Ethical Problems at Work (Intermediate EFL Lesson)

ESL/EFL Level: Intermediate
Lesson Topic: Ethical issues in the workplace
Skill Focus: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 1.75 hours
Lesson Plan Download: ethical-problems-workplace-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.

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INTERMEDIATE Lesson on Ethical Problems at the Workplace: Warm-up (Pair Work)

  1. Are there businesses you like or dislike for ethical reasons?
  2. What are some examples of bad business practices that have been in the news recently?
  3. Generally speaking, how ethical are the people who do these jobs? taxi drivers / teachers / lawyers / politicians / doctors / car mechanics / priests
  4. How can we deal with ethical problems at work?

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Vocabulary Answers: 1-L, 2-b, 3-d, 4-h, 5-i, 6-m, 7-a, 8-f, 9-e, 10-k, 11-o, 12-j, 13-c, 14-n

Vocabulary to describe workers answers: Answers can vary. This for the purpose of discussion (and vocab. Building)

Endnote
[1] Inspired by an activity by Frank Bucaro at https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/what-would-you-do/

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