DISCUSSION ABOUT ETHICS

Answer Booklet (15%)

[ /100 marks]

INTRODUCTION

This is the Answer Booklet where you have to write down your answers after reading the assignment. Once it is completed, you must send this file to your tutor through the course website.

PART 1: SPEAKING – DISCUSSION ABOUT ETHICS

(TELEPHONE CONVERSATION) [ /15 marks]

Complete Part 1 of the Assignment before continuing. You must complete both your oral part and this booklet before sending this booklet to your tutor.

Below, the Evaluation Grid for Oral Assignment by which you will be evaluated.

EVALUATION GRID FOR ORAL ASSIGNMENT

A. CONTENT /5

1. Task requirements

• Student presents a situation, describes events, people involved, student’s involvement, and details.

• Student responds to questions, asks two questions, closes conversation properly.

• Length: 5 minutes

(Your tutor will take off one mark if the conversation is less than 4 minutes long. If your conversation is too short—less than 3 minutes—or not related to the subject, you will lose 50% off the total of the oral evaluation.

2. Communication /3

• Fluent: no hesitation /1

• Interactive: active participation by student with adequate reactions

to speaker and dialogue /2

3. Clarity and coherence of information and ideas /2

• Logical, well-chosen ideas /1

• Clear message, easily understood by a non-expert native speaker

(This means your tutor understands your conversation easily.) /1

B. FORM /10

1. Vocabulary /4

• Appropriateness—tone and level of formality

(No use of slang terms) /0.5

• Related to the subject of “Ethics at work”

(You should have used three vocabulary words from the list included at the end of Unit 5 in your Course Book.) /1.5

• Varied and interesting, not repetitive

(You avoid redundancy.) /1

• Appropriateness of vocabulary

(No word-for-word translation. Also, your tutor will take off 0.5 mark every time you use an incorrect word, up to 1 mark.) /1

2. Grammar /4

• Accurate use of verb tenses

(See the marking codes for verb tenses for Assignment 4: T1 to T12.)

• Possessives (poss)

• Pronouns (pn)

• Question and negative forms (qf + nf)

(Your tutor will take off 0.5 mark for every mistake you make in any of the categories above, up to 4 marks.)

3. Pronunciation /2

(Your tutor will take off 0.5 mark every time you do not pronounce a word properly, up to 2 marks.)

Total: /15

Tutor’s Comments

PART 2: LISTENING– “MORE ETHICAL ISSUES ON VOICE MAIL”

[ /20 marks]

LISTENING QUESTIONS ( /15 marks)

REPORT CHART

TO: The Ethics Committee

FROM: DATE:

Call 1 Call 2

People involved Don (recent graduate in drama) vs. his director Martin vs. joey,

Employer vs. joey and 2 other coworkers

[ /1 mark]

[ /1 mark]

The workplace Upcoming Movie production, Don has a small role Medium size restaurant

[ /0.5 mark]

[ /0.5 mark]

Description

of ethical issue raised

by the situation Director is taking every opportunity to touch Don. His is making advances to him although Don has told him he is not interested. Don is feeling harassed by his director.

Don does not want this to jeopardize his future

Joey gets personal phone calls at work.

The employer hired three persons that are undeclared and he is paying them under the table.

[ /2 marks]

[ /2 marks]

Recommendation Don should tell the human resources about the situation and ask them not to take action .Then, he should have an honest talk with his boss and ask him to stop touching him like he does because it makes him feel uncomfortable. Martin should tell joey that he doesn’t ‘t think it is right for him to receive his personal phone calls at work.

[ /4 marks]

[ /4 marks]

Total [ /7.5 marks]

[ /7.5 marks]

Write “T” (true) or “F” (false) after each statement below: (

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