填空题 Ethics and Mission Statements
Correct As business emerged from the profit-oriented 1980s, values and social
on responsibilities were being emphasized on in corporate mission statements.
34 Because Greed was out, and ethics were in. Businesses and their employees
35 became actively engaged in less activities that contributed to their communities.
36 To spell out their goals, companies were increasingly developed codes of ethics.
37 Mission statements that were written because they required consensus and
38 commitment. Not everyone who, however, agreed with the trend toward the
39 strong social stances of some public corporations. Respected economist Milton
40 Friedman contended, "Many Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very
41 foundation of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social
42 responsibility other than to make as much more money for their stockholders as
43 possible." The CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. expressed another one viewpoint about
44 mission statements, saying that "our compliance-based program sent to a
45 disturbing message to our people--WE DON'T RESPECT YOUR
INTELLIGENCE OR TRUST YOU!/