CHAPTER 6 Business in Depth - Chapter 6 CEO P this project is worth 25 points, and you should limit your responses to each of the questions to no than 3 pages. You must do research as to the current issues with CEO pay and include a bioeraphy with your sources. I am not looking for your opinion except for question ackground: Exorbitant CEO pay has made the business news again and again in the last few years. he text points out there is a growing and highly visible, wilge gap between the average CE are worker. Does the average CEO really deserve that much more money than the average worker? Exercise: Below is Business Insiders list of the top ten highest paid CEOs for 2016, listed by total direct compensation, which includes salary, annual incentives, and long-term incentives 1. Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle 2013 Compensation: $76.9M/One-Year Change: -18.7% 2. Leslie Moonves, CBS 2013 Compensation: $65 4M/One-Year Change: 11.1% 3. Michael T. Fries, Liberty Global 2013 Compensation: SAM /One-Year Change: 248.2% 4. Richard C. Adkerson, Freeport-McMo Ran Copper & Gold 2013 Compensation: $38.9M/One-Year Change: 125.1% 5. Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom 2013 Compensation: $36.8M / One-Year Change: 11.0% 6. Robert A. Iger, Disney 2013 Compensation: $33-4M / One-Year Change: -8.1% 7. Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Time Warner 2013 Compensation: 32.4% / One-Year Change: 26.9% 8. Mark T. Bertolini, Aetna 2013 Compensation: $31.2M / One-Year Change: 174.9% 9. Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder 2013 Compensation: $30.9M / One-Year Change: 140.1% 10. Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric 2013 Compensation: $28.2M / One-Year Change: 262.1% Questions: Do CEOs deserve that level of pay in comparison to their workers? Defend your answer. Should the government step in and regulate CEO pay? Why or why not? Given recent events, some CEOs have been highly compensated in spite of poor or negligent performance. How should CEO pay be handled for these suffering companies? Research how some firms are handling CEO pay to minimize the gap between top management and lower level employees. What do these firms do differently and is it successful? If you were on the Board of Directors for a Fortune 100 company, how would you handle CEO pay? Explain your answer in detail. Grammar and punctuation count and points will be deducted for errors. Be sure to proof your paper before submitting the assignment. Make sure you are using in-text citations for work that is not your own and include a bibliography documenting at least 3 sources. CHAPTER 6 Business in Depth - Chapter 6 CEO P this project is worth 25 points, and you should limit your responses to each of the questions to no than 3 pages. You must do research as to the current issues with CEO pay and include a bioeraphy with your sources. I am not looking for your opinion except for question ackground: Exorbitant CEO pay has made the business news again and again in the last few years. he text points out there is a growing and highly visible, wilge gap between the average CE are worker. Does the average CEO really deserve that much more money than the average worker? Exercise: Below is Business Insiders list of the top ten highest paid CEOs for 2016, listed by total direct compensation, which includes salary, annual incentives, and long-term incentives 1. Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle 2013 Compensation: $76.9M/One-Year Change: -18.7% 2. Leslie Moonves, CBS 2013 Compensation: $65 4M/One-Year Change: 11.1% 3. Michael T. Fries, Liberty Global 2013 Compensation: SAM /One-Year Change: 248.2% 4. Richard C. Adkerson, Freeport-McMo Ran Copper & Gold 2013 Compensation: $38.9M/One-Year Change: 125.1% 5. Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom 2013 Compensation: $36.8M / One-Year Change: 11.0% 6. Robert A. Iger, Disney 2013 Compensation: $33-4M / One-Year Change: -8.1% 7. Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Time Warner 2013 Compensation: 32.4% / One-Year Change: 26.9% 8. Mark T. Bertolini, Aetna 2013 Compensation: $31.2M / One-Year Change: 174.9% 9. Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder 2013 Compensation: $30.9M / One-Year Change: 140.1% 10. Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric 2013 Compensation: $28.2M / One-Year Change: 262.1% Questions: Do CEOs deserve that level of pay in comparison to their workers? Defend your answer. Should the government step in and regulate CEO pay? Why or why not? Given recent events, some CEOs have been highly compensated in spite of poor or negligent performance. How should CEO pay be handled for these suffering companies? Research how some firms are handling CEO pay to minimize the gap between top management and lower level employees. What do these firms do differently and is it successful? If you were on the Board of Directors for a Fortune 100 company, how would you handle CEO pay? Explain your answer in detail. Grammar and punctuation count and points will be deducted for errors. Be sure to proof your paper before submitting the assignment. Make sure you are using in-text citations for work that is not your own and include a bibliography documenting at least 3 sources