rick wartsman, an expert says widening pay disparities hurt employee moral. they get angry. at disproportionat amount. home in their pockets and not distributing it to all of those who have helped the company achieve goals. >> in switzerland, a ref made,um proposes limiting corporate pay to 12 times the salaries of the lowest paid workers. if someone tried that idea in america, it they would have to close an ocean. here is an example of ceo salaries from last year. j. c. pennies remained in $53 million for their ceo. 1,795 times more than the 29,688 dollar average wage of j. c. penney s. 23,000,150 while the average worker earned about 22,000 that's 1,34 to 1 mcdonald's ceo received a package of 13.8 million. the average employee, 22,000 a year. a ratio of 627 to 1. at general electric, 491 times more than his average worker. at xerox, a lower ratio 255 to 1. some corporations justify ceos as a reward for boosting the value of shareholder stock. >> there began an effort for stock options and other means to the corporation's financial performance. this has unfortunately creat