A less bold way to combat the problem has been adopted by some companies, though, with shareholders demanding that it become more widespread: permitting shareholders to voice their approval or disapproval of executive pay packages via nonbinding votes. This is called "say on pay," and you'll find it on the proxy ballots of many companies. It's slowly gaining traction, and I would guess that over many years we'll come to see many companies featuring it. ( Aflac (NYSE:AFL), for example, adopted it without being forced to.)