College of Business Administration

Seminar in Business Ethics and Social Institutions

Case Discussion Questions for July 19, 2006:

1. What responsibilities does the CEO have towards the company and other employees?

2. Do we all need everything we have? What amount is too much then?

3. Is it ok to offer a more handsome compensation package, as an incentive to stay, if the company was already in the red before the CEO came aboard?

4. A is the CEO of A-Corp. B is on the board in A-Corp. B is the CEO of B-Corp. A is on the board in B-Corp. Is this is case of “old boys club”? If so, what are the implications of this?

5. How do you measure CEO performance?

6. Athletes get astronomical payments for doing debatably little work. Why is it ok for them to reap disproportionate salaries while CEOs are made to look like bad-guys?

7. If the United States is an individualistic culture, isn’t it understandable that American CEO’s want the biggest packages, even if it’s at the sake of other employees?

8. The U.S. is the largest singular economy, why is it unfair that American CEOs get more than their foreign counterparts?

9. Since the U.S. has the greatest compensation packages, wouldn’t top talent from around the world come to U.S. firms? If so, we’ll maintain an advantage in the global market. This is good for us isn’t it?

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