in 2012 it was estimated that the average pay of ceos at large u.s. corporations was 354 times what the average employee was paid, making executive compensation a hot-button topic in the united states. as the manager in her department, alyssa has the final say as to who receives a bonus at the end of each quarter and how much that bonus will be. decide how alyssa can demonstrate that she is an ethical manager in her bonus distribution.