VOA慢速英语2019 麦当劳CEO因与员工恋爱被迫离职

McDonald’s Chief Forced Out after Relationship with Employee

The American fast food business McDonald's is known around the world and was in the news last weekend.

美国快餐企业麦当劳在全世界都很有名，上周末还上了新闻。

McDonald's Corporation announced that its chief executive officer, CEO, has been forced out of the company for having a consensual relationship with an employee.

麦当劳公司宣布，其CEO因与员工发生自愿恋爱关系而被迫离开公司。

The relationship was a violation¹ of company policy, McDonald's said.

麦当劳表示，这种关系违反了公司政策。

And it accused CEO Steve Easterbrook, who also served as the company,s president, of showing bad judgment².

该公司还指责曾担任公司总裁的CEO史蒂夫·伊斯特布鲁克判断失误。

McDonald's bars supervisors³ from having romantic relationships with employees who directly or indirectly⁴ report to them.

麦当劳禁止主管与直接或间接向其报告的员工发生恋爱关系。

In an email to employees, Easterbrook admitted he had a relationship with an employee and that it was a mistake.

在一封发给员工的电子邮件中，伊斯特布鲁克承认他与一名员工存在恋爱关系，这是一个错误。

Given the values of the company, I agree...that it is time for me to move on, Easterbrook said in the email.

伊斯特布鲁克在邮件中说：“鉴于公司的价值观，我同意……现在是我离开的时候了。”

McDonald's board of directors voted on Easterbrook's employment Friday after an investigation⁵ into his relationship.

在对伊斯特布鲁克的恋爱关系进行调查后，麦当劳董事会于上周五对他的任职进行了投票。

He will also be leaving the company,s board of directors.

他还将离开公司董事会。

Easterbrook was appointed as CEO in 2015.

伊斯特布鲁克于2015年被任命为CEO。

McDonald's would not provide details about the employee with whom Easterbrook had a relationship.

麦当劳不愿提供与伊斯特布鲁克有恋爱关系的员工的详细信息。

A lawyer for Easterbrook would not answer questions.

伊斯特布鲁克的律师不会回答任何问题。

The board of directors named Chris Kempczinski as its new CEO and president.

董事会任命克里斯·肯普钦斯基为新任CEO兼总裁。

He recently served as president of McDonald's USA.

他最近担任麦当劳美国公司总裁。

Two weeks ago, McDonald's reported a 2 percent drop in profits for the three month reporting period ending on September 30, 2019.

两周前，麦当劳报告，截止到2019年9月30日的三个月，利润下降了2%。

During that period, the company said it spent a lot of money remodeling its stores and expanding delivery service.

在此期间，该公司表示花了很多钱来装修餐厅，扩大送货服务。

McDonald's also has reported that fewer people are going to its restaurants.

麦当劳在报告中还称，光顾其餐厅的人减少了。

The leadership change is unrelated to McDonald's operational or financial performance, the company said in a press release.

麦当劳在一份新闻稿中表示，领导层的变动与麦当劳的运营或财务业绩无关。

McDonald's decision to remove its CEO may show there has been progress on workplace issues as a result of the #MeToo movement, said Carl Tobias.

卡尔·托拜厄斯说，麦当劳决定撤换CEO可能表明，“MeToo”运动在工作场所问题上取得了进展。

He teaches law at the University of Richmond.

他在里士满大学教授法律。

Other companies don,t always act on that kind of information...and so it seems like they are trying to enforce a (strong) policy in this situation, Tobias said.

托拜厄斯表示：“其他公司并不总是根据这类信息采取行动……因此，在这种情况下，它们似乎在试图执行(强有力的)政策。”

Last year, Brian Krzanich left his job as CEO of Intel Corporation after investigators⁶ found he had a consensual relationship with an employee that violated company policy.

去年，调查人员发现布莱恩·科兹安尼克与一名员工有亲密关系，违反了公司政策，于是他辞去了英特尔公司CEO的工作。

In December, CBS Corporation removed its CEO, Les Moonves, after several women accused him of sexual harassment⁷.

去年12月，哥伦比亚广播公司在几名女性指控其CEO莱斯·穆恩维斯性骚扰后，将其免职。

The CBS board of directors denied him $120 million promised under his contract with the company.

哥伦比亚广播公司董事会拒绝了他与该公司签订合同时承诺的1.2亿美元。

Among other problems, McDonald's has faced workplace harassment charges.

除了其他问题，麦当劳还面临职场性骚扰指控。

In May, the company said it was expanding anti-harassment training and offering a telephone hotline for workers to report problems.

今年5月，该公司表示正在扩大反骚扰培训，并为员工提供举报问题的电话热线。

McDonald's made the changes after a labor⁸ group announced more than 20 sexual harassment cases against the company.

麦当劳做出这些改变之前，一个劳工组织宣布了针对麦当劳的20多起性骚扰案件。

Fight for $15 is the name of the group that brought the sexual harassment charges.

提出性骚扰指控的组织名为“Fight for $15”。

It said McDonald's answers to the charges were not good enough.

它表示，麦当劳对指控的回应让人不满意。

The company needs to be completely (open) about Easterbrook, the group said.

“公司需要对伊斯特布鲁克事件完全(公开)，”该组织表示。

Kempczinski joined McDonald's in 2015.

肯普钦斯基于2015年加入麦当劳。

He was responsible for nearly 14,000 McDonald's in the United States.

他负责美国近14000家麦当劳。

Words in This Story

consensual – adj. agreed to by the people involved

romantic – adj. involving or related to the expression of love

delivery – n. the act of taking something to a person or place

harassment – n. the act of creating a hostile or unwanted situation

contract – n. a business agreement between two or more

persons or groups

hotline – n. a telephone service for the public to use to get help in emergencies

1 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

2 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

3 supervisors   

n.监督者，管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
• Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句

4 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

8 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。