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Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in
Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in
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2015-04-10
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Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in their syllabuses of study. They often do not realize that, later in their careers, they may be tempted to bend their principles to get what they want; perhaps also they are not fully aware that bribery in various forms is on the increase in many countries.
In dealing with the topic of business ethics, some lecturers ask students how they would act in the following situation: Suppose you were head of a major soft-drinks company and you want to break into a certain overseas market where the growth potential for your company is likely to be very great indeed. During negotiations with government officials of this country, the Minister of Trade makes it clear to you that if you offer him a substantial bribe, you will find it much easier to get an import licence for your goods, and you are also likely to avoid "bureaucratic delays", as he puts it. Now, the question is: Do you pay up or stand by your principles?
It is easy to talk about having high moral standards but, in practice, what would one really do in such a situation? Some time ago the British car manufacturer, British Leyland, was accused of operating a "slush fund", and of questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers with padded commission, offering additional discounts and making payments to numbered bank accounts in Switzerland. The company rejected these allegations and they were later withdrawn. Nevertheless, at this time, there were people in the motor industry in Britain who were prepared to say in private, "Look, we’re in a wheeling-dealing business. Every year we’re selling more than 1,000 million worth of cars abroad. If we spend a few million greasing the palms of some of the buyers, who’s hurt? If we didn’t do it, someone else would. "
It is difficult to resist the impression that bribery and other questionable payments are on the increase. Indeed, they seem to have become a fact of commercial life. To take just one example, the Chrysler Corporation, third largest of the U. S. motor manufacturers, disclosed that it made questionable payments of more than $2. 5 million. By making this revelation, it joined more than 300 U. S. companies that had admitted to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they had made dubious payments.
About ethic rules in real practice, the writer seems
选项
A、indifferent.
B、pessimistic.
C、affirmative.
D、optimistic.
答案
B
解析
对于现实中商业道德的实践情况,作者似乎[A]漠不关心。[B]悲观。[C]肯定。[D]乐观。根据题干中的关键词in real practice,可以在第三段第一句话中找到答案。原文用一个设问句提出:空谈道德标准是容易的,但在实际中人们会怎么做呢?然后作者列举了莱兰汽车公司这个反面例子来证明坚持原则是很难的,由此可以得出作者对此的态度是悲观的。
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考研英语一
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