Appeared on January 31, 2011
Research by Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., director of the Center for Corporate Governance at Drexel LeBow, is referenced in the Wall Street Journal article "A Chance to Veto a CEO's Bonus." Walkling has found that voting against directors may discourage them from acting like rubber stamps. Each 1 percent increase in "no" votes knocks up to $222,000 off the excess compensation of the chief executive officer the next year—and even raises the odds that the CEO will be replaced, his research suggests.