CASE: SHOULD WE GO BEYOND THE LAW? ETHICAL DILEMMA - The right to make profit versus the duty to protect the environment. OBJECTIVE - To make the company realize the importance of protecting the environment. - To help Chem-Tech become an ethically and socially responsible company. CONCEPTS / ANALYSIS - Sta Clara University published the five sources of ethical standards that can guide a person in making an ethical decision. Below are two of the five approaches they suggested: The Utilitarian
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LGEAL PERSONALITY Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189 is a leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company‚ the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the rule in Foss v Harbottle"‚ and the several important exceptions that have been developed are often described as "exceptions to the rule in Foss v Harbottle". Amongst these is the ’derivative action’‚ which allows a minority shareholder to bring a claim on behalf
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Big Time Toymaker Helen Latscha Elizabeth Martin John Hong David Cho LAW/421 Week 4 November 19‚ 2014 Dr. Mark Pugatch BS‚ MBA‚ JD Big Time Toymaker According to Melvin‚ 2011 “an agreement may result in a binding contract‚ whether it is an oral or written agreement between parties”. Big Time Toymaker (BTT) had shown interest in the new strategy game developed by Chou‚ called Strat. There were oral agreements for exclusive distribution rights‚ but had stipulations that it must be in writing. There
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Section A Question 1) a) In the case of Donohue v Stevenson[1]‚ Donohue won the case. The ratio decidendi in the case was that the liability of negligence did not depend on the contractual relationship and that Stevenson owed the duty of care to Donohue as a manufacturer‚ not to cause foreseeable injuries to the users of the products. As there was an owed duty‚ Stevenson failed to practice the appropriate standard of care and in turn‚ the negligent act had caused the injuries to Donohue. Therefore
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Jim Jones and Bob Black * Jim Jones checked Bob Black during a hockey game * Bob Black slashed Jim Jones on the back of the neck with the hockey stick opening a gash * Jim Jones threatened Bob Black during the hockey game * Jim Jones asked Bob Black to step outside and fight him when he later ran into him * Jim Jones sustained severe neck damage from Bob Black * Jim Jones had turned down a $50 000 hockey contract to finish school‚ but was planning on turning pro next year
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Employment Law Compliance Plan Memo XXXXX University of Phoenix HRM/531 Professor Pamela Jones August 3‚ 2015 MEMORANDUM TO: Traci Goldeman FROM: XXXXXX DATE: August 3‚ 2015 SUBJECT: Employment Law Compliance Plan I was assigned the task of researching applicable employment laws in Austin‚ Texas for one of Atwood and Allen Consulting’s clients‚ Mr. Bradley Stonefield‚ owner of Landslide Limousine. This client plans to open a small business in the limousine service industry‚ and to
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COMMERCIAL LAW IA COMLAW 270/ 30411 COMMERCIAL LAW IA COMLAW 270/ 30411 COPYRIGHT: CACC COMMERCIAL LAW SYLLABUS This course consists of 9 study units SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES Study Unit 1 Introduction to the course‚ the study of the subject
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State of Utah v. Travis Dee Timmermann FACTS: In the early morning of June 30‚ 2007‚ the Timmeran’s neighbor heard a woman screaming “stop it!” and “help me!” Around 7:00 am‚ the neighbor notified the police. Officer Mclelland asked Mrs. Timmeran to fill out a witness statement. In her three page statement‚ Mrs. Timmeran wrote that Mr. Timmeran repeatedly to hit her and force her to have intercourse. Another police officer asked her to submit to a sexual assault examination at the hospital. At
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LAPU-LAPU VS. COURT OF APPEALS G.R. No. 126006 January 29‚ 2004 Petitioner: LAPULAPU FOUNDATION‚ INC. and ELIAS Q. TAN Respondents: COURT OF APPEALS (Seventeenth Division) and ALLIED BANKING CORP. Ponente: CALLEJO‚ SR.‚ J FACTS: In 1977‚ four loans from Allied Banking Corporation which is enclosed by four promissory notes amounting P100‚ 000 each was acquired by Elias Q. Tan‚ then President of Lapu-lapu Foundation‚ Inc. The bank was inhibited to file with the Regional Trial
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Diff between registers & diffs re remedies when ? on title. re old Sasines & new/now Land Register – neatly illustrated by Short’s Trustee’s case; Registers Problems with Sasines System (Set up in 1617). Identification Conditions of tenure Heritable Securities Proof of Ownership Previously (old/Sasines system) if there was a flaw in title could only be cured after 10 yrs of recording the disposition. In new land reg system any vulnerability in title is cured. As if The Keeper of the
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