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ПОСОБИЕ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ВУЗОВ

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Making an ethical decision on the kind of organization or cause that you want to have as an employer or a client, however, is only one part of the equation. Moral and ethical decisions also have to be made almost daily about the content and structure of various messages. Do you say that an executive has resigned "for personal reasons" even though you know that the person was fired for incompetence? Do you exagger­ate the number of people attending an event? Do you say that a product is safe even though tests have revealed a potentially dangerous design flaw? Do you write about a company's restructuring to be more profitable without mentioning the layoff of 1,500 employees?

There are no easy answers to such questions. The simple.axiom "Always tell the truth" understates the complexity of the decision process.

□ Words and word-combinations

1. to be entitled to — иметь право на

1. to be accused of human rights violation — быть обвиненным в нарушении прав человека

2. equation — уравнение (машем.)

3. moral and ethical decision — моральные и этические решения

4. incompetence — некомпетентность

2. potentially dangerous design flaw — ошибка в расчете (проекте), чреватая опасностью

5. layoff — увольнение

6. to understate the complexity of — преуменьшать сложность ч.-л.

EXERCISES

1. Look up the pronunciation of the following words:

a collegue, an axiom, ambiguous, to adhere, expertise, qualms, basic, technicalities,

2. Give English equivalents:

оказывать влияние на ч.-л., должным образом, воспринимать ч.-л., не­прерывный поток информации, союзник, моральные обязательства, обвинять к.-л. в ч.-л., нарушение прав человека, некомпетентность, пре­увеличивать, увольнять, по личным причинам, мероприятие

Reproduce them in situations from the text

3. Give Russian equivalents:

financial transactions, product recalls, plant accidents, to keep up to date, to be equal in rank, to adhere to smth, to be detrimental, to be entitled to smb, a flaw

Use them in situations of your own

4. Translate in writing:

the sector Ethics and Professionalism