Should Companies Expense Stock Options?

A reader writes : "The New York Times is running a story about proposed accounting changes to force companies to expense stock options. Is this a necessary and proper oversight measure to enforce financial discipline on companies that might otherwise have none? Or would this measure basically stop companies from offering fiduciary responsibility incentives to their employees? What do you think about this? What should the final decision be? And what measures should be taken to influence the decision-making process?"

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Re:Fiduciary responsibility incentives?

[calstraycat]

Love your sig. Animals is the best Pink Floyd album. But, you left out the best part of that line from the Dogs. It's the part that every corporate-ladder-climbing-scumbag engages in:

"You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to... ...So that when they turn their backs on you, you'll get the chance to put the knife in"