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Ethics In Business: Child Labour. (Author-Bouabdellah) 05-08-2009




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Technicum Si-Tarek of Relizane

Third Year Pupils-Literary Streams

Unit 02: Ethics and Business

Text: Child Labour

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Part One: Text Exploration & Interpretation.

Read the following text carefully then do the exercises below.

A - Text Interpretation.
I-The text is about: (Tick)

a-Ethics�in clothing business.

b-An example of unethical practice in business

c-Gap�s profits because of ethical practice.

II-In which paragraph is it mentioned that...

a-... it is very unusual for child abuse to happen among Gap�s suppliers?

III-���� Say whether the following statements are true or false:

a-It is reported that kids not more than 16 are exploited for 10 hours a day.

b-It is unusual for Gap�s suppliers to use children in their factories.

c- Gap clothing company will check if there is really child abuse by its suppliers.

d-It�s not possible for Gap to stop selling clothes made by suppliers using children

IV-Answer the following questions according to the text:

a-Did the company take some measures against one of its suppliers in India? If yes, what did it do?

b-How did Gap president feel about the fact that its suppliers used child labour?
- She felt -not bothered -angy -very angy -extremely angy.

c-What is the role of the 90 people Gap employs all over the world?

B - Text Exploration.
V-Match the following words with their synonyms.

a-� reinforce����������������A-strengthen

b-� launched����������������B-accusation

c-� allegation���������������C-began

d-� supplier������������������D-provider/giver

e-� reporter����������������� E-newsman

VI-Find words that are opposite in meaning to...

a- counterfeited �1

b- intelligent �1

c- nonconformity �2

VII-Complete the following table.
Nouns
adjectives

a-

b-corruption

c-

immoral

honest

d-

e-economy

f-

ethical

cruel

VIII-Complete sentence�B so that it means the same as A:

a- A-The use of child labour can ruin a company�s reputation.

B-A company�s reputation

b- A-We strongly recommend that international firms stop hiring children.

B-International firms

c- A-We feel strongly that international firms should stop hiring children.

B-It�s high time international firms

IX- Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

a-� I (not buy) �your goods as long as children (work) �in your company.

b-� I wish the children in most 3rd world countries (exploit) so inhumanly by so many businesses.

c-� I wish all the businesses (avoid) exploiting children.

Part Two: Writing.

X-Fill in the gaps with words from the following list:

conditions - labour - wages - and - human - concerned - must

������������ Child �deprives children of their childhood and their dignity. Child labour is a violation of �rights. These are so fundamental that all �work together to effectively abolish this kind of practices. We are particularly �with children who work long hours for low or no �often under �harmful to their health, physical �mental development.

Now that you are done, take a moment to consider what it is all about.

How long must all these curses continue poisoning our world?

Isn't it time to get involved to make it even better than tomorrow,

for all the children for everybody,

because everyone can make a difference.

Visit this site and participate to�realize this�change in

peace.