LEVEL B2 UNIT 6

Northlatam English Program

LEVEL B2

Unit 6

Company and community

Lesson A

Vocabulary and grammar

Lesson objectives

Vocabulary: Meetings, ethical behavior and special performance.

Grammar: The report speech.

What conflicts of interest are there among the different groups in the organization?

Opening discussion

Vocabulary: Meetings and social performance

Drag and drop the concepts in the correct picture.

supporting

the law

negotiate

dishonest

altruistic

accurate

Vocabulary practice

Match up the beginnings of phrases you might use in a meeting 1-12 with the endings a-l.

Vocabulary practice

Finish these extracts from a guide to corporate social responsability by completing each one with verbs from the box that collocate with the words in bold.

contribute

identify with

think

supporting

obey

recognizing

respecting

uphold

Grammar

Reported Speech

Grammar practice

Complete the reported speech with the correct verb form. Change the tense where possible.

Lesson B

lISTENING AND reading

Lesson objectives

Listen to the importance of Social Corporate Responsability.

Reading: Corporate Social Responsability.

Do you think coporate responsability is important? What do companies need to do to show they practice CSR? Which companies you think are leaders in CSR?

Opening discussion

Listening

system

wise use

impact

Listen and complete the answers.

extending

stands

1. CSR __________ for corporate social responsibility.
2. The doctrine and value __________ to govern a business.
3. For corporate it's the ______________ of financial resources
4. ...employee best practices, compensating your employees, ______________ them with respect
5. Social responsibility. Respect for people, ___________________ to the community.
6. The third area is environmental responsibility... the _______________ and wise use of natural resources.
7. That manifests itself ______ green practices such as using reusable mugs or glasses, double-sided printing.
8. It also means supply chain _____________.
9. ...only allow vendors into your business that are green _______________.
10. ​You're __________________ the concepts of wise use of natural resources.

themselves

treating

giving back

management

through

Reading

Read the article and discuss what the phrases mean.

Reading

Discuss the questions relating to Johnson & Johnson's credo.

Lesson C

WRITING

Lesson objectives

Discuss the structure of writing reports and minutes.

Writing a community project report.

Why should companies invest time and money in community projects? What's a negative impact for companies when they don't get involved in community projects?

Opening discussion

Model

Read the following community project of Mirratec Industries.

Structure of preparing minutes

Read the minutes of management committe meeting at Head Office and discuss the questions.

Language focus

Read the report again. Complete the table with the corresponding linking words.

Language focus

Replace the innapropiate linkin words in bold with a word from the box for a better choice.

consequently especially in addition in particular however

Writing

Write a report for a company's community project. Provide details as previously seen. Give details such as: who is involved, what the project is about, benefits it brings to the company, etc.

Lesson D

practical case

Lesson objectives

Discuss about acceptable behaviors.

Case Study: Reacting to misconducts.

Discussion

Discuss how acceptable you find the following gifts from a seller to a corporate buyer.

Language

Find suitable words to complete useful expressions for meetings in the checklist.

Practical case

Pretend you hold a management meeting to decide what to do in the following cases of employee misconduct in your company. For each case discuss the following.

• What action to take
• What corporate policy to adopt (if any)
• How will you implement your decisions

Thank you!