CEOs are the lead of many people in a company. If they were to fail and cause the company to fail then many people would be out of a job. That would be the lives of thousands that would no longer have a steady income and would have to seek another form of employment. Dorman writes that the median pay for the 200 largest publicly traded companies was $15.1 million (2013). So is it justified that the $15 million helping provide thousands of people with income to feed themselves and others. Furthermore, a great comparison to CEO compensation is professional athletes. Much like CEOs they make millions of dollars however, they do not oversee so many other people. Dorfman says that “there are 43 major league baseball players who will earn $15 million
