Business law bs 311 | Unit 5 Case Study | Millie vs. Frank | | Joia Webb | 9/25/2012 | | “Millie contracted to sell Frank 10‚000 bushels of corn to be grown on Millie ’s farm. Due to a drought during the growing season‚ Millie ’s yield was much less than anticipated‚ and she could deliver only 250 bushels to Frank. Frank accepted the lesser amount but sued Millie for breach of contract. Can Millie defend successfully on the basis of outcome impossibility of performance? Explain”
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Table of Contents Internal Control: Avoiding the Next Catastrophe To quote Edmund Burke “Those who don’t know history‚ are doomed to repeat it”. Here we are‚ thirteen years removed from the Enron scandal. The aftermath led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and stricter regulations on companies going public. People have a tendency to believe that things like this can only happen to massive companies‚ but we must remember that Enron once started off as a small company‚ a company like LJB
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Case Study 2: Xerox [Type the document subtitle] 10/7/2014 Organizational Behavior Fall 2014 Professor Falcone Case 2: Xerox Q 1: How would Xerox define Diversity? How has the definition changed over the years? A 1: Diversity means more than race and gender. Diversity means creating an environment where all employees can grow to their fullest potential. The first chairman of Xerox‚ Johnson C. Wilson had the commitment to diversify. Chairman Wilson took proactive steps to create
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from night to night because (a) the Earth rotates on its axis. (b) the Earth revolves around the Sun. (c) the tilt of the Earth’s axis changes. (d) their right ascensions constantly change. (e) their declinations constantly change. 2. A star cluster in which the individual stars do not show a striking central concentration nor an orderly pattern or structure is called (a) a thin cluster. (b) an open cluster. (c) a nebulous cluster. (d) a globular cluster. (e) a random
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Gwen is diagnosed with alcohol use disorder to include a diagnosis of substance abuse disorder. Per the DSM-V‚ the criteria for someone with alcohol use disorder is a problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress‚ as manifested by at least two of the options occurring within a 12-month period. Criteria for alcohol use disorder can include any of the following situations. Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period of time than was
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Do a brief market opportunity analysis for Disney‚ identifying the major markets that Disney has expanded into The market opportunity analysis endeavors to estimate the size and sales potential of a specific market segment of interest to you as a franchisee while also assessing key competitors in the specific market segment. It is important as a franchisee that you take the time to analyze your market opportunity in a specific target market area: Movie‚ Music‚ and TV shows. It’s obvious that
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strategy to stop 5 amendments submitted to this committee and support 5 additional amendments to be moved onto the Senate floor. Based on the preliminary votes of my other committee members 4 of the amendments on campaign finance reform‚ no confidence vote in national executive and legislative officials‚ debt/ GDP ratio & debt ceiling‚ and enlargement of the U.S. Senate and Electoral College have enough of the majority vote to be stopped if no such member changes their vote. 3 of the 5 amendments I
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Case Study Koren Brewer Professor Lerner AC502 Regulation 10/17/2014 The city plan did not violate the constitutional taking clause. The plan was aimed at benefiting the public in New London economically by providing jobs to the unemployed and increasing the tax receipts that would ultimately boost the city’s public finance and by so doing boost the economy necessary for the city’s development. The takings clause protects the private property from conversion by the state for public use without just
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1. What does the case suggest is the value of ethical behavior? What did Siemens gain by introducing controls to minimize the likelihood of corruption? The case suggests that while it may be tempting in the short run to engage in unethical business practices‚ in the long run it is essentially bad business. Siemens was involved in a large amount of corruption and bribery all over the world. While this did increase their profits‚ it ultimately led to a public image‚ millions of dollars in fines‚ and
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ESAM M1 Alternance Business English Case Study : Selling A partnership agreement - How can a jet charter company stay ahead of the competition? Background EPJS (Executive and Private Jet Service) is a jet charter company. lt arranges travel in private jets for top executives and VIPs (very important people). It provides a customised service‚ looking after all its customers’ requirements‚ from booking tickets to transporting air travellers to their final destination. It is currently negotiating a partnership
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