Completely detached compensations of key positions compared to the normal workers makes "work ethic" something that is difficult to believe in. At least if you

Completely detached compensations of key positions compared to the normal workers makes "work ethic" something that is difficult to believe in. At least if you are not hopelessly naive. Modesty was a value once, it isn't anymore. Why should work ethic remain? Good on those that stick to it and build something something of their own, but in a modern corporate world? That is about getting ahead instead of ethics. That latter probably has become a hindrance in some cases.