What a Stakeholder Approach Means for Executive Compensation

The Business Roundtable’s declaration should lead to new comp committee goals

What does it mean for boards and compensation committees that 181 CEOs from the Business Roundtable amended a long-standing statement of corporate purpose last month? The CEOs declared that the purpose of companies is to serve their five key stakeholders—shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and the community, not shareholders alone.

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Mark Emanuel

Mark Emanuel is a managing director of Semler Brossy.


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