TITLE

Soaring CEO wages merit close scrutiny

PUB. DATE

August 1997

SOURCE

Plastics News;08/04/97, Vol. 9 Issue 23, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Opinion. Comments on pay increases granted to top executives in the plastics industry of the United States, in comparison to their employees. Information on average pay increases for chief executive officers; Increasing use of stock options to tie executive pay to corporate performance.

ACCESSION #

9708313000

Tags: PLASTICS industries;  EMPLOYEES;  WAGES

 

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