暨南大学外招生《大学英语》教学课件 College English Course for Overseas Undergraduates JNU QUALITY COURSE 暨南大学外国语学院 MARKET LEADER 体验商务英语 综合教程第三册 a new language course for tomorrow’s business leaders intermediate Business English Course Book 3 JNU QUALITY COURSE 暨南大学外国语学院 MARKET LEADER BOOK THREE JNU QUALITY COURSE 暨南大学外国语学院 ML Book three unit ten overview Starting up Listening a code of ethics Reading whistle blowing on tobacco Vocabulary honesty and dishonesty Language review narrative tenses Skills problem-solving Case study profit or principle JNU QUALITY COURSE 暨南大学外国语学院 Textbook-- page(78-85) 4 Definition: Ethics Ethics are the moral rules or principles of behavior for deciding what’s right or wrong. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Why do people start businesses? To fulfill one’s dream The Purposes of A Business To create jobs To help people In need To fight pollution To offer better To make money To make better services products 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 What do you understand by these phrases? • Business ethics 商务/企业道德 • A code of good practice 良好行为准则 • A mission statement (公司/岗位)宗旨 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 How unethical are these activities? No, you shouldn’t do that! It is wrong to… It is inappropriate to… It is unacceptable to… It is selfish of you to… It is illegal to… It is against the company rule to… 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Vocabulary: Honesty and Dishonesty crooked trustworthy Law-abiding A slush fund A sweetener compensation disclosure Insider trading A whistleblower A swindler Industrial espionage A conman A bribe A bonus A commission fraud deceit 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 integrity Complete these sentences. A slush fund 2. We’ve got ____________ which is used in countries where it’s difficult to do business without bribes. 3. Their car looked so much like our new model. industrial espionage We suspect ___________________. a whistleblower 4. They fired him because he was ____________. He informed the press that the company was using under-age workers in the factory. a bribe 5. He denied accepting _________ when he gave the contract to the most expensive supplier. 6. I admire our chairman. He’s a man of his word integrity and is greatly respected for his __________. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Discussion What’s the right thing to do? 1. Who’s the best manager? 2. Should the workers have higher wages? 3. Are you going to blow the whistle? 暨南大学精品课程项目 4. Maintain the price and reduce the weight, or …? 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Whistle-blowing on tobacco A Discussion over Smoking: Is it only a matter of personal choice? 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Reading: Whistle-blowing on tobacco Jeffery Wigand, former B&W executive Mike Wallace, CBS correspondent 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Some Key Expressions: • to blow the whistle • to expose the lies • Adamantly • Insider • Consciously • to get us hooked on nicotine • literally • to manipulate the nicotine fix 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Some More Key Expressions • to enhance its effect by putting dangerous additives like ammonia into cigarettes • to broadcast / to air • Central nervous system • to sue… for… • to break his strict confidentiality agreement • to go public • to succeed in intimidation • to be identified with… 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Some More Key Expressions • to taint one’s reputation • Leak out • to create havoc • Take the 60 minutes off the hook • Help right some wrong • Self-righteousness • Divorce • Be comfortable with • to make a difference 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 C Answer these questions. 1. Because of fear. CBS feared that Wigand’s employer would sue CBS for 15 billion dollars because it claimed that CBS induced Wigand to break the strict Confidentiality Agreement between Wigand and his employer. Later, CBS no longer feared the lawsuit because the Wall Street Journal exposed the case. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 C Answer these questions. 2. Threatening and intimidating. B&W threatened to want Jeffrey Wigand’s head and sued Wigand for breaking the confidentiality Agreement. B&W also intimidated CBS to drop Mike Wallace's interview with Jeffrey Wigand in 60 Minutes. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 C Answer these questions. 3 According to Jeffery Wigand, he enjoyed battling big tobacco because he could do something to help others. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 D Match these phrases. 1 The cigarette companies were consciously tohooked get uson hooked on nicotine. •trying get sb. sth. • lead sb. to do sth. 2 CBS management feared that B&w might sue •for induce sb. toas do $15 sth. billion • for get inducing sb. addicted to sth. as much Wigand to break his strict confidentiality agreement •with identify sb. with sth. • be free from anxiety B&WP or strss I think it hurt probably you personally, OK, •3 be comfortable with… because you were identified with itsb.(the • associate with sth. programme). 