For this assignment, each student is asked to evaluate the governance policy of a firm they might consider working for and then comparing that to an organization considered the student’s chosen firm’s top competitor. The main purpose of the exercise is to help make a connection between different governance elements (e.g., board composition, equity holdings by directors, executive compensation) and a firm’s financial performance.
Each student is asked to prepare NO MORE THAN A TWO to THREE PAGE (one of the pages should be the title page and no narratives) GRAPHICAL COMPARISON CHART that addresses the following questions (You could use a chart format):
• Summarize what you consider are the key aspects of the firm’s governance mechanisms.
• Based on your review of the firm’s governance, did you change your opinion of the firm’s desirability as an employer? Why, or why not? (Just because you are giving your opinion does not mean that you give it in the “first or second person”)!
