1. Unit: Ethics in Business. Sequence: Listen and Consider. Vocabulary Explorer
Task One: Complete the following chart with the noun/noun phrase which matches each definition then try to
derive some other words if possible. Use words from the following list:
-The activity of buying and selling
goods or services.
……………………………………………………
…..
*Verb:trade
- The principles according to which
we decide if something is right or
wrong.
……………………………………………………
…..
*Adj: invoice.
- The unethical or illegal behaviour
by people in positions of authority.
………………………………………………………
……
*Adj: embezzlement
-The act of dishonestly
persuading someone to act in
one’s favour by a gift of money
or other inducement.
…………………………………………………………
…..
*N: bribery
-The crime of not paying the full
amount of tax that one should
pay.
tax evasion.
-An agreement on rules of behaviour
for the members or a group or
organisation.
Code of conduct.
-The quality of someone who
always says the truth and never
cheats.
……………………………………………………………
*Adj:
……honesty………………………………………
.
-The process of making
illegally gained money
appear legal.
………………………………………………………
…..
*Verb: money
laundering………………………………………
………
- Forcing someone to give you
money through threats.
……………………………/
………………………….
*Verb: extortion/ blackmail.
2. -Stealing money placed in one’s
trust or under one’s control.
…………………………………………………
…..
*Verb:corruption
-Taking the work or an idea of
someone and passing it off as
yours.
……………………………………………………
…
*Verb:plagiarism
-A list of goods sent with a
statement of the sum due.
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Task Two: complete the blanks in the following paragraphs using words from the given lists:
A- Bribery (n) - bribe (n) - bribe (v) - corrupt (adj)
A Bribery. is the illegal payment made to a person in order to persuade him/her to do you a favour. Informally, it
is called a backhander, a kickback or a sweetener. To bribe. a civil servant is to corrupt him. Anyone who gives or
accepts a Bribe is Corrupt. and is involved in Bribery.
B- Invoices - corruption - embezzlement - embezzler - bank accounts.
Embezzlement is a type of Corruption where someone illegally gets money from their employer. For example, an
accountant who sends false Invoices to the company he works for and pays money from the company into Bank
accounts. of false companies he created is an Embezzler.
C- Money - money laundering - legal - property.
Money laundering consists in hiding the illegal origin of Money. . For instance, criminal organisations may buy
Properties.. with money from drugs in order to disguise its origin from tax inspectors. When they sell the property,
the money becomes Legal.
