Jaehyeon Kim (Hawaii): Should Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Work in Tandem? Michelle Chen on how worker cooperatives are more productive than normal companies: When maximizing profits isn’t the only goal, companies can actually work better. Slaves or wage slaves: Incentives, rewards, bonuses and bonding experiences — Roman slaveowners were the first management theorists. Marianne Cooper on the false promise of meritocracy: Managers who believe themselves to be fair and objective judges of ability often overlook women and minorities who are deserving of job offers and pay increases. Women in company leadership tied to stronger profits, study says. Harold Meyerson on what CEOs do for a living: Not to put too fine a point on it — disinvesting in productive enterprise and rewarding themselves for doing it.
A radical idea for CEO pay: Just give them a fixed salary. Here are some enraging facts about corporate executives using private jets. Jesse Eisinger on how the United States has lost the will and ability to prosecute top corporate executives. Why are corporations hoarding trillions? Larry Summers on how corporate profits are near record highs and why that’s a problem. The problem with profits: Big firms in the United States have never had it so good — time for more competition. US companies are undergoing a transformation so huge it’s “nothing short of stunning”.
