ACTIVITY 1
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A. Listen to the first part of the interview and complete the gaps:
B. Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Where does EarthWatch have offices?
They have their offices in the US, in the UK, in India, in Melbourne and Japan and China.
2. How are EarthWatch field research projects designed?
Their projects are disgned in a way that members of the public, company employees, theachers, youth, young scientists can join their researches in the field.
C. Listen to the second part of the interview and answer the questions:
1. Why do businesses need to change the way they operate?
Because companies need operate in order way to help and reduce the enviromental impact of their operations.
2. What opportunity do companies have with respect to the environment?
Companies have some opportunities like to educate and engage their employees and get their employees inspired and motivated to do something in their own communities.
D. Listen to the final part and white three sentences about the collaboration with HSBS:
1. Conservation organinisatons such as WWF and the Sh¡mithsonian Institute.
2. They are providing a learning opportunity online for every single HSBC employee around the world.
3. They will join their field researchers in India, Brazil, US, UK, and China to carry out data collection to understand how forest are and climate change.
E. In what other ways could businesses involve their employees in enviromental issues?
Demostration of how company can and should make a difference.
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B.
C.
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A. is there ever a time when it is OK to lie on a résumé?
I think that under no circumstances should lie about the resume , honesty must prevail over lies and that's what value the company want to hire staff. Companies must ensure that the leaves should be evaluated life complete and accurate information possible, if there are inconsistencies explanation the employer must request the employee and agree on a solution to this serious offense.
B.
C. Read the article again and answer the questions:
1. I think there should be no reason to lie in CV.
2. I think is a dishonested and unnecesary act since to reach high office, people should have experience and responsability and if they do not have in the CV can not expect good results.
3. "Creating a more impressive job title because you were already doing all the work of that position"
4. I can get very good results and to inform my superiors my skills and talents towards work that has been entrusted to me.
5. Basically experience and good advice
D. Discuss the two situations and decide what you would do in each case.
1. It is a serious lack, but i try to talk to him and ask why he did it and i consider its excellent performance and good contributions it has had on the work that has been entrusted.
2. I simply make a recommendation reporting time worked and work done.
2. I think is a dishonested and unnecesary act since to reach high office, people should have experience and responsability and if they do not have in the CV can not expect good results.
3. "Creating a more impressive job title because you were already doing all the work of that position"
4. I can get very good results and to inform my superiors my skills and talents towards work that has been entrusted to me.
5. Basically experience and good advice
D. Discuss the two situations and decide what you would do in each case.
1. It is a serious lack, but i try to talk to him and ask why he did it and i consider its excellent performance and good contributions it has had on the work that has been entrusted.
2. I simply make a recommendation reporting time worked and work done.
ACTIVITY 2
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1. I admire to Nelson Mandela, a leader that fight againts inequality and injustice and I admire the least president Santos because he is the worst example of equity and justice that can be mentioned.
2. Honest
They must listen to their partners
They must have good attitude
They be representative and fighs for their partners
they must help
3. No, all have differents skills but they can become excellent leaders
4. The great leaders are made, anyone born learned
5. No, I don´t think so.
6. Manager ordered, the learder directs and delegates
VOCABULARY
A. Match the adjectives in the box to make pairs of contrasting ideas:
assertive/different
casual/formal
idealistic/realistic
critical/decisive
B. Do the same with the adjectives in this box
radical/conservative
dynamic/laid.back
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C. Complete the sentences with suitable adjectives from exercieses A and B.
D. Match the phrasal verbs.
E. Which of the phrasal verbs in excersice D mean the following:
F. Discuss the questions.
1. Yes, exist so many people, presidents, governors, politicans in general
2. Now, because i have a daugther and I need to make decisions about her care and education
2. Now, because i have a daugther and I need to make decisions about her care and education
3. Terrorism, economy
4. Because is their job, not all issues can intervene and must accept whatever they propose
5. President, because is a bad governor and leader of the nation.
4. Because is their job, not all issues can intervene and must accept whatever they propose
5. President, because is a bad governor and leader of the nation.
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B.
Technologies such as the internet can also help make our government more open and responsive to citizens. But even those of us who are technology’s biggest enthusiasts must recognise its limitations. In the end, it is people who have to make the decisions.
More than ever, we need a leader who will look beyond the old thinking and orthodoxies and who understands the importance of investment in ideas and technology for our future.
Past simple.
- She got a really good job
- Se felt desperated
Past continuous
- She was receiving strong performance reviews
- She was exiting all a sales targets
Past perfect
- She had lied on it
- She had claimed
C.
D. Tell story about any of these ideas
3. A memorable event in your life (good or bad)
My first trip Air Travel
This was when I was seven years old and was the first time I saw the sea, we stayed with my family in San Andrés , an extraordinary place full of tradition, history and natural wonder.
walked all over the island and we were very beautiful beaches , we share with the people there and they showed us many traditions that place.
it was a very nice experience, I would like to repeat
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B.
C. In this article, the relative pronouns are missing. Add the pronouns where appropiate.
We now need to encourage investment in new high-technology industries such as clean energy and environmental technology. These are sectors where we have lacked political leadership not just recently but for decades.
The internet, which enables the open and free exchange of information, is critical to our future economic growth. It has already proved to be vital to entrepreneurs and America’s small businesses, which generate up to 80 per cent of new jobs in the US. But continuing this record will require a strong federal commitment to keeping the internet open.
Technologies such as the internet can also help make our government more open and responsive to citizens. But even those of us who are technology’s biggest enthusiasts must recognise its limitations. In the end, it is people who have to make the decisions.
More than ever, we need a leader who will look beyond the old thinking and orthodoxies and who understands the importance of investment in ideas and technology for our future.
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3. Where were you when the president was been shot?
5. They was depended on the CEO to show strong leadership
10. The CEO´s strategy was based on her secod book
B. Complete the gaps with the appropiate passive form of the verbs in brackets.
ACTIVITY 3
- Speaking: Now it is time to record yourself in a video. By using the case study “Business ethics and corporate social responsibility” http://goo.gl/kWHvve, you are going to do a brief talk (3-5 minutes) explaining the most important aspects of this article to bear in mind about Ethics in Business.
