大学核心商务英语读写教程4unit 8 BUSINESS ETHICAL CULTURE

Words and Expressions
(2) integrity /in'tegriti/ n. quality of being honest and morally upright诚实而正直 Example: You can trust him; he is a man of complete integrity. 你可以相信他， 他是一个刚正不阿的人。
(3) transgression / træns'greʃən / n. going beyond (the limit of what is morally or legally acceptable) 违法; 违反 道德; 违犯戒律 Example: Every look and word of her father put her in mind of her transgression, and was likely to drive her mad. 她父亲的一言一瞥都使她想起 自己的罪过简直要使她发疯。
（10）unequivocal / ‘ ʌni’kwivəkəl / adj. having only one possible meaning; clear and unmistakeable 只有一种含义的; 清楚 明白的 Example: No published investigation has provided unequivocal evidence. 已发表的研究没有提供明显的证据。

Words and Expressions
（9）compassion/kəm'pæʃən / n. pity for the suhelp them 同情; 怜悯 Example: The nurse had great compassion for her patients. 那位护士十分同情她的病人。
(4) corporate adj. of or shared by all the members of a group; collective 团体的; 共同的 Example: This university is a corporate body formed from several colleges. 这所大学是由几个不同学院组成的。

Text A Business Ethics: Three Tips to Stay in Integrity with Yourself
1. Background Information 2. Introduction to the Text 3. Business Terms 4. Words and Expressions 5. Notes to the Text

Business Terms
2. IRS (Internal Revenue Service)/ 美国国税局(Para.5)：
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the US federal government. The agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The IRS is responsible for collecting taxes and the interpretation and enforcement of the IRC (Internal Revenue Code). The IRS has its National Capital offices in the greater Washington,D.C. area, and in particular does most of its computer programming in Maryland.
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Words and Expressions
（1）ethical /'eθikəl/ adj. of morals or moral questions 道德的; 道德上的问题的; morally correct 合 乎道德的 Example: Cultivating the ethical environments, enhancing economic and legal developments, establishing the ethical mechanisms of rewards and punishments stepping up to complete the ethical mechanisms of supervisions, just the ways of the ethical reconstructions. 培育市场经济条件下经济道德建设所需的道德环境,加强经济法制建设,建立 道德赏罚机制和健全社会道德监督机制一,加紧完善市场经济,才是道德重建 的正道。

Background Information
Business ethics
Business ethics (also known as Corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and business organizations as a whole. Applied ethics is a field of ethics that deals with ethical questions in many fields such as medical, technical, legal and business ethics.
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To learn new words and expressions
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To master how to analyze long sentences

About this Unit
Text A
provides 3 tips on how to stay in integity with ourselves in business
(6）submit /səb'mit / v. give sth (to sb/sth) so that it may be considered, decided on, etc （向某 人某事物）提交或呈递某事物（以供考虑﹑ 裁决等） Example: He submitted his proposal for urban development to the city council. 他将城市发展建议提交市议会。 （补充词义）1、使服从,使屈服[(+to)]：We‘ll submit ourselves to the court’s judgments. 我们将听从法庭的裁决。 2、使经受,使受到[(+to)]：The metal was submitted to analysis. 对该金 属进行了分析。 3、【律】建议,认为：I submit that the terms are entirely unreasonable. 我认为那些条件完全不合理。

Introduction to the Text
本文是有关商业伦理的评论，从呼吁大众关注商 业伦理的重要性出发，由大及小探讨个人如何做到 诚实守信、遵守职业道德。作者明确给出三个建议： 一、相信直觉。有些事情感觉不对就真的不对。不 要以你的名声为代价冒险去做一些可疑的事。二、 多问问题。通过提问了解清楚。不要妄自猜测。三、 保持思想开明。面对道德问题很少有绝对正确和错 误之分。每条建议提出后都举例加以说明，论证有 据。文章思路清晰、结构规范、用词准确。
Text B
shares with us LRN’s successful experience of how to build trust with cumstomers and emplyees
Text C
is a cas study of ACME’s staying in professional ethics. Examples speak loud for the discussion

Business Terms
1. Ethics Resource Center/伦理资源中心 (Para.2）：
/ will tell you more about this organization. ERC Mission and Values

Words and Expressions
(5) fishy / ' fiʃi/ adj. causing a feeling of doubt or suspicion 可疑的; 引起怀疑的 Example: His excessive politeness seemed fishy. 他礼貌过度周到,令人 觉得有些可疑
大学核心商务英语读写教程4unit 8 BUSINESS ETHICAL CULTURE
Objectives
1 To know something about business ethical culture
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To get familiar with terms of business ethics
（8）compliance / kəm‘plaiəns / n. action in accordance with a request or command; obedience 服从; 听从; 遵从; 顺从 Example: He has reasoned me into compliance. 他向我说出种种道理,使我非答 应不可。

Words and Expressions
（7）pad / pæd/ v. fill or cover (sth) with soft material, esp in order to protect it or give it a particular shape or increase its size 用软物填塞﹑ 覆盖﹑ 垫或衬（某物） Example: They padded the seat of the chair with horse-hair to make it soft. 他们 往椅子的坐垫里填塞马鬃以使之柔软。 （补充词义）步行;放轻脚步走(或跑)：They padded the same path every day. 他们每天走这同一条路。
The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is a private, nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and the advancement of high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions. For 88 years ERC has been a resource for institutions committed to a strong ethical culture.