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Foreachstatement1—8,markoneletter(A,B,C,DorE)onyourAnswerSheet.·
Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.
第1题
A
Executivesarecomingtounderstandthattheycan'
tmeettheircorporateresponsibilitysimplybymaximizingshareholdervalue.LastyearPricewaterhouseCooperssurveyed1,161chiefexecutiveofficersofcompaniesfrom33countries.Some68percentofthosepolledsaidthatglobalcorporateresponsibilitywasvitaltoprofitability.Meanwhilecitizensaroundtheworldhavebecomemorevocalindemandingthatglobalbusinessbeheldaccountableforconductthatcouldunderminesocial,environmentaloreconomicprogress.
B
Althoughmarketshaveencouragedmorefirmstoactinaresponsiblemannerintheglobaleconomy,marketforceshavenotbeensufficienttoensureresponsiblebehaviorallofthetime.Moreover,theresponsiblefirmsthatworkhardertoensurethatworkersortheenvironmentaretreatedwellastheymakegoodsandservicescouldhavehighercosts,whichmayallowothercompetitorstogainmarketshare.Therightmixofpublicpoliciescanensurethatresponsiblefirmsarenotpenalized.
C
Washington,D.Cisdrowninginpaper.Congresshasvotedonproposalstopromotecorporateresponsibility.Meanwhile,thePresident,executivesandactivistsareallscurryingaboutinsearchofadditionalproposalstomakeexecutivesmoreaccountablefortheircompanies'
financialreports.Giventhatcapitalismtodayisglobalaswellaslocal,theUSmustworkwithitsalliestowriteinternationalcorporategovernancenorms.Butweneedtousethisopportunitytothinkmorebroadlyabouthowtoreassureglobaleconomicconfidencelongterm.Allofthereformeffortstodatefocusonanarrowdefinitionofcorporateresponsibility.PresidentBushacknowledgedinhisJuly9thspeech,"
Thereisnocapitalismwithoutconscience."
Thatiswhytheultimatereformwouldencouragecorporationstoalsoactresponsibilitytowardstheirworkersandtheenvironment.
D
Thecodes,includingonespromotedbytheDepartmentofState-theVoluntaryPrinciplesforSecurityandHumanRightsandtheOECDGuidelines,aredesignedtohelpbusinessprotecthumanrightsinnationswithpoorhumanrightsrecords.CorporatesocialresponsibilitypoliciescanalsoincludeEPAregulationsthatrequirecorporationstoreportontheirglobalenvironmentalliabilities.Afterall,thecostsofcleaningupcanbeamajordrainoncorporateprofits.ButthesepoliciesarenotwellcoordinatedorknownasCSRpolicies.Weresomeonetocompileanoverview,wemightgainagreaterunderstandingofhowsuchpoliciescanbemademoreeffective.Buttherearesomepoliciesincludingtaxpoliciesthatencouragefirmstoshiftproductionortheirheadquarterstonationswithweakerfiscalorregulatorysystems.Otherpoliciesthatmayundermineglobalcorporateresponsibilityincludecorporatewelfareandagriculturalprotectionism.
E
TheFrenchgovernmentrecentlyoverhauledFrenchcorporatelawandmandatedthedisclosureofcompanies'
socialandenvironmentalaswellasprofitperformance.Thisisagoodidea.TheBritishrequirepensionfundstoreportonthesocial,environmental,aswellasprofitperformanceoftheirinvestments.TheCanadiangovernmentisalsoexaminingawiderangeofpublicpoliciestopromoteCSR.Perhapsthemostinterestingdevelopmentwasthatin2001,withfundingfromtheAtkinsonFoundation,fiveprivatecitizensorganizedacommissionondemocracyandaccountability.Theirfinalreportissued25specificpolicyrecommendationsonpromotingglobalanddomesticCSR.
ManynationsaredevelopingaconsensusthatpublicpoliciescanandshouldpromotedomesticandglobalCSR.
【正确答案】:
E
【本题分数】:
1.0分
【答案解析】
[精析]本题意为:
很多国家逐渐达成一致意见.认为国家政策能够也必须促进国内以及国际的C5R。
在E文中的原句为:
TheCanadiangovernmentisalsoexaminingawiderangeofpublicpoliciestopromoteCSR.此外,E文中也列举了法国、英国以及AtkinsonFoundation,说明他们都为促进国内和国际的CSR努力,故此题答案为E。
第2题
Stakeholderscan'
tsimplyrelyonmarketforcestoensureglobalcorporatesocialresponsibility.
B
财产保管者不能仅仅依靠市场力量来确保国际企业的社会责任感。
比照原文,在B文的原句为:
marketforceshavenotbeensufficienttoensureresponsiblebehaviorallofthetime.意思是市场力量不足以在任何时候都能确保企业社会责任。
故答案为B。
第3题
Maximizingshareholdervaluealoneisnotagoodenoughlong-termstrategy.
[精析]仅仅最大化股东利益长期来看不是很好。
在A文中有原句:
theycan'
tmeettheircorporateresponsibilitysimplybymaximizingshareholdervalue,由此可见,行政总裁们也意识到仅仅最大化股东利益不能解决企业社会责任的问题。
故答案为A。
第4题
TheUnitedStateshasawiderangeofpoliciesthatareexplicitlydesignedtopromoteglobal