Business Discussion You own University Heights Apartments‚ a business that rents primarily to students. One evening‚ your tenant Sharon is attacked by an intruder who forces the lock on the sliding glass door of her ground-floor apartment. Sharon’s screams attract the attention of Darryl‚ your resident manager‚ who comes to Sharon’s aid. Together‚ he and Sharon drive the intruder off‚ but not before they both are badly cut by the intruder. 1. Is the intruder liable for what he has done? a. Yes
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Section B Case study 1 The study case states that Anthony and his wife were estranged‚ but Anthony wanted his wife can return home. Therefore‚ Anthony promised to transfer the matrimonial home into her name. They had saw a lawyer‚ and prepared and signed a formal agreement. However‚ after returning home more than one year ago‚ Anthony refused to keep his promise‚ so his wife wants to get advice to get the house. Therefore‚ relating to the above scenario is the case of “letter of comfort”.
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Employee Monitoring and Legal Liability 1. Employers can bear legal responsibility if they do not adequately monitor their employees. This is why sometimes extreme measures are taken to keep track of employee’s computer usage. There is a case from New Jersey several years ago in which a company was held liable by an appellate court because an employee transmitted child pornography from his workplace computer. The court ruled this way because the employer had a policy which stated that all email
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Resolving Ethical Business Challenges Chapter One 1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation? Acme is essentially bribing buyers to purchase their products. This could backfire on them if the buyers company gets wind of it. The reaction of the company may be to fire their buyer and cut off Acme all together. This of course could be potentially fatal for Acme in two ways‚ one by damaging their infrastructure though lost revenue and two by damaging their corporate
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written law in the society It is important because rules need to be established in case someone breaks them (and people tend to). If they aren’t written‚ smooth-talkers will be able to talk their way out of punishment while less charismatic people will be punished more severely‚ and some judges will be far kinder than others (warning versus jail term). It is also harder to say "we need to punish domestic crimes more severely" when there is no set rule or punishment. Simply put‚ written laws are required
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What is a contract? A contract is an agreement enforceable by law. 2. What is an agreement? An agreement is an arrangement between parties that creates legal obligations between them. Generally an agreement is said to be arrived at when an offer or proposal made by one person is accepted by another‚ with the intention of creating mutual obligations between them. 5. What are the essential features of a contract? Minimum two parties :- Atleast two parties are needed to enter into a contact
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The ejusdem generis rule Under this rule‚ where general words follow particular words‚ the general words are interpreted to be of the same kind as the particular words. For example‚ in the phrase ‘dogs‚ cats and other animals’‚ the particular words are ‘dogs’ and ‘cats’. The general words are ‘other animals’. Under the ejusdem generis rule the general words would be interpreted in the line with the particular words. Therefore‚ since dogs and cats are the domestic animals‚ then the general words
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Assignment Question Part B John Weston Foakes v Julia Beer (1884) UKHL 1‚ (1881-85) All ER Rep 106‚ (1884) 9 App Cas 605; 54 LJQB 130; 51 LT 833; 33 WR 233 http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1884/1.htmlAtlas Express v Kafco (Importers & Distributors ) Ltd (1989) QB 833 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Express_Ltd_v_KafcoAmalgamated Investment Co v Texas Bank (1982) Q.B http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1965/3.htmlBusiness Law‚ by Robert W. EmersonPublished by Barron ’s Educational Series (2004)
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Two Types of Employment There are two categories of employment available to people: to be an employee or to be self-employed. These two types of employment are known as a ‘contract of service’ and a ‘contract for service’. Someone under a ‘contract of service’ refers to a person who is‚ for example a person working in a supermarket as a shop assistant is under a ‘contract of service’. In contrast‚ someone under a ‘contract for service’ refers to a person who is self-employed (also known as an ‘independent
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Cap 26 shall apply in this case given the fact that the motorcycle seller sold the second hand motorcycle to Sam as a course of business‚ a legally binding contractual relationship for sale of goods was established although there was no information as to whether Sam bought the motorcycle was for business or private use. Besides‚ the car shall be defined as goods under (s.2(1)) of the aforesaid ordinance. The motorcycle seller was in breach of the implied conditions in the sales agreement that the
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