C) In groups discuss the meaning of the question.

14 Listen to 7 “fundamental canons” describing engineers’ activity from the point of view of ethics and fill in the gaps with the synonyms for the words in brackets.

1. Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall ______________ with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties. (try to satisfy)

2. Engineers shall _____________ services only in areas of their competence. (fulfill)

3. Engineers shall _____________ public statements only in an objective and truthful manner. (distribute)

4. Engineers shall act in professional matters for each employer or client as ______________ agents or trustees, and shall avoid conflicts of interest. (conscientious)

5. Engineers shall build their professional reputation on the ______________ of their services and shall not compete unfairly with others. (quality)

6. Engineers shall act in such a manner as to ______________ the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession and shall act with zero-tolerance for bribery, fraud, and corruption. (maintain and improve)

7. Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and shall ______________ opportunities for the professional development of those engineers under their supervision." (give)

PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

15 The sets of words and phrases below are related either to honesty or to dishonesty. Find the odd word in each line.

1 trustworthy	law -abiding	crooked
2 a slush fund	a sweetener	compensation
3 insider trading	industrial espionage	disclosure
4 a whistleblower	a swindler	a conman
5 a bribe	a bonus	a commission
6 fraud	deceit	integrity

Complete these sentences with words and phrases from activity 15. Choose from the first set to complete sentence 1, from the second set to complete sentence 2, and so on.

1. Our company does nothing illegal. We are very ______________.
2. We’ve got _______________ which is used in countries where it is difficult to do business without offering bribes.
3. Their car looked so much like our new model. We suspect _____________.
4. They fired him because he was ______________. He informed the press that the company was using under-age workers in the factory.
5. He denied accepting _______________ when he gave the contract to the most expensive supplier.
6. I admire our chairman. He’s a man of his word and is greatly respected for his _______________.

Match the verbs and nouns in the table below to make word partnerships. Sometimes there is more than one possibility.

	companies	contracts	crimes	documents	laws	products	regulations	sanctions
boycott	ü					ü
breach
break
commit
falsify
impose

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