What do you think the CEO of BP would receive as a pay raise if his company was flush with profits, after a record or near record year? I ask that question because CEO Bob Dudley was awarded a 20 percent pay raise when, as noted by Houston Chronicle business columnist Chris Tomlinson, he has managed the “company through a dramatic drop in share price,” and has laid “off thousands of employees and endangered the company’s dividend.”

Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in...