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ENGLb vocabulary "Crisis Management" (34 Cards)

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to come up, to begin to exist (a problem ...)
to arise  (arose, arisen)
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to restore someone’s confidence; e.g. “The company ... the public that such a mistake would not happen again.”
to reassure
noun: reassurance (to provide reassurance to)
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to cancel: “The trip was called ...”
to call off
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to say publicly that something must happen: “The present crisis calls ... mature judgement on the part of our leaders.”
to call for
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to give support to: “Will you back me ... ?”
to back someone up
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to show that an explanation or belief is probably true: “All the evidence backs ... her story.”
to back up
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to put it right: “Don’t worry, we’ll sort this ....”
to sort something out
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to admit that something is true: “The company ... they were responsible for the incident.”
to concede
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(formal) to prevent sth harmful from spreading or getting worse: The politicians are trying to ... the euro crisis.
to contain
noun: containment
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to deal successfully with sth, e.g. “We couldn’t ... with the demand.”
to cope with
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to say that you did not do what you are accused of; e.g. “He ... having stolen the money.”
to deny (denied, denied)
noun: denial
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to give information to people, especially information that was secret: "Only much later did the managers ... the extent of the crisis."
disclose
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to struggle to know what to say or do, e.g. “During the euro crisis the company ....”
to flounder
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to ask people to return a product because there is something wrong with it
to recall
noun: a product recall ("The company had to initiate a product recall")
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to make changes to sth without permission, especially to damage it; e.g. “Someone ... with the brakes of his car.”
to tamper
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an official examination of business records, product standards
an audit
verb: to audit
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something that might happen in the future, especially something bad: a ... plan ( a backup strategy)
contingency
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a hole or crack in an object or container that a liquid or gas comes out of  [Leck] - also used about information
a leak
verb: to leak
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the process of going to court to have something decided officially by law; to take ... action
legal action
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legal responsibility for causing damage or injury, or for paying something [Haftbarkeit, Haftpflicht]
liability
e.g. product liability laws, an admission of liability
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an official statement or report which an organisation gives to journalists, for example about a new product or an important event
press release
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Produktionsserie; e.g. “We have shorter ... than we had 10 years ago.”
production runs
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lower down the supply chain: down...
downstream
opposite: upstream
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(not) able to make mistakes or be/go wrong:  ...
(in)fallible
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deliberately not telling people things; noun: secret
secretive
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another word for to "manage" a crisis
to handle
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to be responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation: “It is very hard to say who is at ... .”
at fault
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•  to ...  a crisis management team  [ins Leben rufen]
to set up
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to ...  and action plan  [umsetzen]
to implement
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to ...  a press release[herausgeben]
to issue
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to ...  warnings  [herausgeben]
to issue
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to ...  a press conference    [halten]
to hold
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to ...  a loss of confidence   [das Vertrauen verlieren]
to suffer
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to ...  business interruption insurance  [sich versichern gegen]
to take
Flashcard set info:
Author: EstherRobinson
Main topic: English
Topic: Crisis Management
Published: 12.12.2011
Tags: ENGLb
 
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