Unilever
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, there were no women 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 everything needs diversity to grow. 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 Unilever. 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. This probably resulted from the existence of a(n)____________ .
A) executive box
B) impervious chain of management
C) missing ladder rung
D) glass ceiling
E) gender affirmation

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The executive committee discovered that women were not being promoted to the top management positions, which is indicative of a glass ceiling. This refers to an invisible barrier that prevents women and other minorities from advancing to higher positions within an organization despite their qualifications and achievements. It is a systemic issue that can be caused by discrimination, bias, and a lack of diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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