Hazard moralny a systemy motywacji w bankowości

For many years motivation systems for the top managers in a lot of countries haven’t rewarded reducing the risk at financial institutions, but supported inclination to hazard enabling high dynamic of profit and in consequence growth of share value. The main care of management was how to achieve the greatest value in the shortest time. Owners and supervisory boards underestimated risk of loss, bankruptcy risk and loss of capital. Applied motivation systems for the top management of banks during the last fi nancial crisis subprime were unquestionable one of crisis acceleration cause. The paper presents some problems of managers moral hazard, infl uence of motivation systems on the crisis eruption, case studies of the biggest executive compensations and possible solution in the future.