ĐỀ CƯƠNG BÀI GIẢNG MƠN SPEAKING HỌC KÌ (VB I) TUẦN 10 (Từ 17/10/2011 đến 24/10/2011) Unit 10: ETHICS (1LT - 3TH) LESSON AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: learn about the meanings of ethics, medical, business and professional ethics learn how to deal with ethical issues in our real life identify the cases when telling lies are much better than telling the truth CONTENTS: I Classroom activities A Warmer: Activity 1: Do homework assignment Activity 2: Do the quiz “How Honest Are You?” Try our quiz Choose one answer for each question If you found some money, hat would you do? a) I’d keep it b) I’d take it to a police station c) I’d give it to charity If somebody tried to sell you a mobile phone cheaply, and you thought it was stolen, would you: a) refuse to buy it? b) buy it if you wanted it? c) inform the police? If you saw your friend trying to steal something from a shop, would you: a) nothing? b) tell your friend to put it back? c) tell shop assistant? If you couldn’t afford your car insurance, what would you do? a) The car would stay in the garage until I had enough money b) I’d drive the car anyway c) I wouldn’t drive it except in an emergency If a shop assistant gave you too much change, what would you do? a) I’d say nothing and take it away b) I’d tell the shop assistant if I thought that he/she would get into trouble c) I’d give it back to the shop assistant Activity 3: What is the questionnaire about? B Pre – speaking activities Activity 4: Look up in the dictionary to find the meanings of the following words: ethics, business ethics, medical ethics and professional ethics, a code of good practice, a mission statement Set up a situation to explain the meaning of each word Activity 5: In groups, discuss the following questions with your partner What is the purpose of a business, in your opinion? Is it just to make money? Are some jobs more ethical than others? What are they? How ethical you think these professionals are? Accountant Banker Car sales executive Civil servant Estate agent Journalist Lawyer Nurse Dentist Police officer Teacher Taxi driver Activity 6: Discuss this list of unethical activities In your opinion, which are the worst? Are any common in your country? Avoiding paying taxes Claiming extra expenses Using work facilities for private purposes Accepting praise for someone else’s ideas or work Selling a defective product Using your influence to get jobs for relatives (nepotism) Ringing in sick when you are not ill Taking extended lunch breaks Giving good references to people you want to get rid of Employing people without the correct paperwork C While – speaking activities Activity 7: What would you in each of these situations? The best-qualified person for the Post of Sales Manger is female However, your customer would prefer a man If you appoint a woman you will probably lose some sales A colleague working in a hospital has been making mistakes at work recently This is because she / he has a serious illness You are her / his friend and the only person at work who knows this She / he asked you to keep it a secret Activity 8: Discuss these question with your partner Why is corruption in your country more common than in other countries? What are the consequences of corruption in your opinion? D Post – speaking activities Activity 9: Look up in the Longman or Oxford Dictionary to find the meaning of the following phrases: a white lie, a deliberate lie, a blatant lie, a compulsive lie, and a complete lie Activity 10: Read the following reactions and say why they tell lies Which ones are acceptable and which ones are not? Why? I was around at my boyfriend’s house a couple of weeks ago, and his mother asked me if I’d like to stay for lunch I said I was expected home, but it was a complete lie – I’d actually told my parents I’d be out all day, and not to expect me home before the evening The thing is I’d eaten there before and the food was terrible, but you can’t tell the truth in situations like that, can you? I’m not really keen on lying, but I was in town the other day and I bumped into one of my neighbors – she’s a well-known local busybody She said she’d heard that my sister and her husband had split up, and she wanted to know if it was true I kept an absolutely straight face and said I’d no idea It was a blatant lie, of course – I mean I’d known for ages – but I wasn’t going to give family secrets away in the street The trouble is, she’d have wanted to know all the details and everyone would have known by the weekend I have to admit, my life would have been pretty dull if I hadn’t told a few lies from time to time Not wicked ones, you know, just white lies that don’t hurt anyone I remember once when I was at a party and I got stuck with this really boring boy – all he could talk about was football Anyway, after about half an hour, I was really fed up so I told him that my cousin used to play for England – his eyes nearly pooped out of his head He wanted to know my cousin’s name, and could I introduce him to him and everything When I said it was Paul Gascoigne, I thought he was going to pass out with excitement It was when my sister was away on holiday last summer – and she was expecting her exam results – towards the end of August She’s asked me to open all her letters and telephone her with the results as soon as they arrived The thing is, she’d only been away about a week when the letter came – I was so excited, I just ripped the letter and open without thinking I couldn’t believe it when I saw that she’d failed I didn’t know what to – I couldn’t bring myself to tell her She rang a couple of days later and i said the letter hadn’t come I mean, if I told her the result, it would have ruined her holiday Homework assignment Activity 11: Choose one of the following questions and answer them What qualities you think are most important in a doctor/patient relationship? 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