Matthew Vigna
Class Discussion Questions for 10/18/20 – Chapter 13: Shareholder Rights And Corporate
Governance
1. ‘Top 5’ – Shareholder Rights
a. Voting power
b. Ownership of a portion of the company
c. The right to transfer said ownership
d. The right to sue for misdoings
e. The right to access and inspect books/records of the company
2. Should CEO compensation be capped?
a. Absolute $ or ratio to average employee compensation?
i. The amount CEOs should be paid should be relative to how much
employees are being paid. I don’t believe there is any problem in a CEO
making a decent amount more than other employees in the company,
because of the work they have put into the company. The paying of CEO’s
not being relative to the wages of employees blatantly disrespects and
disregards the work that employees put in. A CEO is nothing without the
employees and employees pay should reflect the amount of work they put
in, as should a CEO’s. The ratio should be a 3:1 or a 4:1 ratio in my
