• Amazon. You can find executive compensation in SEC filings on EDGAR at U.S. Secutities and Exchange Commission Website or on other sites, such as Executive Paywatch. Use your best judgment to compute the proportion of executive compensation to average employee salary. (For example, are executives earning five times, or 10 times, or 100 times the average employee?) Provide links to the data used to calculate the proportion of executive compensation. In your opinion, are the executives worth it?
• In your opinion, what are the costs and benefits associated with compensating executives with stock or the option to purchase stock?
• What do you believe are the most effective audit procedures to use to identify executive compensation abuse or fraud? Support your opinions and recommended audit procedures with at least one scholarly source in addition to your textbook.