Read the text carefully then do the activities.

Part 1 Reading

(15pts)

Read the text carefully then do the activities.

A. Comprehension (8
pts)

Ethics in business is the set of moral
values that the professionals of any field are expected to respect when they
deal either with each other or with the public .In business , ethics represents
the attitudes that individuals and companies should comply with in the business they do and the
decisions they take at every level of their realisations. Such a philosophy
does not exist every where because it needs the existence of important
conditions to apply it.

Anyone who is involved in business should
follow a good number of the qualities
that have always served as the basis for civilisation. Among them we find the
obligation to be honest and lawful in one’s activities. It is also essential to
work with the spirit of fair competition which imposes the acceptance of new
comers in one’s domain and forbids the
use of monopolisation not only in the fields of manufacturing and selling goods
but also as regards the services which are provided to the community.

Next to these aspects , ethics requires from various members and groups of
economic sectors the payment of one’s taxes to the state and the necessity to
treat one’s employees with fairness either in the question of salaries or in
matters related to the various social benefits they have the right to such as
insurance policies , retirement pensions and the protection from professional
accidents.

To sum up , the moral values in modern societies necessitate from businessmen
and companies alike a strict observance of the different precepts on which the
efficiency and the prosperity of the whole community depends.

1-Choose
the letter (a, b, c, ) which best completes each sentence.

- Ethics oblige businessmen to be
……………………….

a)-
unlawful
b)-dishonest
c)- fair

-Fair competition …………businessmen from
using monopolisation.

a)-
prevents
b)- helps
c)- facilitates

- Ethics help employees to obtain all
their ………………

a)-
duties
b)- rights
c)- taxes

- The use of the moral values goes with
the efficiency and the …………of the whole community.

a)-
progress
b)-
decline
c)- economy

2-In
which paragraph are the rights of the workers mentioned?

3-
Reorder the following statements according to the text.

a- Businessmen and companies have to take into consideration the development of
the whole society.

b- Individuals and companies ought to respect the moral values in business.

c- Fair competition kills the spirit of monopolisation.

d- Moral values in business are very important among the individuals themselves
and with the public.

4-
Choose the right title.

a- Ethics in Business

b- Competition and Monopolisation in
Business

c- The Rights of Workers in Business

B- Text Exploration

(07pts)

5-
Find
in the text synonyms to.

a-
principles
(§1) b-
bans
(§2) c- flourishment
(§4)

6-find
opposites to the following

a-refusal (§2) b- employers §3 c-decline(§4)

7-
Give
the opposite of the words keeping the same root.

obey - fair -
efficiency – respect - sure

8-Rephrase
the sentences using the prompts given.

a-
Individuals
should comply with the actions they perform

a-It’s high time
..............................................................................................................

b- Such a philosophy doesn’t exist
everywhere. But in the future

b-they wish .....................................................................................................................................

b-
Businessmen
and companies didn’t give their employees their rights .

c-
I wish.........................................................................................................................................

d-
John is a sincere businessman . The bank lends him money ( so / that or
such/ that)

.........................................................................................................................................................

9- underline the stressed syllable in the
following words:

Ethical
-political -strategic -technological

10.
Fill
in the gaps so that the passage makes sense

.dishonest -unethical
-immoral -disagree -who
-individual -ethical -fake

Piracy
is an …………….. practice. It is not only …………….. to imitate other
people’s property but also ………………….. and illegal to do so. I
……………….. with people ……………. approve counterfeiting. It is
neither beneficial for the.. .....………… nor for the economy of a
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