Английский язык. Иванова С.Г. - 5 стр.

violence. Unlike natural disasters, human-caused crises are not inevitable. They do
not need to happen. For this reason, the public is extremely critical of those
organizations that are responsible for their occurrence. Why do crises occur in the
first place, and what can be done to manage them better before, during, and after
their occurrence. Nonetheless, even with the best of frameworks and the best of
preparations, it is unfortunately still the case that not all crises can be prevented.
This even holds true for those crises that we know with almost complete certainty
will occur. But the impacts of all crises can be lessened if one has a thorough
understanding of the "essential basics" of CM. While not all crises can be foreseen,
let alone prevented, all of them can be managed far more effectively if we
understand and practice the best of what is humanly possible.

      1.3 Assignments

      1.3.1 Answer the questions:

     1) What does CM deal mainly with?
     2) What human-caused crises can you name?
     3) Can human-caused crises or natural disasters be inevitable? And why?
     4) Why can’t all crises be prevented?

      1.3.2 Match the words to their Russian equivalents:

    man-made or human-caused crises         природные бедствия
    product tampering                       подделка изделия
    sexual harassment                       загрязнение окружающей среды
    environmental contamination             сексуальное домогательство
    workplace violence                      обман, мошенничество
    fraud                                   насилие на рабочем месте
    computer hacking                        кризисы, связанные с деятельностью
    executive kidnapping                    человека
    natural disasters                       взлом компьютера
                                            похищение администратора


      2 Unit 2 What Is Different about Today's World?

      2.1 Read Text A for the main idea using the dictionary

                         What Is Different about Today's World?

     What is it about our modern information/industrial society that makes it
more prone to crises? And, in particular, why have human-caused crises
escalated especially in the last twenty years? The vast majority of organizations

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