In the midst of the firestorm over backdating stock options, many questions have been asked about the role of boards of directors and specifically about directors who sit on compensation committees.

Some commentators have suggested that compensation committee directors, who typically had at least some involvement with approving options, should have been — or at least could have been — more vigilant in monitoring management and in demanding answers about options grants that might have been backdated.

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