners and the management of a firm is at the heart of the corporate governance literature. Hence, there is a need for a