新视野第四册unit6 bribery and business ethics课件.ppt

Bribery and Business Ethics ; Chrysler Corporation The Chrysler Corporation, founded in 1924, used to be one of the three largest American automobile manufacturers whose brands include both passenger and commercial vehicles such as Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge. The two other largest American automobile manufacturers are General Motors and Ford. ;U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ;It is based on the concept that all investors, whether large institutions or private individuals, should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it. To achieve this, 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. It is believed that only through the steady flow of timely, comprehensive and accurate information can people make sound investment decisions.;The International Chamber of Commerce ;Structure analysis---main idea of the text;Part I (paras. 1-?);Answer the following questions.;3. What are other “questionable practices” besides the practice of paying bribes? Why are they described “questionable”?;4. For what purpose did the company offer a large sum of money in support of a U.S. presidential candidate? ;5. What might a foreign company do if they want to sell arms to a country? ;7. What efforts has the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) made to prevent the giving and seeking of bribes? ;8. Has the ICC finally taken action to prohibit bribery? Why or why not? ;e.g. Crime is on the increase. 犯罪率在不断上升。 ;e.g. Our payments these years are on the increase. 我们的工资这几年一直在增长。;e.g. Mary was in complete agreement with her husbands refusal to accept the bribe. 玛丽完全赞同自己的丈夫拒绝受贿 。;v. offer, give, a bribe to 向······行贿;e.g. Its reported that he has secured the release of a substantial number of political prisoners. 据报道他已保证释放大批政治犯。 ;e.g. We