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BUSINESS (VOCAB :<3: (EMLOYEES (NEWBIE (informal) (Trainee (apprentice)…
BUSINESS
VOCAB
:<3:
FINANCE/OPERATION
RUNNING COST
Utilities
Facilities
expenditure
=
outlay
= chiphí
MAKING A PROFIT
Maximise profit
In good financial health
breakeven
huề vốn
Lucrative
BALANCE THE BOOKS
BANKRUPTCY
stop running
Go bust = go under
end in failure
Insolvency
not
operate
Wind
a business
up
MARKET
Penetrate
new market
launch a new product
drum up business:
to try to get customers
PARTNER/LABOR/CAPITAL
sleeping/silent partner
capital/labor intensive
SOCIAL OBLIGATION
social enterprises / socially responsible
Make a positive contribution to society
= contribute
substantially
Support local charities
education initiatives
scholarship
environmental projects
NOT try to minimise their tax payments
by using
accounting loopholes
Corporate social responsibility
corporate
conscience
corporate citizenship
COMPETITIVE WORLD
Cut-throat competition/world
EMLOYEES
GET FIRED
face the axe
be sacked for
HIRE
Take sb on
Employ
SOME BENEFITS
unemployment allowance
=
DOLE
insurance
Unemployment insurance
Social insurance
Health insurance
REMUNERATION
ANNUITY
= pension
NEWBIE
(informal)
Trainee
apprentice
Rookie
(informal)
Fresh graduate
NOVICE
new
recruite
EXPERT
Senior
veteran
Mogul/magnet/tycoon
:star:
too many
=> stop employing
make sb redundant
lay sb off
POSITION
post
(vip position)
leave his post
resign from a post
hold the post
take up the post
SAVING
NEST EGG
put some $$ aside
UNEMPLOYMENT
ON THE DOLE
JOBLESSNESS
IMPROVEMENTS/INNOVATIONS
TYPES OF COMPANIES
START-UP
SMALL BUSINESS
Be self-employed = Run/set up your own business = Work for themselves
Niche business
cottage industry
BIG COMPANY
Large/Massive Corporation
Enterprise
CONGLOMERATE
CONSORTIUM
MERGING
synergy
meritocracy
(DIS)AGREEMENTS
AGREE
Alliance
DISAGREE
At a loggerheads with sb over sth
IDEAS
:check:
START UP
BIG COMPANY
Moving Businesses to
Other Countries
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
VOCAB
ollution, taxes, development, income, change, benefit, harm, regulations, poverty, production, cost, outsourcing, communication, unemployment, foreign, cause, effect
Large Chain Stores
DOMINATE local economies
ADVAN
DISAD
VOCAB
drawbacks, competitive, access, variety, pricing, discount, personalize, familiar, employees, convenient, support, effect, balance, loyalty, contribute, cost, support, local, effect
SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS
WHY
sustainable
business
models
makes your business
more sustainable in the long-term
(business sustainability)
CSR can be much more than a cost, a constraint, or a charitable deed
=> it can be a source of opportunity, innovation, and
competitive advantage
.
build their brand
improved marketing => brand perception => customer loyalty and richer partnerships.
HOW SOCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESSES SHOULD DO ANYTHING
THEY CAN TO MAKE PROFITS
DISAGREE
MORALITY
a code of ethics and regulations
CLIENTS
save production costs => dangerous ingredients
SOCIETY
hiring labours => below standard age or offer low-paid job
not do social obligation
ENVIRONMENT
without assessing the impact on environment:
Example: Formosa demolished marine life ( biodiversities)
GENERATING PROFITS IS NOT SOLE PURPOSE
unhealthy practices
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