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《新视野》第四册第六单元 Unit 6 Section A Bribery and Business Ethics 1. Pre-reading 1.1 Background information Chrysler Corporation used to be one of the three largest American automobile manufacturers whose brands include both passenger and commercial vehicles such as Chrysler, Jeep AE and Dodge. U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency, whose mission is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. The SEC requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public, which provides a common pool of knowledge for all investors to use to judge for themselves if a company’s securities are a good investment. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was founded in 1919, whose aim is to serve world business by promoting trade and investment, open markets for goods and services, and the free flow of capital. Individual companies, corporations, professional associations as well as individuals can also join the ICC as individual members. 1.2 Topic-related listening 1. 3 Topic-related discussion 2. While-reading 2.1 Global reading 2.1.1 Understand the major details of the text 1) Why do students sometimes feel surprised when they find business ethics are included in the content of their business course? (Because they don’t know how serious the problem of bribery is.) 2) Why are practices such as paying agents and purchasers an exaggerated commission, and offering additional discounts described as “questionable”? (Because these practices are likely to be morally wrong and may be certain forms of bribery.) 3) For what purpose did the company offer a large sum of money in support of a U.S. presidential candidate? (They wanted to avoid an unfavorable conclusion draw from the investigation of their possible violation of U. S. business laws.) 4) What does “a copy with a preface” mentioned in Paragraph 7 refer to? (It refers to a rare edition o