Good and bad business ethics vocabulary and discussion
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Brainstorming and classifying language related to good and bad morals in business.
Lesson Plan Content:
Good and bad business ethics: vocabulary and discussion
Brainstorm words and phrases used to describe (clearly) moral and (clearly) immoral business into the two columns below, leaving out things which are debateable/ neutral.
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Good business ethics |
Bad business ethics |
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Find more ideas below, brainstorm more, then compare your extra ideas as a class.
Try to find things which:
are big/ important in your country
are small/ minor in your country
are becoming more common in your country
are becoming less common in your country
are related to the fashion industry
are related to the… industry (= another industry of your choice)
Mixed good and bad business ethics vocabulary
Ableism
Accessibility
Accountability
Ageism
Animal rights
Asset stripping
Backstabbing
Bid rigging
Bonded labour
Bribery
Bullying
(Large/ Growing) carbon footprint
Cartel
Child labour
Collusion
Community involvement
Corporate espionage
Corruption
Counterfeiting
Cover-up
Creative accounting
CSR
Dangerous working conditions
Defamation
DEI
Discrimination
Dishonesty
Diversity
Eco-friendly policies
Empowerment
Equal opportunities
Equality
Ethical sourcing
Exploitation
Fair trade
Fake…
False claims
Fraud
Greed
Greenwashing
Hacking
Honesty
Ignoring health and safety
Ignoring wellbeing
Inclusion/ Inclusiveness
Insider trading
Integrity
Keeping quiet about…
Libel
Living wage
Malicious gossip
Malicious rumours
Market manipulation
Modern slavery
Monopolistic practices
Mutual benefit
Nepotism
Old school tie
Openness
Paying cash in hand
Philanthropy
Pollution
Price fixing
Profiteering
Racism
Recycling
Ripping people off
Sensitivity
Sexism
Sexual harassment
Slander
Social enterprises
Social responsibility
Stakeholder approach
Sustainability
Sweatshops
Taking advantage of people
Tax dodging/ Tax evasion
Transparency
Turn a blind eye to…
Union busting
Waste
Whistleblowing
White collar crime
Whitewashing
Win-win
Check your answers as a class or with the answers, asking about any which you aren’t sure about.
Try to put ones with related meanings together.
Partial answers
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Good business ethics |
Bad business ethics |
Bad business ethics cont. |
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Accessibility Accountability Animal rights Community involvement CSR DEI Diversity Eco-friendly policies Empowerment Equal opportunities Equality Ethical sourcing Fair trade Honesty Inclusion/ Inclusiveness Integrity Living wage Mutual benefit Openness Philanthropy Recycling Sensitivity Social enterprises Social responsibility Stakeholder approach Sustainability Transparency Whistleblowing Win-win |
Ableism Ageism Asset stripping Backstabbing Bid rigging Bonded labour Bribery Bullying (Large/ Growing) carbon footprint Cartel Child labour Collusion Corporate espionage Corruption Counterfeiting Cover-up Creative accounting Dangerous working conditions Defamation Discrimination Dishonesty Exploitation Fake… False claims Fraud Greed Greenwashing Hacking
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Ignoring health and safety Ignoring wellbeing Insider trading Keeping quiet about… Libel Malicious gossip/ Malicious rumours Market manipulation Modern slavery Monopolistic practices Nepotism Old school tie Paying cash in hand Pollution Price fixing Profiteering Racism Ripping people off Sexism Sexual harassment Slander Sweatshops Taking advantage of people Tax dodging/ Tax evasion Turn a blind eye to… Union busting Waste White collar crime Whitewashing |
Suggested answers with related vocabulary together
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Good business ethics |
Bad business ethics |
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Accountability Animal rights Community involvement DEI/ Accessibility/ Diversity/ Equal opportunities/ Equality/ Inclusion/ Inclusiveness/ Sensitivity Eco-friendly policies/ Recycling/ Sustainability Empowerment Ethical sourcing/ Fair trade Integrity Living wage Mutual benefit Openness/ Transparency/ Honesty Philanthropy Social responsibility/ CSR/ Social enterprises/ Stakeholder approach Whistleblowing Win-win |
Asset stripping Backstabbing Bullying (Large/ Growing) carbon footprint Collusion/ Bid rigging/ Cartel/ Price fixing Corporate espionage/ Hacking Corruption/ Bribery/ Nepotism Cover-up/ Keeping quiet about…/ Whitewashing/ Creative accounting/ Tax dodging/ Tax evasion Dangerous working conditions/ Ignoring health and safety Defamation/ Libel/ Malicious gossip/ Malicious rumours/ Slander Discrimination/ Ableism/ Ageism/ Racism/ Sexism Exploitation/ Child labour Fake…/ Counterfeiting Fraud/ False claims/ Dishonesty Greed Greenwashing Ignoring wellbeing Market manipulation Modern slavery/ Bonded labour Monopolistic practices/ Profiteering Old school tie Paying cash in hand Pollution Ripping people off Sexual harassment Sweatshops Taking advantage of people Turn a blind eye to… Union busting Waste White collar crime/ Insider trading |
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