Case Analyses March 12‚ 2012 Burlington Industries‚ Inc. v. Ellerth 524 U.S. 742 (1998) I. FACTS: Kimberly Ellerth quit her job as a sales person at Burlington Industries after working there for 15 months. Her reasoning was that her supervisor‚ Ted Slowik‚ was sexually harassing her. Ellerth did not inform any other supervisors‚ and therefore the company was unaware of Slowik’s actions with Ellerth. Despite her refusals with Slowik’s advances‚ Ellerth did not suffer any tangible retaliation
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The great railroad strike of 1877 started on July 14 in Martinsburg‚ West Virginia‚ in response to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year. This strike had a big impact because the striking workers wouldn’t allow trains‚ mainly freight trains to roll. They had one term to make this dilemma get dropped; drop the third wage cut. The events that lead up to the strike were simple‚ they had cut the pay outs three times‚ so no one’s gonna be happy. Let’s
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Sunward Intelligent Equipment Group (2097) - Company Capsule Released On 5th September 2015 Synopsis World Market Intelligences "Sunward Intelligent Equipment Group (2097) - Company Capsule"" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview‚ key facts‚ major products and services‚ financial ratios‚ financial analysis‚ recent developments‚ key employees. Summary This report is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone
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Underground Railroad Underground Railroad was used for slaves who evidently‚ grew tired of the way the southern whites treated them. Though‚ the name says that it ’s an "Underground Railroad" it was given that name because of the way escaped slaves had to be carried out secretly. It did not contain a railroad nor was it underground. Never would slaves (those who knew about the Underground Railroad) escape during the day time; it was secrecy that led them into succession. The darkness helped a lot
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The Underground Railroad A lot of people in today’s modern world don’t know that the Underground Railroad wasn’t actually a railroad. It was actually a series of houses‚ shops‚ and hotels/motels that would provide blacks a way to escape slavery in the south by going north. These buildings were known as stations and the slaves were known as cargo. Between 1815 and 1860‚ it is estimated that 130‚000 refugees escaped the south via the Underground Railroad. The railroad had as many as 3‚200 active workers
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1) Nogo Railroad a) What are the Macro and Micro problems in the case? i) Macro (1) High employee expenses (2) Low employee moral (3) No HR as a strategic function (4) Badly negotiated Union Contracts (5) No established recruitment processes (6) No job descriptions to measure job output and performance. (7) History of organized resistance by the Union and train crews ii) Micro (1) Nepotism and Featherbedding (2) No upper management “buy-In” (3) obsolete HR policies‚ practices and
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Northern Rock’ Crisis Northern Rock is one of the top mortgage lenders in the United Kingdom. According to Council of Mortgage Lender statistics‚ the bank was ranked one of the top five mortgage bank. The bank served loans‚ insurance and savings account as their core business. Some secured loans also have been promoted to their existing customer. That loans business was underwritten by Ventura. For home and contents insurance‚ it was administered by AXA. While‚ Legal & Generals was arrange stock
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ARMOUR HICK NORTHERN LTD & OTHERS V ARMOUR TRUST LTD AND OTHERS 1980 (3 All ER 833) SUMMARY OF THE CASE B (Parent Company) is consisting of three shareholders ‚ which are directors of B & A ( Mr Whitehouse & Mr Hick= 3000 shares and C= 7000 shares ). B was in debt with C (Vendor Company)‚ amounting to ₤93000. For the full repayment of debt in B‚ C agreed to transfer it’s shares to directors of B & A at par value‚ provided if indebtedness to them is fully discharged. So‚ directors
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Introduction Earth moving equipment are the machines human make to replace the hard work from the human; the machines made by humans to perform digging; grading; leveling; removing; etc to earth moving from one side to the other side. There is Bulldozer‚ excavator‚ grader‚ loader‚ roller‚ forklift‚ tractor‚ bobcat‚ and truck‚ etc. Earth moving equipment is replacing the hard tough work; back break jobs to easy jobs for the workers. Machines do a lot better than the human force. They can do a big
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Northern Rock Plc Contents Page 1 Report 2 1.1 Audit Committee and Auditors 2 1.2 Experience: 4 2 Comparison 5 2.1 Chief Executive and Chairman 5 2.2 Audit Committee 5 2.3 Risk Management Committee 6 2.4 Remuneration & Nominations Committee 6 3 Chance of another failure 6 4 Conclusion: 8 5 References 8 Report In this report I am going to highlight the weaknesses in the corporate governance code of Northern Rock that lead to its downfall. Audit Committee
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