Etyczne aspekty zróżnicowania dochodów

Personal income differentiation (inequality) is widely observed. Various historicaland cultural factors are responsible for this phenomenon. In the longer run, thesefactors lead to a log-normal distribution of income with country-specific parameters.Ethical aspects of income differentiation are discussed in this paper. The startingpoint for the discussion is a diagnosis of income differentiation in Poland and EuropeanUnion countries based on statistical data. Another discussed issue is ethical dilemmasresulting from income inequalities. Special attention is paid to the relationshipbetween income differentiation and economic growth. The ethical aspects of the ratiobetween lower and upper income in corporations are also discussed.The conclusion is that income differentiation and its change may influenceeconomic growth in different ways. Extremely high income differentiation maylead to negative effects and is ethically doubtful.