Unit 6 Company and Community Progress Test
Name: _______________________________
Part 1 Reading
Task 1
6 points
Read the article below about corporate social responsibility
Choose the best sentence from A-F below to fill each of the gaps.
For each question 1-6, mark one letter.
Do not use any letter more than once.
Corporate social responsibility is all about how your business can make a positive contribution to life in the places where you operate. (1) ____. It is about working in partnership with others to improve the environment and life conditions of the communities you operate in.
(2) ____. These can be reduced costs, a better reputation, improved morale and better skills development. Working with the local community can lead to an improved relationship with partners and clients. Projects can lead to innovation and the better management of risks. It is a win-win situation for both the community and your business, and will enhance shareholder value.
CSR starts within the firm in such areas as code of practices governing the giving and receiving of gifts and hospitality, to extending these codes outside the business to your suppliers. (3) ____. It means supporting charities and using company resources - people, time and money - in specific projects with local partners. (4) ____.
Some analysts argue, though, that we should move away from corporate social responsibility to personal social responsibility. (5) ____.
Another issue is how the results of CSR are reported. (6) ____.The current situation of short paper-based reports with more information publicly available on the Internet seems to be the standard model to follow.
A It seems unlikely that this will move to being completely based on the Web.
B It may be a case of releasing a manager to lend their expertise to a worthy project or developing, funding and supporting a larger scale project.
C Rather than the corporation being responsible, it is everyone inside and outside the company who should contribute what they can to social improvements.
D There are many benefits.
E It is about more than just providing employment for your workers.
F It means recognizing the merit of individual members of staff and being fully transparent with regulatory agencies, customers and the public if something goes wrong.
Task 2
10 points
Complete this text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I (1) ____________ (offer) a job yesterday working for BP. They (2) ____________ (be) a great company to work for. They (3)____________ (operate) in many interesting countries - last month a new office (4)____________ (open) in Ecuador.
The interview (5) ____________ (be) really difficult. I (6) ____________(ask) lots of challenging questions.
I (7) ____________ (give) a copy of their code of conduct which I (8)____________ (have) to read and learn before I start work, so that's going to be my bedtime reading for a while! I (9) ____________ (be) very much looking forward to (10) ____________ (work) for them.
Part 2 Writing
Task 1
5 points
Write an email based on the following brief. Write about 50-60 words.
You are the mayor of a small town in Slovakia. A large multi-national company has just announced the closure of the factory it operates in your town. 150 people will lose their jobs.
Write an email to the director of the factory, Ms J. Johns:
Say that you are unhappy with the company's decision
Say that promises have been broken
Ask her for an urgent meeting
Suggest a date and time
To: J Johns |
Cc: |
Subject: Urgent meeting |
Dear
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Task 2
6 points
Rewrite these sentences using the beginning of the new sentence given.
1 ICBM are going to make 3,500 employees redundant.
Three thousand five hundred __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
2 The committee asked me some delicate questions about the company finances.
I ________________________________________________________________
3 We floated the company on the stock market yesterday to great success.
The company ______________________________________________________
4 `Last year we gave a dividend to our shareholders of 25p per share,' said the CEO.
The CEO _________________________________________________________
5 `As soon as we noticed the problem we took action,' said the spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
6 `Here at the Stock Market we have been seeing a lot of investment in high technology companies recently.'
According to the Stock Market, there ___________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Part 3 Listening
Task 1 / Recording 2.49
8 points
Listen to Part two of the talk on NPR about Corporate Social Responsibility. Complete these phrases.
Purely _________-__________ considerations
to enhance __________ value
feel aligned with the company's __________
we feel we can __________ the world
Southwest Airlines will favour its __________
and then the __________ third
happy, engaged, __________ employees
get into an argument with someone there, the __________ when word
Task 2 / Recording 2.61
10 points
Listen to part of a meeting at Phoenix's Head Office in Sydney. Which of these expressions do you hear being used?
Well, that's good news!
We all agree we need to keep a watch on that one.
They all have problems.
Sounds good.
There are several plus points.
Shall we let Helen finish?
Never heard of it!
It's possible.
It's exactly what we were looking for.
Can you bring us up to date?
But I don't think it's going to be a problem.
Any negatives?
Part 4 Speaking
5 points
Prepare a one-minute presentation on one of these topics. You have one minute to prepare your talk.
.
A
What is important when thinking about Corporate Social Responsibility?
Stakeholders
Environment
B
What is important when considering business gifts?
Cost
Culture
C
What is important when chairing a meeting?
Agenda
Minutes
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