Stock options controversy continues
β Scribed by Robert W. Rouse
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1044-8136
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A warning to all publicly held companies! Closely review your past stock option grants with your auditor and your legal counsel, and adequately document all future grants. The issue just does not seem to go away, and opinions as to the ethical/legal ramifications of "backdating" options have surface
## Abstract Now that the dust has settled a bit, we take a closerβlook at the recent stock option backdating scandal. Stock option plans have usually been justified by saying they aligned management's interests with those of shareholders. But the authors point out that by backdating stock options,