ますます肥大化する経営者のperk
公私混同がますます激しくなる経営者達（ニューヨーク・タイムス紙）
Executives Take Company Planes as if Their Own
（前略） Chief executives' salaries have risen sharply. On top of that, new government data show, shareholders are paying more for executives' personal travel on corporate jets, long criticized as a symbol of excess.
Because the value of a trip counts as personal income for the executives, some companies are even paying the executives' taxes on trips. Others are agreeing to provide leisure travel for retirees, like Sanford I. Weill
, who just departed Citigroup
as chairman. Edward E. Whitacre Jr. will travel on the corporate plane once his contract is up as chief executive of AT&T
, as will Peter F. Chernin after his tenure as president of the News Corporation
.
Taking the corporate jet is variously described as a necessity for time-pressed executives and politicians, a luxury for the elite, a security precaution, or an addiction, depending on who is talking.
"One chief executive told me, 'You can fool around with my stock options all you want, but don't fool around with my airplane,' " recalled Richard H. Moore, treasurer of the state of North Carolina, who oversees $72 billion in investments. "You can compare it to crack cocaine. Once they get used to having the plane there waiting for them, they don't want to go back."
Equilar, an independent compensation research firm, reviewed the government filings of the 100 largest public companies that had made their 2005 government filings and found that companies reporting personal use of corporate aircraft billed shareholders 45 percent more for such travel than in the previous year. The number of companies reporting personal use of jets rose as well, to 67 from 60. The reported value, which critics say vastly understates the actual cost, was $10 million. （後略）
独断的コメント：
役職員の給与外の特典をperquisites, 略してperkといいます。経営者は監視されなければ、際限なく強欲になりますので、報酬委員会や会計報告に報酬を明記するなどの処置が取られますが、それでも監視されるほうが規則を定めるという矛盾した企業統治方式のため、様々な抜け道を作り出してきました。
この記事はそのひとつで、現役、引退を問わず、経営者が社用ジェット機を私用に使い、請求書を当然のように会社に回している実態に触れています。
更に興味のある方は、 ↓
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/business/10jets.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
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