“Oh‚ you’re a woman‚ I am not sure you can handle this job.” Wow‚ who would say that?! This may seem like an antiquated response. However‚ discrimination can and does still happen in a company‚ and is not limited to gender discrimination. Consequently‚ every company is very careful about their operations and employee treatment in today’s business world. Many business entities have put together a human resource department to properly manage and take care of their most valuable resource‚ their
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Contract By definition under Sec 2(h) Contract Act 1950‚ “an agreement enforceable by law is a contract”. A contract is a promise or agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by law to be legally binding. It may involve a duty to do or refrain from doing something‚ and the failure to perform such duty is a breach of contract. The role of law in a contract is not to punish the breaching party but to provide remedies to restore the person wronged to the position they ought to occupy if
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Consider the possible conflicts between legally doing business and selling fast-food‚ given the increasing evidence of how it is a significant contributing factor in public health‚ obesity‚ and diabetes facing many Americans. Now‚ based on what you’ve learned in this module‚ answer the following: A) After reading the Inside Story section of Chapter 1‚ do you agree with how Disney Company is handling the issue? Why or why not? B) Does government (federal‚ state‚ or local) have a right or a responsibility
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Business Law and ethics Subject: The objective of this report is to highlight the importance and need of ethics‚ ethical leadership and organisation behaviour. The report is based on the speech of Michael Hackworth. Leadership in fairness and honesty makes good business sense. Organisation behaviours‚ culture‚ values‚ management style and ethics‚ all of them make a combination on which company success and failure depends. Every company in the world start by stating the mission‚ objectives
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Question 1 | | 1 / 1 point | Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. | True | | False | View Feedback | | Correct. | Question 2 | | 1 / 1 point | The doctrine ofstare decisis obligates judges to follow precedents established within their jurisdictions. | True | | False | View Feedback | | Correct. | Question 3 | | 1 / 1 point | Common law develops from rules of law announced in court decisions
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Business Law – Complete Notes from Benjamin Wolfson Class taken Spring 2008 Quiz questions at end of document What is Law: Law is a set of rules for the peaceful resolution of disputes. (*better/more useful than book definition) It is impossible to set up a system that always resolves conflict. -The phrase “law exists to protect our rights” is incorrect‚ because law gives us our rights. Without the law‚ we would not have them. [ryan] we always want disputes resolved peacefully.
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Applied Business Law – 27 Individual Work 1 Jessica Gaskins You are an employee at a nice paper mill and want to impress the boss by burning the midnight oil (but not too close to the wood pulp). For four consecutive weeks‚ you work forty-five‚ forty-two‚ thirty-nine‚ and thirty-one hours. If you are a nonexempt employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ how many hours of overtime pay‚ if any‚ would you be entitled to? What would be the rate? The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is
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This pack contains GBM 380 Week 5 Final Paper Global Business Strategy Business - International Business GBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment Globalization Paper GBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Organizations Paper GBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Globalization Trends Paper GBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment Culture Paper GBM 380 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Political and Legal Systems Paper GBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment
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Safan Nizar Ali Dauva Professor Kurt S. Odenwald Business Law and Ethics February 17‚ 2011 Week 6 Assignment Chapter 23 Question no.5 Answer: No. CP Clare did not seek to improve the deal to take advantage of IRI’s sunk costs; rather it sought to enforce the bargain. And it did not take unexpected action against which IRI could not have defended. That a manufacturer will want to reassess its sales structure as volume grows must be understood by everyone--especially by a professional sales
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DUTIES OF DIRECTOR Introduction Duties and liabilities are imposed on officers of a company‚ including directors‚ both by common law and statute. Thus‚ directors owe their companies fiduciary duties at common law. These duties are further supplemented by the Act. Officer –section 4(1) FD duty of care skill and diligence statutory duty The fiduciary duties of directors may be conveniently examined under the following categories. Director owe a duty to: Act bona fide and in the interests
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