The Ethics of Executive Compensation

The first volume in the Leeds School Series on Business & Society, this collection of lectures demonstrates the valuable results of a timely exchange of ideas regarding the nature of executive compensation. Including discussions across academic disciplines, perspectives, and intellectual orientations, The Ethics of Executive Compensation gathers for the first time a series of talks delivered on this oft-debated topic at the 2004 Japha Symposium at the University of Colorado. Providing the reader with insight into the fundamental problems from a social and ethical perspective, as well as proposing a myriad of possible solutions, this book proves that business ethicists, philosophers, and business scholars have much to learn from one another.

Robert Kolb is the Assistant Dean for Business and Society at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, as well as the author and editor of over a dozen books and numerous articles on finance and investments. He currently devotes his time to writing and research, especially in the areas of futures markets, investments, and bond portfolio management.