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            Employee Retirement Income Security Act    selected accounting interpretations
              life insurance, 295                        relating to, 758–63
              retirement plans, 299                    selected Internal Revenue Codes
              severance, 236                             relating to, 745–50
            Employee stock options, 328–31             selected laws relating to, 733–44
            Employee stock ownership plans, 319–20     selected revenue rulings related to,
            Employee stock purchase plans, 327–28        751–54
            Employment contract, 234–35                selected SEC actions relating to,
            Environmental compliance, and                755–57
              performance measurement, 68              tax considerations, 138
            EPEA. See Economic profit equity adjusted  tied to stock price, 557
            EPR. See Economic profit refined        Executive compensation philosophy,
            EPS. See Earnings per share                530–34
            Equity awards, 409–10                   Executive contracts, approval of, 559
            Equity premium, 124, 251                Executive dining room, 257
            Equity theory, 106                      Executive succession, 65
            Equity vs. expectancy, 106–7            Executive washroom, 266
            ERISA. See Employee Retirement Income   Executives, 101–18
              Security Act                             achievement vs. pay, 107–9
            ESOP. See Employee stock ownership plans   attracting talent, 103–4
            Estate planning, 252–54                    burnout, 116
            Estate taxes, 147                          career crisis, 115–16
            EVA. See Economic value added              compensation, 4–11
            Evergreen plans, 133                       defined by job grade, 2
            Excess integration method, and defined-    defined by job title, 2
              benefit retirement plans, 314–16         defined by key position, 2
            Excess parachute payment, 239              defined by reporting relationship, 3
            Executive benefits, 226                    defined by salary, 2
            Executive committee, 582                   equity vs. expectancy, 106–7
            Executive compensation                     greed, 116–17
              board auditing committee, 559            impact of stress, 114–15
              board of directors, 559                  importance of effort, 107
              employee relations, 552                  importance of pay, 110
              framework of, 1–40                       inappropriate behavior, 116
              the future of, 646–49                    individual preferences on pay, 117
              good and not-so-good practices,          interacting with peers, 113
                646–47                                 motivating, 105–10
              government influence, 135–64             the need to lead, 110–11
              historical highlights of, 631–42         the need to succeed, 111–12
              job security disconnect, 119             number of, 3–4
              pay compression, 120–21                  in other countries, 548
              the pay gap, 119–20                      as owners vs. hired professionals, 544
              perspective of other employees, 118–21   pay-for-performance problems, 109–10
              possible threats to, 648                 as a proportion of total employment,
              as related to company performance, 598     3–4
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