Sunday, June 19, 2011

week 4-Vocab..

1. consumers /kənˈsjuː.mər / the person who buys the goods or service for their own uses.
2. consumerism /kənˈsjuː.mə.rɪ.zəm/ the state of an advanced industrial society in which a lot of goods are bought and sold.
3. conservation /ˌkɒnt .səˈveɪ.ʃən/ the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity.
4. the "verb" of the "conservation" is "conserve /kənˈsɜːv/ " it means to keep and protect something from damage, change or waste.
5. recycling /ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/ when paper, glass, plastic, etc. is put through a process so that it can be used again   
6. "re" means the way or the method for using the thing again 
**For example of the words + "re" such as reuses - use the thing again from recycling, reduces - goes down or decrease, restarts - new beginning .
7. ethics /ˈeθ.ɪk/ a system of accepted beliefs which control behavior, especially such a system based on morals.
8. business ethics means is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations.
**For example of the business ethics 
- Do not encroach the environment means when running business has to considers the environment by do not let the pollution into the air, do not let the toxic water into the river or pool. 
**For example of the business ethics where has a business ethic problem  
For the corporation where has a business ethic problem
I choose "Enron" the fuel company where has the business ethic problem as the accounting by auditors who has no ethic by แoncealed the income of the company and made the fake information to represent their company has a high income for motivated the businessman come to buy a share without know the real status of the Enron status at that time at all. So from this part of Enron it can tell you as their auditor has no ethics in working and also the people who were related.  

9. personal ethics means includes ideals that are important to a person, such as honesty or integrity. In the statement, a person defines these values and describes what he/she will and will not do to live by them.
**For example of "personal ethics"
1. Honesty
2. Loyalty
3. Integrity.







 

3 comments:

  1. Hi Pim,
    I can see your improvement in writing the blog. Your blog for this week is good. I like the Enron example. It is a well-known example in the past. I will recommend your classmates to read your blog for this week.

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  2. thank you for your information. it is very interesting for me. and i would like to know"re" in the word in "reduction" is the same meaning in no.6 right?

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  3. I like the information that you post and the example it good about business ethic so much.

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