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Worksheet 2 for test Ethics.

I.Invent sentences for usual bribery and corruption cases using these words:
1. kickback (bribe)

2. Grease the wheels

I.1)What was Odebretch, in Brazil? (2014-2017)

2)Why did it, Brazil, have a slush fund? What was it used for? Name 2.

II.Explain how Bernard Madoff´s Ponzi (pyramid Fraud) scheme worked? What kind of
people invested there.

III.Why was Volkswagen a case of greenwashing? Explain what was done.

IV.1.How can there be a case of misseling in the stockbrokers´ work (intangible good) ?
What can they do?
2. How about tangible goods like high-tech or others?

IV.1.We are constantly involved in ethical or political issues ( for example, Crispi´s case,
foundations case, the new constitution). So there is an institution where citizens
/politicians / congressmen file complaints and that is SOMEHOW a kind of ombuds?
Which one is it? What is its role?

2.When there are problems with children or unfair treatment of children in Chile, which
institution is a KIND OF ombudsman/woman in Chile? What does it do? Write 2 examples.

3. When customers have a problem with their purchase and do not find a direct solution,
where do they go to? What does that institution do?

Well, some countries have an ombudsman/woman or ombuds for any ethical issue and
activity in the interests of the citizen and to oversee the investigation of complaints of
improper government activity against the citizen.
The examples above are KIND OF, but about 140 countries have an ombudsman; there is
even a European ombudsman, that is a mediator dealing with complaints of state
departments, officials and officers.

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