【性別中立】董事長先生又回來了？
今年2月，晶片製造商超微半導體（Advanced Micro Devices，AMD）在批准其行政總裁蘇姿豐花紅方案的前一天，從公司章程中去掉了董事長英文頭銜中帶有性別指向的部分——董事長的英文為chairman，其中man指男性。該公司在一份監管文件中稱，這是「技術化、現代化、清晰化且順應潮流的一系列變化」中的一部分。雖然AMD之前就已經在公開場合以不區分性別的「chair」來稱呼蘇姿豐了，但自2014年開始出任該公司行政總裁的蘇姿豐，在2022年開始兼任董事長後，在正式法律文件中，她還一直是 chairman。
過去三年來，隨著重視多元化、平等和包容性的公眾壓力上升，很多大型美國公司都開始採用性別中立的語言，Digital Realty只是其中之一。但而今，這一勢頭有所減慢，原因在於，在許多美國企業和機構中，以保守派人士為首，有人開始強烈反對多元平等包容（Diversity，equity and inclusion，DEI）政策。
在2020年，標普500指數中有88％的企業（438間）正式使用chairman這一頭銜，甚至董事長為女性的企業也是如此。根據彭博新聞社對過往20年來2000多份監管檔案的分析，自那之後，使用性別中立的chair或chairperson的企業數量增加到至少185間，是2020年的三倍。
儘管最初勢頭迅猛，但自去年年初以來，企業轉向使用性別中立語言的趨勢卻一直在穩步減慢。今年1月裡，沒有一間標普500企業放棄chairman的叫法，這是自2022年6月以來的首次。
只有公共事業、通訊和材料這三個行業，已有超過半數公司做出了改變。科技業也落後得不遠，採用性別中立語言的公司比例達44％。能源行業最弱，只有24％。在15間市值最高的石油和天然氣企業中，只有斯倫貝謝（Schlumberger）改用了「chair」。
―― 撰文Zachary Fleming、Cam Baker、Andre Tartar、Raeedah Wahid；譯 晴川
#多元平等 #董事長 #DEI #超微半導體 #性別中立
（本文節選自《彭博商業周刊∕中文版》第297期，如欲查閱全文，歡迎訂閱）
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adj.
Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.
n. Informal, pl., -ies.
One that serves for a limited time: an office staffed by temporaries.
temporariness tem'po·rar'i·ness n.
hazing
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Joint Statement on Hong Kong
MEDIA NOTE
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
MAY 28, 2020
That leaves austerity. The expiry of a payroll-tax cut and the imposition of higher income taxes on the rich will cost taxpayers some $150 billion this year in higher taxes. On March 1st the “sequester”—across-the-board federal spending cuts worth $85 billion in the current fiscal year—took effect. The economy is now starting to look less resilient in the face of that austerity than it did at first.
More reports of hazing in German military surface
A week ago Germany's military commissioner said reports of ritual hazing at
a mountain infantry camp were being investigated. But five new reports of
similar abuse indicate a bigger problem.
The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/
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Hu Shih's
...temporary hospitalized
temporarily hospitalized
tem·po·rar·y (tĕm'pə-rĕr'ē)
adj.
Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.
n. Informal, pl., -ies.
One that serves for a limited time: an office staffed by temporaries.
[Latin temporārius, from tempus, tempor-, time.]
temporarily tem'po·rar'i·ly adv.temporariness tem'po·rar'i·ness n.
SYNONYMS temporary, acting, ad interim, interim, provisional. These adjectives mean assuming the duties of another for the time being: a temporary chairperson; the acting dean; an ad interim admissions committee; an interim administration; a provisional mayor.
ANTONYM permanent
ANTONYM permanent
hazing
n.
1. the imposition of strenuous, often humiliating, tasks as part of a rigorous physical training program: army cadets were hospitalized for injuries caused by hazing.
2. humiliating and sometimes dangerous initiation rituals: seven upperclassmen at the academy were charged with hazing.
imposition
noun
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere (see impose)
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- 1a賦課物，税金；刑罰；((英))（生徒に課する）罰課題
- 2〔通例an ～〕負担，迷惑（な要求）
- 3（善意などに）つけ込むこと；詐欺，ぺてん
- 4《宗教》按手あんしゅ；《印刷》組みづけ
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