W4: Vocabulary Blog

1. Consumer /kənˈsjuː.mər /   (n)
 A person who buy goods or service for their own use.
2. Consumerism /kənˈsjuː.mə.rɪ.zəm/ (n)
The state of an advanced industrial society in which a lot of goods are bought and sold.
3. Conservation /ˌkɒnt .səˈveɪ.ʃən/ (n)  
The protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity.
Synonym: saving,protection
4. Conserve /kənˈsɜːv/ (v)  
To keep and protect something from damage, change or waste.
Synonym: to protect
Antonym: to destroy
5.Recycling /ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/ (n) 
When paper, glass, plastic, etc. is put through a process so that it can be used again.
6. "Re" /riː/
 To do something again.
Example; return means  to come or go back to a previous place.
                reuse means to use something again.
                recall means  to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember.
7. Ethic/Ethics /ˈeθ.ɪk/ (n)
A system of accepted beliefs which control behaviour, especially such a system based on morals.
8. Business ethic  (n)
A form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations.
Example; Johnson& Johnson company  the Johnson will care the healthy of women and children. There used to happen the problem with the Tylenol medicine and made the baby to be cancer. 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46959107/Assgn-1-Tylenol-Problem
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall02/susi/tylenol.htm
 9. Personal ethics (n)
A category of philosophy that determines what an individual believes about morality and right and wrong. This is usually distinguished from business ethics or legal ethics.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-personal-ethics.htm
Example of personal ethics
- Justice
- Honesty
-Leadership