首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Corporate Crime Over decades of years, corporate crime has been【T1】______ increased【T1】______ Corporate crime has been ign
Corporate Crime Over decades of years, corporate crime has been【T1】______ increased【T1】______ Corporate crime has been ign
admin
2019-03-29
61
问题
Corporate Crime
Over decades of years, corporate crime has been【T1】______ increased【T1】______
Corporate crime has been ignored by:
a)the【T2】______ e.g. news broadcasts, crime serials【T2】______
b)【T3】______【T3】______
Reasons for being ignored:
a)often more complex, and needing【T4】______【T4】______
b)less【T5】______ than conventional crime【T5】______
c)victims often【T6】______【T6】______
Effects:
a)Economic costs
- may appear unimportant to【T7】______【T7】______
- can make large【T8】______ for company【T8】______
- cause more【T9】______ to individuals than conventional crimes【T9】______
b)Social costs
- make people lose trust in business world
- affect【T10】______ most【T10】______
【T8】
Corporate Crime
So far, in these lectures, we’ve been looking at crimes like robbery and murder—both from a historical viewpoint and also in contemporary society—and we’ve seen that the preoccupation in Western society with crime and with lawlessness is part of a long and continuous tradition, rather than something which is new and unique to modern society.
But over the past seventy years or so, fllthere has been a massive increase in one type of crime, which is what’s known as "corporate crime". Corporate crime is crime which, as the name suggests, is connected with companies, with business organisations. It has been relatively ignored by the mass media—for example, it tends to be under-reported in comparison with conventional crime in news broadcasts, and in crime serials and films and so on—they very rarely deal with corporate crime. And it also tends to be ignored in academic circles—there’s been far more research on conventional crime and far more data is available.
There are several reasons for this lack of interest in corporate crime, compared with other types of crime. It’s often very complex, whereas with conventional crime it’s usually possible to follow what’s going on without specialist knowledge. As well as this, whereas conventional crime usually has a lot of human interest corporate crime often has much less. The third reason, and possibly the most significant one, is that very often the victims are unaware—they think their misfortune is an accident or that it’s the fault of no-one in particular. They’re unaware that they’ve been victims of a crime.
So, when we look at the effects of corporate crime we may find it’s very difficult to assess the costs. But these costs can be very considerable in both their economic and social aspects.
Let’s look at the economic costs first. For example, if a company is producing fruit juice and it dilutes its product so that it’s just a little below the concentration it should be, many millions of people may be paying a small amount extra for their carton of orange juice.
Now small amounts like this may seem insignificant for individual customers—too small to worry about—but for the company this deception might result in massive illegal profit. However, all studies of corporate crime agree that the individuals are in fact deprived of far more money by such crime than they are by conventional crime like robbery and theft.
In addition to this, we have to consider the social costs of corporate crime and these are again very difficult to assess, but they are considerable. They’re important because they can undermine the faith of the public in the business world and also, more importantly, because the main group of people they affect are, in fact, not the richer sections of society but the poorer—so here companies are robbing the poor to benefit the rich.
选项
答案
illegal profit
解析
录音提到,一点点对个体消费者可能并不重要,但对公司来说,这种欺骗会带来高额的非法利润(result mmassive illegal profit)。空格前的large同义替换了录音的massive,因此要填入illegal profit。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/wIRK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
VideogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverageAmericanhome.Peopleofallagesandfromallwalk
PASSAGEFOURAccordingtoBrocki,what’sthebestwayofenjoyingbeerwithoutgettingdrunk?
Inanefforttosustaincommercialandrecreationalfishingforthenextseveraldecades,theUnitedStatesthisyearwillbecom
ChildrenasyoungasfourwillstudyShakespeareinaprojectbeinglaunchedtodaybytheRoyalShakespeareCompany.TheRSC
ThreeyearsagoElonCollege,aschoolofmorethan4,000studentswitharisingacademicreputation,decideditwasnolonger
A、Heavytrafficinthecity.B、Pollutioninthecitycenter.C、Theefficiencyofpublictransport.D、Thehighcostofbuildingc
A、Countonthefamily.B、Relyonherbalmedicine.C、Ignoretheirillness.D、Resorttoapsychiatrist.A①选项都是动词原形短语,问题应与行为动作相关。②对
TheCoffeeCultureinAmericaInAmerica,thenumberofspecialtycoffeeshopshasincreasedgreatlyovertheyears./It’s
A、Thecostofadvertisementisincreasing.B、Advertisingcan’tattractenoughcustomers.C、Thewholemarketisshrinkingatpres
随机试题
花橙黄白毫属于红碎茶中的()。
患者,男,35岁。腹痛、腹泻1个月,大便4~6次/天,便量多,为暗红色果酱样,有腥臭味,肉眼可见血液及黏液,患者无发热,右下腹隐痛。粪便镜检:WBC10~15个/HP,RBC满视野。该患者最可能的诊断是()
下列与基托折裂无关的是
A.归脾汤B.酸枣仁汤C.天王补心丹D.朱砂安神丸E.甘麦大枣汤
合同订立后,当事人一方法定代表人变动,原法定代表人所签的合同应视为( )。
下列哪种情况,意外伤害并不必然构成保险责任?( )
Exceptionalchildrenaredifferentinsomesignificantwaysfromothersofthesameage,forthesameage,forthesechildrento
1926年美国出售的汽车约70%是用分期付款的形式进行,当时美国流行的说法是:“一美元首付,一美元月供”。这种现象造成的影响是()。
下列叙述中,正确的是()。
A、20percent.B、30percent.C、18.38million.D、183.8million.D新闻中提到,美国零售联盟称,今年近80%的消费者,约1.838亿人将会在“网络星期一”这一天疯狂购物。
最新回复
(
0
)