填空题 Ethics and Mission Statement
As business emerged from the profit-oriented in 1980s, values and social responsibilities were being emphasized on corporate mission statements.
1 Because greed was out, and ethics were in. Business and their employees
2 became actively engaged in less activities that contributed to their communities.
3 To spell out their goals, companies were increasingly developed codes of ethics.
4 Mission statements that were written because they required consensus and
5 commitment. Not everyone who, however, agreed with the trend toward the
6 strong social stances of some public corporations. Respected economist Milton
7 Friedman contended, "Many Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very
8 foundation of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social
9 responsibility other than to make as much more money for their stockholders as
10 possible. The CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. expressed another one viewpoint about
11 mission statement, saying that "our compliance-based program sent to a
12 disturbing message to our people — WE DON"T RESPECT YOUR INTELLIGENCE OR TRUST YOU".