Al Dunlap was one of the most famous artists of corporate turn-1990s. In 1996, he was hired to restructure the Sunbeam, but was fired almost two years later, when the company's financial performance and stock price began to decline. Many contradictions that surrounded him in his previous job, Scott Paper, he followed him to Sunbeam: his rejection of some of the stakeholders of corporate governance, its aggressive management style, his shaky relationship with the media, and its high level of wages . The case describes the compensation package Dunlap at Sunbeam and the question of how U.S. companies compensate for the "superstar" CEO. "Hide
by Brian J. Hall, Rakesh Khurana, Carleen Madigan Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication date: April 12, 1999. Prod. #: 899218-PDF-ENG
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