They were intended to align the incentives of managers with the interests of the shareholders who own a firm.
These revisions are intended to align ISS policy with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-Related Financial Disclosureleasedeased in a 2017 report.
Should a split occur, the Pittsburgh Diocese intends to align itself with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, a theologically conservative province that covers six nations in South America.
Big banks responded by shifting more compensation into stock, a move intended to align employees' interests more closely with those of investors and discourage excessive risk-taking.
The change was "intended to align our performance share goals more closely with our evolving business strategy, which emphasizes productive growth, leverage and returns," Wal-Mart said.
"While stock options are intended to align the interests of senior executives with shareholders, the unintended consequence of these grants is often windfall profits that come from small share-price increases," GMI said in its report.
Lloyds is facing a possible showdown with shareholders over plans to pay its chief executive and incoming finance chief pension contributions that potentially break the spirit of new guidelines intended to align the interests of company bosses with their staff.
Unlike conventional trip-based tolls the scheme is intended to align the fees paid by drivers with the actual congestion damage they do, and to increase the toll's benefits as a result.
While American executives were loading up with stock options, restricted stock and other compensation intended to align their interests with those of shareholders, their counterparts overseas continued to collect only salary and modest bonuses.
The change, announced by the government in early December, is intended to align the Spanish work schedule with the rest of Europe's, and to reduce the time that employees, particularly working parents, spend away from home.
What's more, stock-based incentives, which were intended to align the interests of top executives with those of long-term shareholders, are actually encouraging CEOs to serve the interests of short-term traders.
