Colossal Casino Case

Colossal Corporation’s (CC) goal is to uphold legal and ethical standards for the benefit of its stakeholders. However, a sensitive case ascended that involved the White Arch Casino (WAC) Manager, Sal Pending, and employee, Enoch Thompson, who was promised a promotion with a fifty percent raise and a five-year contract but was downsized before the contract was signed. The findings in this analysis revealed that Mr. Pending’s decision to downsize Mr. Thompson before the contract was signed were unethical and may imply a breach of contract and civil wrongdoings of the company. The Human Resources Department supports Mr. Pending’s decision to downsize apart from Mr. Thompson based on the promise set forth as an expressed or implied contract that was not signed.
Analysis and Findings:
Ethics is difficult to determine because the basis of what is ethical and unethical is so broad and involves the views of many people and their feelings. However, being ethical is not just based on what one feels but also doing what is right and within the parameters of the law. These characteristics combined are far more valuable. Mr. Pending’s action to downsize Mr. Thompson despite his promise suggested that he had no
Due to the nature of this case, it is important to understand the methodology of this analysis and how each aspect of a business legal environment applies. A lay person may view a promise as insignificant. However, a promise is a declaration by a person or promisor to perform or forbear from performing a specific act(s). The recipient of the promise or the “promise” has the rights to expect that the promise is performed. Under contract law, which is a component of civil law and based on legal principles that govern the exchange of goods and services between individual and businesses. It legally enforces promises as they are formed and