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Global Business: Why Don’t we Talk About our Pay?

Why don’t we talk about our pay?

20/02/2016 GMT

Why Don’t we Talk About our Pay?

BBC World Service - Global Business, Why Don’t we Talk About our Pay?

Jonty Bloom explores income and tax transparency in Norway

Jonty Bloom explores the impact of income and tax transparency on business practice and wider society in Norway.

How would you feel if your friends, neighbours and colleagues knew exactly how much you earned and what tax you paid? In many countries, it is a criminal offence to reveal someone else's tax affairs. But in some countries everyone's financial records are publicly available for all to see. And, it can have a profound effect on business practice and wider society, as Jonty Bloom discovers, travelling to Norway.

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