首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. "Is this what you like to accomplish with your
No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. "Is this what you like to accomplish with your
admin
2010-07-06
79
问题
No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. "Is this what you like to accomplish with your careers?" an American senator asked Time Warner executives recently. "You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?" At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soulsearching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990. It’s a self-examination that has, at different times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line.
At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over from the late Steve Ross in the early 1990s. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company’s mountainous debt, which will increase to $ 17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin has consistently defended the company’s rap music on the grounds of expression. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T’s violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. "The test of any democratic society," he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, "lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won’t retreat when we face any threats."
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society’s ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the "balanced struggle" between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he proclaimed that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say some of them have shown their concerns in this matter. "Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited," says Luce. "I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this."
An American senator criticized Time Warner for
选项
A、its raising of the corporate stock price.
B、its self-examination of the soul.
C、its neglect of social responsibility.
D、its emphasis on creative freedom.
答案
C
解析
美国参议员批评Time warner,主要是因为他忽略了社会责任,发行反映暴力的音乐。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/2IDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Fordecades,postersdepictingrabbitswithinflamed,reddenedeyessymbolizedcampaignsagainstthetestingofcosmeticsonani
Whenmymotherlearnedshewaspregnantwithme,myparentssatdownoneSundaymorningtoreviewtheirfinances.Turningonthe
Ontheheelsofitsrecentdecisiontocriminalizeconsumerswhoripsongsfromalbumstheyhavepurchasedtotheircomputers(or
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】______peoplegetolder
Between1852,when【C1】______wasfirstestablishedthatMountEverestwasthehighestmountainonearth,and1953,whenEdmundHi
A=WashingtonD.C.B=NewYorkCityC=ChicagoD=LosAngelesWhichcity...istheheadquarteroftheSupremeCourt?【P1】_
RecentsurveysshowthatJapaneseyouthhavebecomea"MeGeneration"thatrejectstraditionalvalues."Around1980manyJap
Periodicallyinhistory,therecomeperiodsofgreattransitioninwhichworkchangesitsmeaning.Therewasatime,perhaps10,
"Down-to-earth"meanssomeoneorsomethingthatishonest,realisticandeasytodealwith.Itisapleasuretofind【C1】______wh
WhatisthemainpartoftheGoldenBridge?________________________
随机试题
以下不属于电子商务分类的是()
A.肝阳上亢B.肝阳化风C.气血亏虚D.肾精不足E.痰浊中阻
按照计算的时间单位不同,我国常用的计时工资具体形式不包括()。
除了目光接触外,()也是一种可完成精细信息沟通的体语形式。
在培训过程中,为及时纠正偏差须做好()。
中国共产党第十八届中央委员会第三次全体会议,全面分析了当前形势和任务,强调全党同志要把思想和行动统一到中央关于全面深化改革重大决策部署上来,增强进取意识、机遇意识、责任意识,牢牢把握方向,大胆实践探索,注重统筹协调,凝聚改革共识,落实领导责任,坚定不移实现
某货运公司现有100辆货车,需招聘若干司机,条件是每工作五天后休息两天。公司希望司机休息时货车不休息,则至少要招聘______名司机。
一个儿童参加斯坦福一比内智力测验,得到智商为111,如以95%可靠度要求,其置信区间是()。
设A是4×5矩阵,α1,α2,α3,α4,α5是A的列向量组,r(α1,α2,α3,α4,α5)=3,则()正确。
【B1】【B3】
最新回复
(
0
)