新标准商务英语综合教程3-教师用书-Unit 2.docx

Objectives

Unit2Law

Reading:

Reading:ThepeoplevstheUnitedStates

Grammar:Thepassive

Listening:Biddingandbargaining;fraud

Careerskills:NegotiatingCultureatwork:BargainingDilemma:Beautyandbusiness

Thisunitlooksatbusinesslaw,inparticular:

differentwaysinwhichcompaniescanendupowinglargesumsofmoneyinlitigation(e.g.throughproductliability,employeeconduct)

theeffectsoflawsuitsoncompanies(e.g.fallingshareprice,reputation)

thefactthatthereislittleinformationavailableontherealcostoflitigation.

Warmingup

1

Name

MarvinHunt

Louise

Grainger

MarshaMaspero

SamuelChase

Speciality

employment

environment

intellectualproperty/the

entertainmentindustry

productliability

Examplecase

discriminationagainstwomen

(pay)

pollution

useofphotoswithoutpermission

complaintsabout

adrug

ScriptsMarvinHunt

Ispecializeintheareaofemploymentlaw,butnotjusthereintheUK.IworkalloverEuropeandIdealwithawholerangeoflegalissuesarisingoutofemployment.So,oneweekIcouldbeadvisingamajorcorporationabouttheirhiringpoliciesandthenextIcouldbeinvolvedinresolvingadisputebetweenworkersandemployers.We’vegotaverychallengingcasecomingupsoonwhereagroupoffemaleemployeesisclaimingthattheywerepaidlessthanthemaleemployeesforthesamework.

LouiseGrainger

Mytrainingwasinlawandinlifesciences.Somydoublebackgroundisagreathelpinmylineofbusiness,whichistheenvironment.Thesedays,companiesarecomingunderalotofpressurefromlawyersandalsofromenvironmentalistswhosaythattheiroperationsmaybecausingdamagetotheenvironmentorevencreatinghealthproblemsforsomepeople.Somyjobistohelpbusinessestoevaluatetherisksthattheyface.AtthemomentI’madvisingapetroleumcompanythatisaccusedof

pollutingthelocalwatersupply.

MarshaMaspero

I’minIP,whichisourjargonforintellectualproperty.Thatr