On 3 March 2013, Switzerland’s citizens will have to vote on a proposed amendment to its constitution dealing with corporate governance and executive compensation in publicly listed companies. The proposed amendment or initiative gathered the required 100,000 signatures in support and hence a popular referendum at the national level becomes necessary. Although often referred to as “Minder Initiative” after Thomas Minder, its original promoter, the proposed amendment’s official German name is “Volksinitiative gegen die Abzockerei” meaning roughly “popular initiative against remuneration rip-off” or in its less drastic official French version: “Initiative contre les rémunerations abusives”.