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15 The sets of words and phrases below are related either to honesty or to dishonesty. Find the odd word in each line.

1 trustworthy

law -abiding

crooked

2 a slush fund

a sweetener

compensation

3 insider trading

industrial espionage

disclosure

4 a whistleblower

a swindler

a conman

5 a bribe

a bonus

a commission

6 fraud

deceit

integrity

16 Complete these sentences with words and phrases from activity 15. Choose from the first set to complete sentence 1, from the second set to complete sentence 2, and so on.

  1. Our company does nothing illegal. We are very ______________.

  2. We’ve got _______________ which is used in countries where it is difficult to do business without offering bribes.

  3. Their car looked so much like our new model. We suspect _____________.

  4. They fired him because he was ______________. He informed the press that the company was using under-age workers in the factory.

  5. He denied accepting _______________ when he gave the contract to the most expensive supplier.

  6. I admire our chairman. He’s a man of his word and is greatly respected for his _______________.

17 Match the verbs and nouns in the table below to make word partnerships. Sometimes there is more than one possibility.

companies

contracts

crimes

documents

laws

products

regulations

sanctions

boycott

breach

break

commit

falsify

impose

18 Match the verb to the correct preposition.

accuse

charge

prosecute

sentence

sue

somebody

for damages

for selling dangerous goods

of offering bribes

to three years in prison

with breaking guidelines

19 A) Match the following prefixes to the verbs to describe some unethical business activities. The number of times that each prefix is used is given in brackets.

For example: misinform

de - (1) dis - (1) mis - (5) over - (3) under - (1)

book, charge, credit, fraud, inform, lead, mine, price, represent, treat, use

b) Now match the words you have made above to the following nouns.

For example: misinform consumers

a company competitors confidence consumers customers facts goods information people seats staff

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