Traditional owners 'should be paid'

Yes, Managers Should Be Paid like Bureaucrats

Corporate scandals, reflected in excessive management compensation and fraudulent accounts, cause considerable damage. Agency theory’s insistence on linking the compensation of managers and directors as closely as possible to firm performance is a major reason for these scandals. They cannot be overcome by improving variable pay for performance, as selfish extrinsic motivation is reinforced. Ba...

How much should nurse consultants be paid?

There was no consensus on the issue of how much nurse consultants should be paid among the practitioners we spoke to at last week's UKCC roadshow. Some suggested starting salaries of around £25,000, and others said 'the sky's the limit'.

How much should be paid for specialised treatment?

English health policy has moved towards establishing specialist multi-disciplinary teams to care for patients suffering rare or particularly complex conditions. But the healthcare resource groups (HRGs), which form the basis of the prospective payment system for hospitals, do not explicitly account for specialist treatment. There is a risk, then, that hospitals in which specialist teams are bas...

Who owns biodiversity, and how should the owners be compensated?

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg in 2002, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. K. Annan, outlined five major areas slated for progress in achieving a sustainable future for humanity. These five areas were water and sanitation, energy, health, agricultural productivity, and biodiversity and ecosystem management. Agricultural productivity depends in...

Sports and Antitrust: Should College Students Be Paid to Play