施心远主编《听力教程》3_(第2版)Unit_8课件.ppt

Corporate Social Responsibility Once upon a time, all- or almost all- businesses were (1) greedy and rapacious, sparing a thought for their (2) workers or the environment only in order to (3) work out how to exploit them. Then bosses found their (4) consciences, guided (or sometimes forced) by (5) customers or critics from the (6) non-profit world. They discovered the idea that companies should not exist only to make a profit but to (7) serve society. Thus corporate social responsibility (CSR) got its (8) start as a business fashion, and it is now hard to find a firm that has not (9) come up with an earnest (10) statement about its relations with the wider world. CSR is closely linked with the principles of “(11) sustainable development ” in proposing that enterprises should (12) be obliged to make decisions based not only on the financial factors but also on the social and enviromental (13) consequences, of their activities. Issues like enviromental damage, improper treatment of worker, and (14) faulty production leading to customers inconvenience or danger, (15) are highlighted in the media. Some investors and investment fund managers have begun to (16) take account of a coporation’s CSR policy in making (17) investment decisions. Some consumers have become increasingly sensitive to the CSR performance of the companies (18) from which they buy their goods and services. These trends (19) have contributed to the pressure on companies to (20) operate in an economically, socially and enviromentally sustainable way. Listening: Questions 3. Because its so close by to the theatre and delivery suites that if anything should go wrong and did go wrong they could be moved around quite quickly and safely. 4. Something may go wrong during the delivery and that would be quite devastating. 5. There could be a particularly resistant staphylococcal infection running around the hospital. 中国老人 唉，我的孩子实在是太没良心了。 英国老人 此话怎讲？ 中国老人 他竟然问我愿不愿去老人公寓！ 英国老人老人公寓很好啊，我现在就住在那里