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Do CEOS get Paid too much?

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In 2003, CEOs of the 365 largest U.S. corporations were paid on average $8 million, 301 times as much as factory workers. This paper asks whether CEOs get paid too much. Appealing to widely recognized moral values, I distinguish three views of justice in wages: the agreement view, the desert view, and the utility view. I argue that, no matter which view is correct, CEOs get paid too much. I conclude by offering two ways CEO pay might be reduced.

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  • Moriarty, Jeffrey, 2005. "Do CEOS get Paid too much?," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(2), pages 257-281, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:15:y:2005:i:02:p:257-281_00
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    1. Lars Lindblom, 2011. "The Structure of a Rawlsian Theory of Just Work," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 101(4), pages 577-599, July.
    2. Michel Magnan & Dominic Martin, 2019. "Executive Compensation and Employee Remuneration: The Flexible Principles of Justice in Pay," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 160(1), pages 89-105, November.
    3. Ruth Bender & Lance Moir, 2006. "Does ‘Best Practice’ in Setting Executive Pay in the UK Encourage ‘Good’ Behaviour?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 67(1), pages 75-91, August.
    4. Heisler, William J., 2007. "Ethical choices in the design and administration of executive compensation programs," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 50(4), pages 277-290.
    5. Ye Cai & Hoje Jo & Carrie Pan, 2011. "Vice or Virtue? The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Executive Compensation," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 104(2), pages 159-173, December.
    6. Pierre-Yves Néron, 2015. "Egalitarianism and Executive Compensation: A Relational Argument," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 132(1), pages 171-184, November.
    7. Shane Leong & James Hazelton & Cynthia Townley, 2013. "Managing the Risks of Corporate Political Donations: A Utilitarian Perspective," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 118(2), pages 429-445, December.
    8. Joakim Sandberg & Alexander Andersson, 2022. "CEO Pay and the Argument from Peer Comparison," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 175(4), pages 759-771, February.
    9. Anne Amar-Sabbah & Pierre Batteau, 2018. "CEO Compensation: Agency Theory is Irrelevant but not the Neoclassical Game-Theoretic Framework," Working Papers halshs-01818600, HAL.
    10. Kiridaran Kanagaretnam & Gerald Lobo & Emad Mohammad, 2009. "Are Stock Options Grants to CEOs of Stagnant Firms Fair and Justified?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 90(1), pages 137-155, November.
    11. Ernest Biktimirov & Don Cyr, 2013. "Using Inside Job to Teach Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 117(1), pages 209-219, September.

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