When Honesty Is the Most Expensive Policy

They call it the honesty bandwagon. And now that some heavyweight companies have jumped on, pledging to include employee stock options as a cost of doing business, the practice actually stands a chance of becoming the norm.

But it's way too early to say the battle has been won, especially if technology companies have their say.

Amazingly, two technology giants have joined the options-disclosure vanguard. Amazon (AMZN Quote) recently announced that it will begin expensing options. Also on board is software giant Computer Associates(CA Quote). ...