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Paper Assignment: Executive Compensation
Read Jeff Moriarty's "How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?". You can find this article in the paper assignments folder on Canvas. Write a 2 - 3paged paper (typed, single-spaced) organized as follows:
• Section 1: Present and explain Moriarty's argument for the conclusion CEOs have a moral responsibility not to seek or accept compensation above the "MEC" level (MEC = minimum effective compensation). In your presentation of Moriarty's ideas, please briefly include the two objections he anticipates for his argument along with his replies to those two objections).
• Section 2: Evaluate Moriarty's argument, assessing its strengths and/or weaknesses. Develop your assessments with detailed arguments, relevant quantitative data, and multiple pieces of supporting evidence.
Other Requirements
o Please incorporate two academic resources into your paper. At least one source must come from a peer-reviewed philosophy or business ethics book, article or encyclopedia entry. The other may come from any discipline (including philosophy), e.g., business, law, economics, etc.
• Any standard, professional citation style is acceptable (APA, MLA, etc.). You may not count the Moriarty paper itself as one of your required resources.
• Please use section headings to distinguish the two main sections of your paper.