Narrative 11-1 Unilever Has Operations in 150 Countries. Recently,Unilever Took 100 of 100

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Narrative 11-1
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 Narrative 11-1. Which type of diversity did the retreat in Costa Rica reveal a need to be concerned about?

• A)surface-level  
• B)affirmative action  
• C)peripheral  
• D)discriminatory

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Definitions:

Digestive

Pertains to the biological system in organisms responsible for breaking down food into nutrients and waste.

Esophagus

The muscular tube that moves food from the throat to the stomach.

Sphincter

A ring-like muscle that controls the passage of substances through an opening in the body, such as the anus or esophagus.

Peristalsis

The series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food through the digestive tract.