The Business - U8
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Lernkarten
labour (n)
work / Arbeit, meist manuell
social policy
taking care of the workers / Sozialpolitik
to certify
to state formally (in writing) that something is true and genuine / bestätigen, zertifizieren
fair trade
buying and selling activities that ensure a living wage for the producer/seller / fairer Handel
disadvantaged (adj)
not being in a positive or winning position / benachteiligt
transparency (n)
clarity and openness / transparent
accountability (n)
official responsibility / Verantwortlichkeit
continuity (n)
unbroken length of time / duration / Kontinuitaet
sound (adj.)
healthy , good, correct / gut, einwandfrei
participation (n)
being involved and taking part / joining in / Teilnahme
harvest (n + v)
collecting grains, fruits or vegetables from the field (for sale) / Ernte, ernten
gender equity
equal rights and pay for women and men / gleiche Rechte fuer Mann und Frau
reward (n)
a gain in payment; praise for doing a job well / Belohnung
adversely (adv.)
experiencing negative circumstances or effects; negatively affected / nachteilig
to distort
to represent information in an unbalanced way / verzerren
commodity (n)
raw materials or manufactured products / Gebrauchsgut
incentive (n)
motivation, usually monetary / Anreiz
illiteracy (n)
inability to read and write / Analphabetismus
to toil
to work hard physically / sich plagen, abmuehen
to sign a contract
to write your name to finalise a contract / einen Vertrag unterzeichnen
to negotiate a contract
to discuss the conditions of a contract / über einen Vertrag verhandeln; einen Vertrag aushandeln
to break a contract
to not keep or not fulfil the conditions of a contract / einen Vertrag brechen
to cancel a contract
to officially give up a contract / einen Vertrag kündigen
to draft a contract
to work out the conditions for a contract / einen Vertrag ausarbeiten
to award a contract
to give or assign the contract to someone / einen Vertrag an jemanden vergeben
hereby (prep)
in this way, through this means / hiermit
to undertake to
to agree to / auf sich nehmen
to give notice
to officially give up a job / kuendigen
irrevocable (adj)
cannot be taken back / unwiderruflich
insider trading
using confidential information to get an advantage in trading shares / Insiderhandel
corruption (n)
illegal activities often involving some payment to individuals and an encouragement to break the law / Korruption
embezzlement (n)
stealing money that you are responsible for / Unterschlagung
nepotism (n)
giving jobs to relatives / Nepotismus, Vetternwirtschaft
money laundering
introducing in illegally gained money into the legal business cycle / Geldwäscherei
conspiracy (n)
secret plans and plots / Verschwörung
shipment (n)
goods being sent or delivered, usually in bulk / Sendung, Verschiffung, Transport
warehouse (n)
a building to store goods before they are distributed and sold in normal outlets / Lagerhalle
health and safety
to do with keeping workers from getting sick or having accidents / Gesundheit and Sicherheit
to barter
to trade or swap goods for other goods or services without money being involved / handeln durch tauschen
cooperative (n)
business society owned and run by its members who work together and share the profits / Kooperative
