Please study the 15 vocabulary terms below. Then press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- adjudicate
- to act as a judge
- advise
- to recommend or suggest
- code of conduct
- a set of rules which show how an employee should behave
- compromise
- an agreement in which people reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree
- conflict
- an active disagreement between people
- disciplinary action
- punishment of some kind given to an employee
- dispute
- an argument or quarrel
- existing
- current or being now
- parties
- people or organizations involved in a particular situation
- run into
- to meet or experience something unexpectedly
- settle
- to end or resolve a disagreement by coming to an agreement
- suspend
- to force someone to leave a job for a certain amount of time as a method of punishment
- tactful
- considerate and not offensive
- terminate
- to bring to an end or put an end to
- work out
- to find a solution to
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The HR manager will be adjudicating the meeting and will help you to reach an agreement.
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I strongly advise you to listen to what he says.
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The company's code of conduct forbids employees from swearing.
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John and Mark eventually came to a compromise which satisfied them both.
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It is very stressful when you have a conflict with your boss.
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When she was caught stealing from her employer, the company started disciplinary action.
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They had a small dispute over the best way to achieve the goal.
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Our existing clients are all very happy with our service.
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The contract was signed by both parties in front of a lawyer.
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We ran into a few problems while preparing for the launch of the product.
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Mark settled the disagreement by agreeing to do part of the work himself.
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Mary was suspended from work for three days.
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A good manager needs to be tactful when talking to their employees.
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The contract will be terminated at the end of the year.
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The whole department is busy working out how to meet their deadline.