This cooperation has taken many forms, from scientific and technical collaboration and work sharing to collaboration in standards setting and regulatory alignment.
As companies contemplate how they will satisfy investor and SEC requirements, they will be well served if they put themselves to a three-pronged test: (1) Are our programs and goal-setting processes geared toward pay and performance alignment? (2) Do our decision-making processes and actions around executive compensation drive alignment? (3) Does our firm have a culture that actually values alignment?