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BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION Language Match the words on the left to the definitions on the right: 1. a gift a. Friendly and generous treatment and entertainment of guests 2. a reward b. A benefit received as part of the arrangements with your employer 3. a tip c. Something given willingly without payment 4. a bribe d. A helpful act 5. a perk e. The ability to obtain favourable treatment from someone 6. hospitality f. Something given or received for doing something good 7. a favour g. A small sum of money given to someone for their services 8. influence h. Something given or offered in return for some, often dishonest, help Now work in pairs. Match the 8 words above to one of the following situations. If you think more than one answer is possible, discuss the differences. 1. Your boss is retiring. The employees give her some beautiful gold earrings at her leaving party. 2. You visit a foreign company to discuss a new contract. They pay for a 5-star hotel and your expenses. 3. You want to build an extension to your house, but you need permission from the local council. You give money to one of the local councillors to make sure you get permission. 4. Your sales manager increases your business by 200% in a year. You give him a new BMW. 5. After paying the salon, you give a little extra money to the hairdresser who cut your hair. 6. You get a free lunch in the staff canteen every day. 7. You use your friendship with a member of the government to make sure you get a particular government contract. 8. You won´t be home in time to pick up your suit from the dry cleaner´s. You ask a friend to get it. Reading Read the articles below and answer this question: All three articles involve bribery. Do they involve corruption? Match - fixing is normal According to a former club manager, bribery in Russia´s top football leagues is so shameless and obvious that referees are known to ask for more money in the middle of games. The manager of a St. Petersburg club during the nineties said:“I´ve never met a referee who didn´t take money. It´s useless to play if you have no money“. Apparently, there are three ways to success. You can bribe the referee, or you can bribe the teams that play your rivals. If you can afford to do all three, the championship will be yours. Bribed bus driver sacked A bus driver from Bournemouth has been sacked for taking his bus on an unauthorised route. Brian Jeffries altered the route of the number 22 service after a passenger offered him $ 20 to drop him off outside his house, which involved a two-minute diversion. No bus stops were missed, but one passenger was obviously displeased and reported the incident anonymously to the bus company. Mr.

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BRIBERY AND CORRUPTIONLanguageMatch the words on the left to the definitions on the right:1. a gift a. Friendly and generous treatment and entertainment of guests2. a reward b. A benefit received as part of the arrangements with your employer3. a tip c. Something given willingly without payment4. a bribe d. A helpful act5. a per e. !he ability to obtain favourable treatment from someone". hospitality f. Something given or received for doing something good#. a favour g. A small sum of money given to someone for their services$. influence h. Something given or offered in return for some% often dishonest% helpNow work in pairs. Match the 8 words above to one of the following situations. If you think more than one answer is possible, discuss the differences. 1. &our boss is retiring. !he employees give her some beautiful gold earrings at her leaving party.2. &ou visit a foreign company to discuss a new contract. !hey pay for a 5'star hotel and your e(penses.3. &ou want to build an e(tension to your house% but you need permission from the local council. &ou give money to one of the local councillors to mae sure you get permission.4. &our sales manager increases your business by 2))* in a year. &ou give him a new +,-.5. After paying the salon% you give a little e(tra money to the hairdresser who cut your hair.". &ou get a free lunch in the staff canteen every day.#. &ou use your friendship with a member of the government to mae sure you get a particular government contract.$. &ou won.t be home in time to pic up your suit from the dry cleaner.s. &ou as a friend to get it.Readingead the articles below and answer this !uestion:"ll three articles involve bribery. #o they involve corruption$Match - fixing is normaAccording to a former club manager% bribery in /ussia.s top football leagues is so shameless and obvious that referees are nown to as for more money in the middle of games. !he manager of a St. 0etersburg club during the nineties said123.ve never met a referee who didn.t tae money. 3t.s useless to play if you have no money2. Apparently% there are three ways to success. &ou can bribe the referee% or you can bribe the teams that play your rivals. 3f you can afford to do all three% the championship will be yours.Bri!ed !"s dri#er sac$edA bus driver from +ournemouth has been saced for taing his bus on an unauthorised route. +rian 4effries altered the route of the number 22 service after a passenger offered him 5 2) to drop him off outside his house% which involved a two'minute diversion. 6o bus stops were missed% but one passenger was obviously displeased and reported the incident anonymously to the bus company. ,r. 4effries said%23 can.t believe they saced me. 3 was 7ust doing someone a favour. 6obody was delayed or inconvenienced. -hoever it was who reported me need to get a life.%ac$s of cash!he political bribery trial of the former 3ndian 0rime ,inister% 08 6arasimha /ao% started today with evidence from an ,0 that he received four million rupees 9: #)%))); in two sacs as payment for supporting ,r /ao in a vote in 0arliament. an you imagine any of these things happening in your country?3. 3f you were a passenger on the bus% would you have reported the driver or laughed and done nothing?'ork in groups. 'hat would you do in these situations$ (hoose a response or suggest an alternative1. A policeman stops your for speeding. Se ass to see your driving licence. -ould you.....a; 7ust give her your driving licence?b; put some money in your driving licence and give it to her?2. &our company is trying to win an important and lucrative government contract. !he minister in charge tells your that the contract is almost certainly yours and that he and his wife love spending their holidays in the 0acific. -ould you.....a; do nothing and wait for a decision on who gets the contract?b; organise a three'wee holiday in Fi7i for the minister and his wife?3. A colleague at wor who you.re not attracted to offers to tae you to your favourite opera 9or similar; after dinner at an e(pensive restaurant A all e(penses paid. -ould you.......a; feel tempted but say no?b; pretend suddenly to lie the person and say yes?