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CEOs Get Paid Too Much, According to Pretty Much Everyone in the World

Harvard Business Review

But until now, it’s been relatively unclear how much people think CEOs should really make compared to other workers on a global scale. “My coauthor and I were most surprised by the extraordinary consensus across the many different countries in the survey,” Norton says. 1; Table 2).

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

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Social might is now moving toward your community, state, nation as well as global corporations. But overall these changes suggest a bright future for business and society globally. 1 national infrastructure priority," says Roy Norton, the nation's consul general in Detroit. This is Canada's No.

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Is Your CEO’s High Salary Scaring Away Customers?

Harvard Business Review

For example, people drastically underestimate the compensation difference between average workers and Fortune 500 CEOs; globally, they say their ideal pay ratio for CEOs to unskilled workers is around 4.6 Finally, different political and economic beliefs among consumers could also change their willingness to buy.

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