A compromise option in a scenario like this is to disclose the salary bands of senior managers rather than the exact salaries of individuals. If the objective is to have transparency and to avoid
any suggestion of excessive compensation, disclosing the number of execs in a number of salary bands ought to be sufficient.
Andrew
From: Roderick Beck <roderick.beck@networksourcing.net>
Sent: 06 November 2025 08:16
To: chris@thesysadmin.au
Cc: ripe-list@ripe.net
Subject: [ripe-list] Re: Good Governance Principles
Disclosure of senior management salaries helps reduce excessive compensation, which is a very common problem due to the often cozy relationship between the supervisory board and senior management. Human nature is guided by self interest
and there have been plenty of non-profit scandals over the years. If you are a running a company or organization in the public interest, you sure as hell should be willing to disclose your compensation. The only real motive for not dosing so is embarassment
as how much money you are making.
Good ideas are good ideas whether Europe practices them or not, Gert. And let me add that given the scandals in European cooperates and at the EU Parliament, European transparency standards are low and inadequate. Privacy is used as a cover
for inadequate disclosure and bad deeds.
Regards,
Roderick.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM Christopher Hawker <chris@thesysadmin.au> wrote: