Why is compensation policy even a HR issue?

This kinda makes no sense.

Insofar as a company has a compensation policy aside from "pay the executives a lot and everyone else not as much," why would such a policy be considered the domain of HR?

Let me explain this one clearly and quickly.

Article 1: Executives tend not to care about HR. They do care about money. Compensation policy is inherently a money issue, as salaries are …