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Listening: Drafting the Red Lines

Audiție: redactarea liniilor roșii. Asculți o discuție între un Head of Design și un jurist în Denver, apoi răspunzi la întrebări despre clauzele etice.

Аудирование: создание красных линий. Вы слушаете диалог директора по дизайну и юриста в Денвере, выполняя упражнения на понимание деталей корпоративной этики.

Drafting the Red Lines

Sean (Head of Design) and Allison (In-house Lawyer) are in a glass-walled conference room in Denver, drafting the company's new ethics charter late on a Tuesday evening.

Listening: Drafting the Red Lines — We owe it to users: an ethics charter

Drafting the Red Lines

Listen and choose the right answer

What does Sean want to make clear in the ethics charter?

  • That designers can refuse work
  • That marketing budgets will increase
  • That all projects must use AI

What problem does Allison point out about their first proposed red line?

  • It is too expensive to implement
  • They launched that exact feature last year
  • It violates UK employment law

What documents have already been published for the morning meeting?

  • The quarterly financial audit
  • The preliminary board pack
  • The new brand guidelines

How does Allison predict the CEO will react to the charter?

  • He will fire them immediately
  • He will demand a complete rewrite
  • He will probably sign it for the PR

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Sean: Allison, we really need to make it clear that designers can refuse work if it violates our new ____ .
  • Sean: Well, we owe it to our users to establish strict ____ right now, regardless of the legal friction.
  • Allison: If we introduce formal ____ clauses, executives will panic during the upcoming merger integration.
  • Sean: That proves our ____ is enormous. Should we quietly remove that clause from the draft?
  • Sean: If David sees that red line, he'll summon an emergency ____ review before lunch.

Sources: photo by Kindel Media on Pexels

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Acest curs de engleză la nivel C1-C2 este conceput special pentru design leaders, directori și fondatori de studio din Chișinău care colaborează cu parteneri din SUA și Marea Britanie. Lecția de astăzi abordează crearea unei carte de etică în design.

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Этот курс английского языка уровня C1-C2 разработан специально для дизайн-лидеров, директоров и основателей студий из Кишинева, сотрудничающих с партнерами из США и Великобритании. Сегодняшний урок посвящен созданию хартии этики в дизайне.

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