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What ethical questions surround executive compensation?

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Ethical question: Are top executives paid too much?
CEO bonuses rose from 20 percent to 30 percent, even at companies with declining revenues or profits and significant layoffs.
High CEO compensation at both underperforming and highly successful companies has raised questions among investors and others.
The gap between CEO pay and average worker pay has changed significantly over time.
In 2000, CEO pay at the largest U.S. firms was 376 times higher than average worker pay.
By 2016, the gap had shrunk to 271 times higher than average worker pay.
In 1989, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 59 to 1.
The Securities and Exchange Commission requires public companies to disclose full details of executive compensation.
Required disclosures include salaries, bonuses, pensions, benefits, stock options, and severance and retirement packages.
Some CEOs also question the high levels of CEO pay.
Former DuPont CEO Edgar Woolard, Jr. argues that outside consultant surveys primarily drive CEO pay.

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"Ethics Activity Are top executives paid too much? A study of CEO compensation revealed that CEO bonuses rose considerably—from 20 percent to 30 percent—even at companies whose revenues or profits dropped or those that reported significant employee layoffs. Such high pay for CEOs at underperforming companies, as well as CEO compensation at companies with stellar results, has raised many questions from investors and others. The highest gap in pay was in 2000. CEO pay at the largest U.S. firms was 376 times higher than that of average workers. The gap has shrunk to only 271 times higher in 2016, but that is still a lot higher than the 59-to-1 ratio in 1989. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now requires public companies to disclose full details of executive compensation, including salaries, bonuses, pensions, benefits, stock options, and severance and retirement packages. Even some CEOs question the high levels of CEO pay. Edgar Woolard, Jr., former CEO and chairman of DuPont, thinks so. “CEO pay is driven today primarily by outside consultant surveys,” he says. Companies all want their 242 Chapter 6 Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col25734/1.7"

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