高级商务英语听说（第二版）Unit16ASociallyResponsibleCorporation-BusinessEthics

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1、ASociallyResponsibleCorporation—BusinessEthics企业社会责任—商业伦理Unit16LearningobjectivesInthisunitstudentswilllearnwordsandexpressionsrelatedtobusinessethicsandsocialresponsibilities.Studentswillbeabletoargueeitherinfavoroforagainstbusinessethicsandsocialresponsi

2、bilities.Answerstothecomprehensionquestions1.AndersonwasindictedbytheUSDepartmentofJustice(DOJ)onchargesofobstructingthecourseofjusticeintheEnron(oneofAndersen'sclients)case.2.DOJ'sinvestigationrevealedthatAndersenhaddeliberatelydestroyedcrucialdocumentsrel

3、atingtoEnronduringOctober-November2001.3.Boththedestructionofcrucialdocumentsandthefactthatthefirmhadbeenembroiledinmanycontroversiesduringthelate1990sdestroyedallchancesofanoutsidecourtsettlement.4.AsnegativepublicityforAndersenmounted,itseemedcertainthatt

4、hefirmwouldneverbeabletodobusinessthewayithadforovereightdecades.PartABusinessNewsFirstlistening:listenforthegistWhatisthemainideaofnewsitemone?Toshibaintroducedgroup-wideprocurementpolicybasedoncorporatesocialresponsibility.Itexplainedthereasonwhythepolic

5、yismadeandwhatregulationssuppliersshouldabide.Whatisthemainideaofnewsitemtwo?Thisnewsitemexplainsthreestepsthatcorporateboardmemberscantakeinordertofosterandpromoteethicalcorporateculture.Secondlistening:listenforspecificinformationInthisparttheteacherhasg

6、reatfreedomandflexibilitytoaskstudentsquestions,toclarifyanydifficultlanguagepoints,toaddinsupplementarymaterialsasbackgroundknowledgeorin-depthunderstandingofthelisteningmaterials.Noticehowtheseexpressionsarerelatedtoethicalstandards.legalcompliance,respec

7、tforhumanrights,laborstandards,prohibitionofchildandforcedlabor,prohibitionofdiscrimination,provisionofasafeandcleanworkingenvironment,antitrustlaws,commercialcodes,foreignexchangecontrollaws,copyrightlaws,environmentmanagementstandardISO14001Askstudentstod

8、omultiplechoicesquestionsinnewsitemone.Compareanswers.AskstudentstodoTrue(T)orFalse(F)questionsfornewsitemtwo.Compareanswers.Explainwhyitistrueorfalse.Thirdlistening:sentencesimitationAskstudentstouset