Chapter 12 Legal Value * Promise to do something that one has no PRIOR legal duty to do. * A performance of an action that one is not obligated to do * Refraining from an action that one has a legal right to do (forbearance) Rescission- the opposite of forming a contract‚ and bring the parties to the positions they occupied before the contract was made Past consideration- no consideration or a promise to give another something of value in return for goods or services rendered and
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2-40 Strategic positioning The emphasis in the case info on the product quality and craftsmanship‚ is the best described as differentiation on the quality of the product. In contrast‚ the company is more likely to succeed if it can continue to appeal to those customers looking for up-scale‚ higher quality table lamps and lighting fixtures. When using differentiation as the Company’s strategy‚ it becomes clear that maintaining the Classic line is critical to the company’s success. Thus‚ elimination
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Lund: Studentlitteratur. Lundahl‚ U. & Skärvad‚ P.-H. (1999). Utredningsmetodik för samhällsvetare och ekonomoer (tredje upplagan) Simchi-Levi‚ D.‚ Kaminsky‚ P. & Smichi-Levi‚ E. (2003). Designing & Managing the Supply Chain – Concepts‚ strategies & case studies (second edition) Simonsson‚ Ch. (2002). Den kommunikativa utmnaingen – en studie av kommunikationen mellan chef och medarbetare i en modern organisation Strid‚ J. (1999). Intern kommunikation inom organisationer‚ företag och mynidgheter. Lund:
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Beach Burial – Kenneth Slessor 1944 Kenneth Slessor‚ author of Beach Burial‚ was the Australian Official Correspondent in El Alamein‚ the Middle East during WWII. The author drew from his own experiences to write Beach Burial‚ a poem about the aftermath of a battle during WWII. It is a realistic and somber tribute to soldiers of all nations that died in the war. It illustrates how they are all united by one common enemy; death. It breaks the conventional war poem structure‚ as it is not a celebration
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Chris Hawkins is a middle school history teacher. He grew up in a military family‚ his father being a colonel in the United States Air Force. His mother was a store manager‚ and while growing up as a child‚ Chris was rarely denied having anything he wanted or wished for. Actually‚ he was completely unaware of the trials and tribulations that poverty had to offer. However‚ when Chris became a teacher‚ he quickly learned that a stronger reasoning exists beyond the angry‚ disrespectful outbursts
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Summary In his study‚ David L. Rosenhan investigates whether or not sanity is a detectable condition that may be identified reliably by mental institution staff and doctors. Additionally‚ does the decision reached by the staff and doctors depend more on their evaluation of the individual patient or the environment in which the evaluation occurs? Rosenhan gathered together eight people who agreed to feign a mental disorder (“pseudopatients”) in order to gain admittance as a patient in various psychiatric
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ALL ANSWERS ASSUME A TAX RATE OF 35% Even though the tax rate appears to be 1720 / 6725 = 25.57% In answering the following questions‚ please refer to the financial statements of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the relevant Notes to these statements at the end of this write-up. 1. What could be the cause(s) for the shift in LIFO-based inventory from 70% at December 31‚ 2010 to 65% at December 31‚ 2011? A decrease in the replacement cost for Cat’s inventories‚ or an increase
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Article: “The Case for Contamination” by Kwame Anthony Appiah In “The Case for Contamination” the author Kwame Appiah analyzes and points out the many ways in which the world is becoming globalized. He uses many extensive examples to show that the world is getting ‘contaminated’. By ‘contamination’ he means that the mixture of all the innovative values and traditions are damaging and eventually destroying what our ancestors have left us. In his analysis‚ he describes the gradual transformation
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n Kenneth Stampp’s book‚ The Peculiar Institution‚ he discusses how slaves were a “troublesome property”. Stampp also describes how slave owners made the slaves stand in fear as the owners used them to form an effective labor system. There are many reasons why slaves would be considered a “troublesome property”. One reason is that some were content with being slaves‚ and others were not. Stampp discuses both sides to this argument. Many slave owners said that they understood their slaves and that
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Robert Bowdrie (Bowe) Bergdahl is a United States Army sergeant who left his post in Afghanistan 2009 purposefully and intentionally. The Bowe Bergdahl case is an odd case that sometimes does not make much sense. He will be facing court-martial sometime this year for is desertion and misbehavior. The Uniform Code of Military Justice is very similar to regular law‚ but has some adjustments that pertain to certain military rules and regulations. Bergdahl violated one of the most important rules and
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