Course:VANT149/2022/Capstone/Arts/GroupD4

Research question

How can we reduce the income inequality of CEOs' salaries between genders in British Columbia ?

Student researcher names

Alice Chiu, Vicky Lin, Sosuke Ota

Project proposal summary

  Our project is going to investigate the unequal salaries of CEOs in BC. In the literature, although some scholars do not believe gender income inequality still exists nowadays, most researchers view it as a serious issue. However, the answer to solve this issue has not yet been found in the existing literature. Our research is aimed at finding some solutions to reduce the gender pay gap through qualitative methods- interviewing 5 MBA professors in BC to gain more insights about our topic. The research is connected to the concept of social sustainability, which focuses on human rights and social justices. The unequal gender pay gap of CEOs contradicts the values of social sustainability because men and women earn differently due to their gender. The UN sustainable goal- gender inequality therefore targets at improving the involvement and opportunities of women in all leadership positions. We hope that if the unequal pay of CEOs, who are the highest executives in companies, can be reduced, other employees at different positions can also be paid equally.

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