UNIT 6: ETHICS

6.1 Voc
 ethics (n) moral principles that control or influence a
person’s behaviour
ethical (adj) ≠ unethical (adj)
Ex: professional/business/medical ethics
ethical issues/standards
 moral (adj) connected with principles of right and
wrong behaviour
 intense (adj) very great; very strong
 tough (adj) difficult
Ex: It was a tough decision to make.
 critic (n)
 sweatshop (n)
 garment (n)
 source (v) to get sth from a particular place
Ex: We source all the meat sold in our stores from
British farms.
 ton (n) in the UK 2 240 pounds (long ton) and in the
US 2 000 pounds (short ton)
 tonne (n) /tʌn/ (metric ton) 1 000 kilograms
 mainstream (n, adj) considered normal because it
reflects what is done or accepted by most people
Ex: mainstream brand/ fashion
 abolish (v)
6.2 The triple bottom line

bottom line (n)  

1.the most important thing that you have to
consider or accept; the essential point in a
discussion, etc.
Ex: The bottom line is that we have to make a
decision today.
2.  the amount of money that is a profit or a loss
after everything has been calculated
Ex: The bottom line for 2014 was a pre-tax profit
of £85 million.
6.2 The triple bottom line
6.01 Voc:
 feature (v)  to include a particular person or thing
as a special feature
be featured in/on something 
Ex: The actress was featured on the cover of Time
magazine last month.
 stakeholder (n)
 integrity (n)
 philanthropic (adj) Ex: philanthropic work
 emission (n) emit (v)
 carbon footprint (n)
6.02 Voc:
 transparent (adj) transparency (n)
 sustainability (n) sustainable (adj)
 indigenous (adj) /ɪn’dɪdʒənəs/: native
Ex: She campaigns for indigenous rights.
The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.
 passion fruit (n)
 cooperative (n)
 pose (v)
1.  to create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be
dealt with. Ex: to pose a threat/dilemma
2.They posed briefly for pictures before driving off.
6.03 Voc:
 immeasurable (adj)
 fundamentally (adv) basically
Ex: The two approaches are fundamentally
different.
6.3 Transparency in business
 pan- (in adjectives and nouns) including all of
something; connected with the whole of something
Ex: pan-African
 hear sb out (v) ​to listen until somebody has finished
saying what they want to say
Ex: I know you’re furious with me, but please hear me
out.
 devil’s advocate (n) a person who expresses an
opinion that they do not really hold in order to
encourage a discussion about a subject
Ex: Often the interviewer will need to play devil's
advocate in order to get a discussion going.
 cast sb in sth (v) to describe or present sb in a
particular way
Ex: This may cast us in a bad light.
 pre-emptively (adv) done to stop sb taking action,
especially action that will be harmful to yourself
Ex: a pre-emptive attack/strike on the military base
 vague (adj)
6.4 Sales and selling
Voc:

 expertise (n)
 spreadsheet (n)
 grab (v) to have or take something quickly,
especially because you are in a hurry
Ex: Let's grab a sandwich before we go.
 track sales (v) theo dõi doanh số bán hàng
 mailshot (n) advertising or information that is
sent to a large number of people at the same
time by mail or email
 customisable (adj) có thể tùy chỉnh
6.5 WRITING
SAMPLE WRITING
Doing more to create less
As we have had problems achieving our environmental targets
and reducing waste in the company, we need to rethink our
strategy. It appears that some people are still using plastic
coffee cups which cannot be recycled, and figures show that at
least 50 percent of waste paper is not being recycled. Lights
have also been left on in empty offices and, in some, they have
not even been switched off at the end of the working day.
We are therefore working with everyone to look at ways of
improving our systems and reducing waste. We are currently
investigating more ecofriendly systems but would also like you
to put forward any ideas that you may have to meet our
environmental targets and eliminate as much waste as possible.
 As a result, we are going to have a competition, and
the people who suggest the best two ideas will win an
extra week's holiday. We will also be putting in new
lighting systems over the next few weeks and are
hoping to have a paperless office by this time next
year. But we still need to implement other measures
to ensure that we are the most eco-friendly offices in
town.