Unilever Unilever Has Operations in 150 Countries. Recently, Unilever Took 100

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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. This is an example of a diversity program because it____________ .

A) is a punitive approach to employee relations
B) is done voluntarily
C) has been dictated by affirmative action legislation
D) is designed to compensate for past discrimination
E) is accurately described by none of these