Executive compensation is a complete opposite to the distributive justice method within the equity theory. Executive compensation, although seemingly “fair” in comparison to CEO’s of similar companies is completely lopsided in today’s job Market. With the ratio being “eight times higher than the same ratio from the 1950s,” CEOs are being ridiculed for being overpaid in comparison with the rest of the company. In my opinion, the comparative others should be more closely tied in with the rest of the company and not so much comparison to other CEOs. If one corporation begins to raise the bar for executive compensation