Lesson Topic: Ethical dilemmas in the workplace
Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 1.75 hours
Lesson Plan Download: ethical-dilemmas-workplace-upper-intermediate-102022.docx
Lesson Overview:
- The reading passage presents nine ethical dilemmas at the workplace for discussion. The dilemmas focus on freeloading, outsourcing, the pink tax, inappropriate humor, quiet quitting, aging, and toxic clients.
- Other speaking activities include an office ethics Bingo game and workplace jokes.
- All lessons come with warm-up questions, comprehension questions, a vocabulary section, and discussion questions.
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Lesson on Ethical Dilemmas at the Workplace: Warm-up (Pair Work)
- Are there businesses you either support or avoid for ethical reasons?
- What are some examples of unethical business practices that have been in the news recently?
- Rank these professions in terms of how ethical they seem. Then discuss your rankings.
taxi drivers / teachers / lawyers / politicians / doctors / car mechanics / priests
- What are some ways to deal with ethical problems in the workplace?
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Vocabulary to describe workers answers: Answers can vary. The purpose is to have a discussion.
Endnote
[1] Inspired by an activity by Frank Bucaro at https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/what-would-you-do/