That seems supine to some, pragmatic to others.Even when shareholders raise objections, it is apparently too easy for executives to ignore them.
In their haste to create bigger, better companies, it is all too easy for executives to fall into one another's arms with indecent haste.
Standard Life used the oil company's meeting at the ExCeL centre in London to argue that the targets set by the remuneration committee made it too easy for executives to obtain generous bonuses or other payouts.
It has never been easy for executives to break the news to employees that they are out of a job, but the sheer repetitiveness of the task in the current economic climate is making the task harder, experts say.
Such pairs appear to work best when the woman is the diva, and the man a good-natured, unthreatening understudy, which is one reason the high-testosterone Mr. Gumbel flamed out at CBS. Mindful that creating on-set camaraderie among three women and a man is not easy, CBS executives kept the four anchors rehearsing their bonhomie right up until showtime.
If it was that easy, studio executives would hire themselves to do all the scripts.
It also makes it easier for executive officials to break the law, knowing that their President is there to shield them.
The claims "suggest that there is something about the nature of the software business that makes it easier for executives to indulge in questionable accounting".
And, by moving from performance measures tested in tandem to solitary targets, companies make it easier for executives to manipulate performance to meet the target.
Consistent communication and strong relationships with investors will make it easier for executives to raise capital and leverage resources for their company's growth.
If the idea had been to make it easier for executives to earn bonuses, Mr. Koppy added, the company could simply have lowered its earnings target.
