Don’t Ask Larry Ellison About Women’s Pay at Oracle

The biggest Silicon Valley companies have responded to complaints about unequal pay by disclosing the gaps between men and women doing similar work.

But not Oracle Corp.

The software giant’s board, led by founder Larry Ellison, 75, says it’s a waste of time and money because the company is already committed to equal pay for equal work.

Heather Smith, the vice president of sustainable investing at Pax World Funds who’s pushing to make the figures public, isn’t buying it—and neither is a majority of Oracle’s outside investors.

For a third consecutive year, Pax is calling on Oracle to produce a ...