No company likes to be told it is
contributing to the moral decline of a nation. "Is this what you like to
accomplish with your careers " an American senator asked Time Warner executives
recently. "You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and
threaten our children as well " At Time Warner, however, such questions are
simply the latest manifestation of the soulsearching that has involved the
company ever since the company was born in 1990. It’s a self-examination that
has, at different times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and
the corporate bottom line. At the core of this debate is
chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over from the late Steve Ross in the early
1990s. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price
and reduce the company’s mountainous debt, which A. controversy. B. fear. C. disaster. D. solution.
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