corporate business structure In today ’s competitive business environment‚ your choice of corporate structure could affect your business ’ long term success. A business entity can be structured in three ways‚ that being a sole trader‚ partnership or a company. Sole traders carry on business alone‚ thus leaving the owner with complete control of the enterprise and its employees‚ ownership of all profits‚ business assets and personal responsibility for all debts. It is the simplest business structure
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Chris Fowlks Student ID: 000433225 Legal Issues for Business Organizations Task 1 SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP: A sole proprietorship is the easiest and most simple business form to operate under. The sole proprietorship itself is not a legal entity. In a sole proprietorship‚ the person who owns the business is personally responsible for the business debts. • Liability: The business owner is personally liable for any claims/lawsuits against the business. If a sole proprietorship is defeated in a lawsuit
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three basic legal forms of business organizations: the sole proprietorship‚ the partnership‚ and the corporation. Each form of legal organizations has unique characteristics that are important to consider when starting a business. The legal form chosen will make significant differences for things such as ownership‚ sources of financing‚ personal and financial risk‚ taxes‚ workload‚ buying or selling a business‚ and liability issues. A sole proprietorship is a business owned by a single individual
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University of Phoenix Material Business Forms Worksheet There are seven forms of business: sole proprietorship‚ partnership‚ limited liability partnership‚ limited liability company (including the single member LLC)‚ S Corporation‚ Franchise‚ and Corporation. 1. Research and provide three advantages and three disadvantages for each business form. 2. Provide a 100- to 200-word summary in which you provide an example business that you would start for each form. What is legally necessary to file
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Should social media‚ including Facebook‚ assist in law enforcement? We all know what happened to Jill Meagher. What some of you may not know is that social media played an integral role in solving her murder. Without the use of social media‚ Jill Meagher’s case may have remained unsolved. Unfortunately‚ we usually associate social media with negative connotations; however what we haven’t thought of is the positive contributions it could make to our society. One change that we should make that would
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Name: Harry Atkins Consumers‚ Credit and the law of agency 1. A) Explain the main provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the remedies available to consumers against sellers; The Sales of Goods Act 1979 is “a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration called the price (s 2(1))” (Keenan. D‚ 2000‚ page 251). The Sales of Goods Act is designed to enforce rules when selling and buying goods to ensure that both parties
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Hypothetical Business & Forms of Business Organization Week Two Assignment: BUS/210 - FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS University Of Phoenix Hypothetical Business & Forms of Business Organization The business I choose will be a restaurant for the purpose of the examples as we all have experience with them on a regular basis. The Joint-stock company‚ In this model we need to raise money to open or run our restaurant we want to make up for the
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AGENCY 1. Agency Relationship Cases Definition Principal authorizes Agent to enter into legal transactions (contract) with Third Party on Principal’s behalf Agency relationship between P and A A’s obligations to P: 1. Act according to terms of appointment and within scope of authority 2. Not liable to P or TP 3. Carries out duties with care and skill‚ keep true and proper accounts 4. Cannot conflict P’s interest / act for personal gains 5. Cannot delegate whole duty to others P’s
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Business Ownership There are three different forms of business ownership‚ the Sole Proprietorship‚ the Partnership‚ and the Corporation. Each of these businesses have major advantages and disadvantages. The sole proprietorship is a business which is owned and managed by one individual. Some of its advantages are‚ the ease of formation‚ its management control‚ and its distribution of profits. Some of the disadvantages are‚ its unlimited liability‚ the lack of continuity‚ the capital requirements
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to social responsibility. 3. Compare and contrast the legal issues that could arise for the police department in this scenario. 4. Analyze how societal diversity might have played a role in this case. Discuss ethical practices utilized by law enforcement that help them to maintain their objectivity throughout their investigation of this incident‚ Jamal and Juan’s backgrounds‚ and the underlying interests of social order. 5. Evaluate the use of technology‚ such as video tape recordings
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