Narrative 12-1
Unilever has operations in 150 countries. Recently, Unilever took 100 of these top managers on a jungle retreat to Costa Rica. To the dismay of Unilever's chair, no women were in the group. Upon investigation, he learned that only one woman had even been invited. As the retreat progressed, its participants commented on the richness of diversity in nature and how for anything to grow, there needs to be diversity. These comments caused Unilever's chair to establish an executive committee to examine practical ways to overcome barriers to women's promotion. They decided to avoid setting numerical targets because they encourage positive discrimination and instead examined recruitment and promotion practices.
-Refer to the Narrative 12-1.After studying the problem,the executive committee discovered that the company recruited the same number of men and women,but women were not being promoted to the top management positions.Which of the following probably existed?
A) an executive box
B) an impervious chain of management
C) a missing ladder rung
D) a glass ceiling

Question

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The fact that women were not being promoted to top management positions despite being recruited in similar numbers suggests the presence of a glass ceiling. A glass ceiling refers to the invisible barriers that prevent women or minorities from advancing to top leadership positions in an organization.

Narrative 12-1 Unilever Has Operations in 150 Countries. Recently, Unilever Took 100