Corporate responsibility 3: Employment

Look at this list of responsibilities a company should have for its employees. Then look at the notes about the company RJW Ltd on the next page. For each note, decide which responsibility is being ignored or abused. In some cases, there is more than one possible answer.

A. A company should not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, class, religion, disability, etc,

when it comes to recruiting staff.

B. A company should ensure that its employees are proportionally representative of the community in

which it is based.

C. A company should ensure that working hours are reasonable and that employees receive regular

breaks.

D. A company should ensure that its employees receive regular paid annual leave (and also maternity

and compassionate leave when required).

E. A company should provide equal pay for work of equal value.

F. A company should pay a sustainable living wage to all of its employees.

G. A company should provide adequate child-care facilities.

H. A company should ensure that there is no physical, sexual or verbal harassment or abuse of

workers.

I. A company should ensure that health and safety rules are applied and closely followed.

J. A company should not force its employees to have regular health checks, and then use the results

to dismiss the employee.

K. A company should not dismiss an employee on the grounds of pregnancy.

L. A company should allow its employees to organise or join workers' organisations that represent

their interests.

M. A company should have a grievance procedure that is easy to understand and open to all

employees.

N. A company should provide adequate compensation for accidents and injuries sustained on its

premises.

O. A company should not dismiss or otherwise penalise an employee who refuses to work overtime.

P. A company should not dismiss or otherwise penalise employees for failing to reach production

targets.

Q. A company should not use indentured, forced or slave labour, or employ anyone under duress.

R. A company should ensure that an employee is dismissed as a last resort only, and only after verbal

and written warnings.

1. Several factory floor workers have been fired or had their wages reduced for refusing to stay and

work late when needed.

2. Production manager Laurence Bailey broke his wrist when some unsecured panels fell on it. He is

trying to get money out of the company for his injuries. 'You're not getting a penny out of this

company,' his boss tells him. 'It's your problem, not ours'

3. Andrew Kelly is thinking of starting a union for the workers at RJW Ltd. The Company Director

warns him that if he does, he will regretfully have to 'let him go'.

4. Manager Maureen Blake is always patting her male PA's backside and telling him he has 'a

wonderful body'. He has complained several times, but nothing ever gets done about it.

5. Susie Roberts, a secretary for RJW Ltd, recently had a baby. She cannot afford a babysitter while

she is at work, so the baby stays with her in the office.

6. RJW Ltd have their main office on the edge of an economically-deprived area predominantly

inhabited by people of West Indian origin. The company prefers to hire white, male, middle class

employees.

7. RJW Ltd has regular, compulsory medical check-ups for its employees. The company nurse believes

that one of the workers, Charlie Higson, drinks a lot when off duty. She reports this to Charlie's

manager, who then dismisses him.

8. Ron Smith and Emma Addams are sales executives for RJW Ltd. They both have the same

qualifications and the same experience. Mr Smith receives.40,000 a year and Mrs Addams

receives.34,000 a year.

9. Office assistant Tony White thinks his boss treats him badly. He wants to complain, but has no idea

how to go about doing so. Nobody else seems to know what he should do either.

10. Factory-floor workers at RJW Ltd find it difficult to make ends meet. The cost of living is rising all

the time, and the money they receive has not kept up with the rate of inflation.

11. Canteen assistant Anne Watkins oversleeps one morning and is two hours late for work. She has

worked for RJW Ltd for 6 months and has never been late before. The canteen manager sacks her

the moment she arrives.

12. Ellie McKenzie, a machine operator for RJW Ltd, works 12 hours a day with only 20 minutes for

lunch.

13. Six months ago the company advanced one of its employees some money. When the employee

became ill and was unable to pay back the money, the company insisted on using his children to

work to pay off his debt.

14. Delivery driver Michael Blair is exhausted: he hasn't had a holiday for two years. The company says

it cannot afford to give him the time off work.

15. Production assistant Richard Mann slipped on some oil on the factory floor, fell headlong through

a glass panel, caught his arm in some unguarded machinery and was electrocuted by some

exposed electrical wires.

16. Factory-floor workers have been told that a new quota system has been put in place: anyone who

does not satisfy this quota will have their salaries reduced.

