1. The publishing firm was asked to pay .......... to the author after it printed her material without proper permission.

2. After selling the plans for the new business venture to the company's rival, a number of employees were .......... as traitors and were sacked.

3. The company was fined heavily for showing their cultural insensitivity and illegally building on a protected .......... land site.

4. The PR firm was forced to give the receptionist overtime pay, as her .......... did not include answering calls from 8 am until well after 6 pm each day!

5. The communications officer mysteriously displayed only the slightest .......... for fraudulently claiming tax benefits.

6. Although they were close friends, the line manager was unable to .......... the erroneous actions of his deputy.

7. The public library staff worried that if they .......... any longer in installing a ramp outside the library, a member of the public would complain they were discriminating against disabled people.

8. The company required a .......... lawyer someone trained in both commercial and civil law.

9. The sales company was .......... .for illegally hiring underage workers.

10. The staff valued their working environment and .......... a company code of conduct to ensure that each employee was communicated with in a respectful and courteous manner.