4 I enjoy what I do, and I’m comfortable with myself 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Listening: A code of ethics Key phrases on the recording 10.1 - the issue of ethics - be made up of… - multinationals - to reflect society’s standards - be a positive influence - to make a commitment to… 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Listening: A code of ethics Key phrases on the recording 10.1 - to communicate…to… - to contribute to… - be held accountable for… - be more likely to act on … 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 B Are these statements true or false, according to Claire? F 1. The issue of ethics is simple. T 2. If a company puts its code of ethics in writing, it is more likely to act on it. T 3. Following up a code of ethics is difficult. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 C Complete the two extracts below. commitment to certain good • ‘Firstly, it makes a _____________ behavior and so it’s a way of communicating the ___________ good behavior importance of __________________ to all of its employees and partners.’ writing • ‘If you express these things in _________ , especially, accountable for them.’ then you can be held ______________ 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 D Now listen to the second part of the interview. Key phrases on the recording 10.2 • moral dilemmas • to offer bribes • to get … into hot water • to get involved in… • facilitation payment • be well-placed • be out of proportion to… • nepotism 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 D ‘When does a facilitation ___________ payment become a __________?’ bribe • Examples she gives: 1. Paying consultants to make introductions. 2. The size of the payment. 3. The problems with nepotism. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Language review: Narrative tenses to have trouble with… face cream a real winner to burn one’s skin allergy to harm the image to recall the product 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Key phrases on recording 10.3 A What’s the logical order of the stages of the launch? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. e) The product was tested. d) The product was launched. h) The product sold well. g) People started to complain. a) The newspaper asked questions. f) The number of complaints doubled. b) The product was recalled. c) The company lost a lot of money. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 B Answer these questions. What was the product? A kind of face cream. What was the problem? It caused an allergic reaction. 1. Setting the scene and providing background information Past continuous 2. Events which happen before the story begins Past perfect 3. Events in the story Past simple 4. Saying what the present results of the story are Present perfect 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 c listen again to the conversation. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 D Complete the story. That reminds me of the problem we _had_ with our introduced it a few months earlier and milk carton. We ________ had become it _____________ popular with customers. People ______________it, _______ were buying talking about it and recommending ____________to their friends and so on. Then we changed was cheaper and we _________ to a new supplier who ___ ______ to get lots of complaints. People couldn’t ______ open started the cartons any more. We were surprised about the tested on some of our workers. problem because we ______ They _____ it was fine. In the end, we _______ said decided to go were really stupid. back to our original supplier. We _____ had lost a lot of customers. We In the meantime, we ________ _________ have been very careful about choosing suppliers for packaging ever since. 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Skills: Problem-solving Key phrase on recording 10.4 暨南大学精品课程项目 to have drink problem to affect one’s work to deal with… to get professional help Let’s look at the pros and cons of… to have a friendly chat with… Let’s think about the consequences of… 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Case study: Profit or principle? Name of the company: Livewire The CEO: Niko Takakis The GM: Carl Thompson The PA to the GM: Valerie Harper 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Key phrases to understand: From a loss-making company into a profitable organization To grow as fast as possible An outstanding employee Be seen shouting at each other A white super-racist To discriminate against… To insult sb. To criticize sb. Unless… 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 More key phrases to resign Verbal abuse Accidentally An electronic can opener A few modifications To leak information to our rival 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作 Thesaurus swindler absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con man, confidence man, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, forger, four-flusher*, fraud, gouger, grifter, gyp, imposter, impostor, knave, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rogue, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster 暨南大学精品课程项目 外国语学院大学英语教学部制作