17. Accountant Audrey Jensen is delighted because she's just discovered she's going to have a baby.

Her boss is not so happy: 'Sorry Audrey, you're fired,' he says.

ІІІ. РОБОТА З ТЕКСТОМ ЗАГАЛЬНОФАХОВОЇ ТЕМАТИКИ.

 

1).Прочитайте та перекладіть письмово поданий нижче текст.

COURT

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the head of the judicial branch of the US government. The federal and stale courts have the power of "judicial review". The Supreme Court of the United States is composed of eight justices and the Chief Justice, all of whom are appointed by the President for life, and the appointed must be approved by the Senate.

Most of the cases heard by the Supreme Court are on appeal from lower federal courts. A few of these cases come directly from federal district courts, but most of them are sent up from courts of appeal. Of the 2. 500 or more requests for hearing that the Court receives each year, almost all are rejected. There are about ninety district courts in different parts of the United States. Each state has at least one district court Courts of appeal in the national court system are below the Supreme Court. The country is divided into eleven "circuits", each of these being served with a court of appeal. At the base of the state judicial systems are the courts presided over by justices of the peace. Justices of the peace are local officials usually without formal legal training and elected for a two or four year term. American judicial practice is firmly committed to the idea of jury trials. The Constitution guaranteed them for both criminal and civil cases. And every year, two million Americans are called as possible jurors in some 150.000 federal, state and local trials. Until 1970 it was generally assumed that the "trial by jury" requirement of the Constitution meant not less than a 12-man body.

The Supreme Court in 1970 ruled that 12- member panel was a " historical accident" and " not a necessary ingredient of trial by jury", and thus recognized the constitutionally of a 6-man jury.

According to the US judicial doctrine, "justice is a relationship in which each citizen or group receives due respect and return".

 

2).Випишіть виділені жирним шрифтом слова, вкажіть їх укр. еквіваленти та запам’ятайте.

3).Напишіть анотацію до тексту.

 

ІV. ІНДИВІДУАЛЬНЕ ЧИТАННЯ. (обсяг 15 тис. друкованих знаків газетного тексту)

 

1.Прочитайте та перекладіть статті.

2.Випишіть та запам’ятайте 20 ключових слів.

3. Підготуйте усний переказ прочитаного

 

КОНТРОЛЬНЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

ДО САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ

Варіант 12

 

І ГРАМАТИКА

 

1) Доповніть речення питальними займенниками.

1. ___ is waiting for you in the hall?

2. ___ does he want from you?

3. ___ did they move to a new flat?

4. ___ will it take you to make a report?

5. ___ will you do on this weekend?

6. ___ is this? This is Mary.

7. ___ is your mother? She 45.

8. ___ is he looking for?

9. ___ have you got in your bag?

 

2) Пропишіть словами подані числівники.

2; 14; 47; 389; 2-ий; 215-ий; 2001рік; 0,25; 7 ¾; 2,05.

 

3) Спишіть, вибираючи правильну форму.

1. I (enjoy / am enjoying) going to the theatre.

2. He (sees / is seeing) that she is angry.

3. You (don’t listen / are not listening) to me. Why?

4. I (don’t understand / am not understanding) you.

5. I (think / am thinking) that you are wrong.

6. Why (are you crying / do you cry) at me. I’m not guilty.

7. It (seems / is seeming) to me.

8. Dinner is ready. It (is smelling / smells) good.

9. What (will you do / are you going to do) to solve the problem.

10. I (shall not / am not going to) discuss the question.

 

4) Перекладіть англійською мовою.

1. Коли ти ходив до театру останній раз?

2. Візьми свої речи зі стільця і поклади сюди.

3. На вулиці багато людей.

4. Що ви бачите на цій картині?

5. Вийди з кімнати і виключи світло.

6. Перед студентами стіл вчителя і дошка.

7. Це їхня кімната. Ні, це наша.

8. Я завжди знаю де мої речи, а він не знає де його.

9. Мій друг тут, а її відсутній.

10. Як твої батьки? Дякую, добре. А твої?

 

II МОВНА ПРАКТИКА

 

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