In our country during these past 45 years, the Big Business Mentality has resulted in an enormous income disparity/pay gap in corporate America, which is contributing to the divisiveness in our country. Can we blame workers for protesting when their bosses make several hundred times their pay? General Motors CEO Mary Barra was paid $29 million last year, which is 361 times the $80,000 the average GM worker makes. To its credit, Harvard Business School has changed course since Enron and other scandals. Ethics issues now are embedded in the cases and class discussions. But Big Business has not addressed the pay gap; in fact, it continues to grow annually. Until this disparity is fixed, we will remain a divided nation.
