大学体验英语综合教程4 Unit5 Business Ethics ppt

CompanyLOGOUnit5BusinessEthicsCompanyLogoLookatthefollowingpicturesofbigcompanieswithinternationalreputation,Doyouknowwhethertheyhavesomeproblemsofbusinessethics?CompanyLogo—Japanesecompanieshavestartedtorefinetheirethicsprogramsandinternalcontrolstructures.Some55%ofthemhaveestablishedacorporatecodeofconduct,ethicsguidelines,compliance_________(S1)andothersuchdocuments,37%haveadepartmentordivisiondedicatedtoethicsandcomplianceissues,and43%_______(S2)holdethics-relatedtrainingprogramstargetingemployees.AgrowingnumberofJapanesebusinesseshavetakenstepstoreinforceoversightfunctions,forexamplebyengagingindependentoutsidedirectors.In1997,SonyCorporationtookthe__________(S3)ofcuttingitsexecutiveboardfrom38to10directorswhileintroducingthenewpostofexecutiveofficers.OthercompaniesincludingOmronandKobeSteelfollowedsuit,andby2000about240businesseshadreportedlymadesimilar_________(S4)reforms.CompanyLogo—Evenso,theimageofcompaniesportrayedbythemarketandthegeneralpublic___________(S5)farfromethical.Forexample,inasurveyofstudents'viewsoftheJapanesebusinesscommunity,conductedinautumn2000,68%oftherespondentsagreedthatHonestcompaniesarenot___________(S6)whiledishonestcompaniesaremakingprofits;63%believedthatThereishardlyanyinformationastowhichcompaniesare___________(S7),;84%believedthat“__________(S8);and62%agreedthatmanycompaniesbelieveit'sworthengaginginunlawfulpractices.Ifthisisthenewgeneration'sperceptionofreality,itmeansthat______________(S9).Certainly,companieswhosebusinessperformancehasdeterioratedasaresultofscandals____________(S10).Butsucheffortsarenotlong-lastingifacompanyfearstheywillreduceitscompetitiveness.CompanyLogo—Japanesecompanieshavestartedtorefinetheirethicsprogramsandinternalcontrolstructures.Some55%ofthemhaveestablishedacorporatecodeofconduct,ethicsguidelines,compliance_________(S1)andothersuchdocuments,37%haveadepartmentordivisiondedicatedtoethicsandcomplianceissues,and43%____________(S2)holdethics-relatedtrainingprogramstargetingemployees.AgrowingnumberofJapanesebusinesseshavetakenstepstoreinforceoversightfunctions,forexamplebyengagingindependentoutsidedirectors.In1997,SonyCorporationtookthe__________(S3)ofcuttingitsexecutiveboardfrom38to10directorswhileintroducingthenewpostofexecutiveofficers.OthercompaniesincludingOmronandKobeSteelfollowedsuit,andby2000about240businesseshadreportedlymadesimilar__________(S4)reforms.manualsperiodicallyinitiativestructuralCompanyLogo(S5)farfromethical.Forexample,inasurveyofstudents'viewsoftheJapanesebusinesscommunity,conductedinautumn2000,68%oftherespondentsagreedthatHonestcompaniesarenot___________(S6)whiledishonestcompaniesaremakingprofits;63%believedthatThereishardlyanyinformationastowhichcompaniesare___________(S7),;84%believedthat“________________________________________(S8);and62%agreedthatmanycompaniesbelieveit'sworthengaginginunlawfulpractices.Ifthisisthenewgeneration'sperceptionofreality,itmeansthat________________________________________________________________________________(S9).Certainly,companieswhosebusinessperformancehasdeterioratedasaresultofscandals_______________________________________________________________(S10).Butsucheffortsarenotlong-lastingifacompanyfearstheywillreduceitscompetitiveness.remainsListentothis—rewardedhonestPenaltiesagainstscandalsaretoolenientJapanesecompanieshavelittleincentivetotackleethicalandcomplianceissuesinternallyhavemadegreatereffortstodealwithethicalandcomplianceissuesCompanyLogo:HowtosucceedinbusinessbydoingtherightthingTextAsforthemoraladvantageinbusiness,ofallplaces,everyoneknowsamodicumofethicsiscalledforinanybusiness—youcan'tcheatyourcustomersforeverandgetawaywithit.Butwouldn'titbemoreadvantageous