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
考研
Henric Ibsen, author of the play "A Doll’s House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons her husband and children to se
Henric Ibsen, author of the play "A Doll’s House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons her husband and children to se
admin
2009-11-14
51
问题
Henric Ibsen, author of the play "A Doll’s House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved. From January 1st, 2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which was passed in 2003. But about 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are still too male for the government’s liking. They will shortly receive a letter informing them that they have until the end of February to act, or face the legal consequences—which could include being dissolved.
Before the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female, according to the Centre for Corporate Diversity. The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or America’s 15% for the Fortune 500. Norway’s stock exchange and its main business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen. "I am against quotas for women or men as a matter of principle," says Sverre Munck, head of international operations at a media firm. "Board members of public companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience," he says. Several firms have even given up their public status in order to escape the new law.
Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has been difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35 directorships each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the "golden skirts" . One reason for the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies—they occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hard for firms in the oil, technology and financial industries to find women with enough experience.
Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that in turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors. "Women feel more compelled than men to do their homework," says Ms Reksten Skaugen, who was voted Norway’s chairman of the year for 2007, "and we can afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know the answers."
The main idea of the passage might be ______.
选项
A、female power and liberation in Norway
B、the significance of Henric Ibsen’s play
C、women’s status in Norwegian firms
D、the constitution of board members in Norway
答案
C
解析
本题为是主旨大意题,答案是C:挪威企业中妇女的地位。文章全文围绕妇女在挪威企业中的地位展开讨论。特别是第1段和第4段。第1段通过易卜生的《玩偶之家》引出挪威妇女的社会地位问题,以后各段就国家新颁布的有关妇女名额的法令展开讨论,第4段就有人担心妇女相对缺乏经验提出不同看法,指出挪威的新近历史证明,人选恰当的女性能够成为强有力的领导者(the right women can make strong directors)。故正确C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/pCsa777K
本试题收录于:
MBA联考(英语)题库专业硕士分类
0
MBA联考(英语)
专业硕士
相关试题推荐
March27,1997,dawnedasanormaldayattheCollins’home.Bythemiddleofthemorning,JackCollinswasathisdesk,writin
TheChinaboomisbynowawell-documentedphenomenon.Whohasn’t【1】theMiddleKingdom’sastoundingeconomicgrowth(8percenta
Peopleinbusinesscanuseforesighttoidentifynewproductsandservices,aswellasmarketsforthoseproductsandservices.
TravelaroundJapantoday,andoneseesforeignresidentsholdingawide______ofjobs.
Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto______.ThefollowingproblemsarethoughttobeconnectedwiththeSourcesforknowle
Paperisdifferentfromotherwasteproducebecauseitcomesfromasustainableresource:trees.(21)themineralsandoilused
Shouldaleaderstrivetobelovedorfeared?Thisquestion,famouslyposedbyMachiavelli,liesattheheartofJosephNye’sne
HighwaysEarlyinthe20thcentury,mostofthestreetsandroadsintheU.S.weremadeofdirt,brick,andcedarwoodblock
Researchershavestudiedthepoorasindividuals,asfamiliesandhouseholds,asmembersofpoorcommunities,neighborhoodsand
Howmanyreallysufferasaresultoflabormarketproblems?Thisisoneofthemostcriticalyetcontentioussocialpolicyques
随机试题
如何动态、连续地通过观察生命体征评估活动耐力?
九华山道教始于唐代,唐乾宁年间,赵知微建延华观于凤凰岭。()
—I’mafraidthatIcan’tfinishthetaskassoonasplaned.—______.
胆总管结石常见的是
A.腹膜炎B.腹膜硬化C.腹透管移位D.腹透管周围网膜包绕E.腹透管刺激腹膜患者尿毒症腹膜透析2年,腹透治疗一直很顺利,1天前发现腹透液完全不能流出。其最大的可能是
绘制时间一成本累积曲线的环节有:①计算单位时间成本;②确定工程项目进度计划;③计算计划累计支出的成本额;④绘制S形曲线。正确的绘制步骤是()。
关于债券基金与债券的说法错误的是()。
甲企业2007年度利润总额为200万元,其中包括本年收到的国债利息收入50万元。该企业适用的所得税税率为33%。甲企业当年按税法核定的全年计税工资为200万元,全年实发工资为220万元;当年的营业外支出中,有10万元为税款滞纳金支出。除上述事项外,
经验主义的奠基人是()
DBMS运行的基本依据是数据库结构描述,它们存储于_____中。
最新回复
(
0
)