"An emerging standard of governance is that once a year the Executive Evaluation and Compensation Committee will report to the full board on … the organization’s executive compensation philosophy and program, including fairly detailed compensation information for the CEO and other top executives."
Timothy J. Cotter, managing director, Sullivan, Cotter, and Associates, Inc., quoted in "Evaluating and Improving Board Committees" in the Summer 2008 issue of Great Boards
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