Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000: a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman’s compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unmarked By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time, she said.
Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm’s board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive’s proposals. If the sky, and the share price is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.
The researchers from Ohio University used a database hat
A. gaining excessive profits
B. failing to fulfill her duty
C. refusing to make compromises
D. leaving the board in tough times
Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000: a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman’s compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unmarked By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time, she said.
Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm’s board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive’s proposals. If the sky, and the share price is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.
The researchers from Ohio University used a database hat
A. generous investors
B. unbiased executives
C. share price forecasters
D. independent advisers
In 1941,when my father joined the U. S. Army, he was told that, on a written test, he had showed (36) for preparing food. Army officials offered him a course in becoming a cook. My father (37) because he thought he could (38) the battles, is things turned out, he got good (39) and became head cook of an army kitchen.
All went well 40 he had to deal with spinach (菠菜). Because spinach is good for health, the army (41) it several times per week. (42) , the soldiers refused (43) to look at spinach on their plates. After hours of cooking spinach, my father (44) that, at the end of the meal, he was throwing all of it away. To save time and effort, he decided simply to throw away the (45) vegetable before it was cooked.
One day an army officer saw the (46) spinach in the rubbish. He blamed my father, (47) that he was destroying government property (财产). (48) my father explained tha
A. showing
B. causing
C. saving
D. leaving
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