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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 464.
Vocabulary task
Before you read
IMPROVING ETHICAL PERFORMANCE
READING III
Concept check
1. Answer the questions:
1) Are moral problems that managers face similar to those faced by other people? Why?
2) What difficulties do managers face?
3) In what way can an individual act unethically?
4) What unethical actions are in clear violation of the law?
5) Why is it difficult for managers to act as agents for the organization?
6) What points do corporate social responsibility and ethics in management meet at?
2.Speak about ethical difficulties in the work of managers.
| 1) extortion | a) взяточничество |
| 2) ethical performance | b) подделка счетов |
| 3) bribery | c) улучшение этических норм |
| 4) kickbacks | d) этические проблемы |
| 5) falsifying accounts | e) рассматривать последствия |
| 6) ethical issues | f) вымогательство |
| 7) consider ramifications | g) «откаты» |
Match the terms with their definitions. Try to find their Russian equivalents.
| 1) code of ethics | a) a person who passes judgment on ethical issues related to the organization |
| 2) ethics committee | b) the process of checking the organization's compliance with ethical requirements and standards |
| 3) social audit | c) the ability to behave ethically |
| 4) ethics training | d) the process of developing people's awareness and sensitivity of ethical issues |
| 5) ethical performance | e) ethical rules and value system existing in the organization |
| 6) ethics advocate | f) a group of people chosen to consider the ethical consequences of company practicies |
Think ahead
1.Explain how you understand the role of codes of ethics, ethics committees and ethics training.
2.Can you think of any examples of ethical rules that organizations want their employees to follow?
Text 8.3.Read the text and say what comprises the process of improving ethical performance.
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