Short Paper: Living Ethically through a Social Contract Olivia Harris ETHC 445N: Principles of Ethics Living Ethically through a Social Contract Scenario 1: The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry
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is this class about‚” I thought to myself when I first registered for the Intro to Acquisition and Contract Management Class. Once I attended the class‚ I quickly realized that Government contracting is a big deal‚ because this is how the Government procures their goods and services. The U.S. federal government is the leading consumer of goods and services in the world‚ awarding Billions in contracts every year. There are rules and regulations mandated by Congress that have to be followed when procuring
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Construction Contracts 1. Name and briefly describe each of the two basic types of competitively bid construction contracts. Which type would be most likely used for building the piers to support a large suspension bridge. Why? Two basic types of competitively bid construction contracts are lump-sum and the unit-price contract. The lump-sum contract is when the contractor agrees to complete all work for a pre-determined price including profit and the contract. The unit-price contract is when the
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PROJ598 – Contract and Procurement Management Request for Proposal Seeds-a-Million Inventory Control System Jennifer Pattison Missenu03@yahoo.com PM598 – March‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 3 1.1. General Description of Work 3 1.2. What Must Be Included with Bid 3 1.3. Schedule of Bid Period Activities 3 1.4. Location of Work 3 1.5. Pre-Bid Meeting 4 1.6. Owner Contact for Questions 4 1.7. Pre-Award Surveys 4 1.8. Sealed Bid Requirements 4
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BREACH OF CONTRACT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Default of the creditor (Mora Creditoris) Positive malperformance Repudiation Prevention of performance (rendering performance impossible) Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Any obligation under a contract has a time limit for its performance‚ be it an agreed fixed period or in the absence thereof a reasonable period. If the debtor neglects or fails to perform timeously‚ he/she commits breach of contract. Lawyers then
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Contract Disputes Vanessa Bray Lee Strayer University BUS501-044 December 9‚ 2011 Dr. William Hadyn Roberts “CONTRACT DISPUTES REACH 15-YEAR HIGH”‚ was the heading of an article published‚ December 1‚ 2010 in the Government Executive. The heading in itself tells us that the government is doing more and more business by contract and as a result contractors who are lobbying for government business have become more aware of their rights to file disputes when it involves a loss of potential
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WRITTEN CONTRACTS 1 Written Contracts Javier Garza Grantham University WRITTEN CONTRACTS 2 Written Contracts Paula orally agrees to work with Next Corporation in New York City for two years. Paula moves her family and begins work. Three months later‚ Paula is fired for no stated cause. She sues for reinstatement or pay. Next Corporation argues that there is no written contract between them. What will the court say? Oral contracts are as
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$___.___ per hour. Your overtime pay rate will be $___.___ * per hour. You will be paid bi-weekly to the Company’s regular payroll policies. Your pay will be subject to normal withholdings for taxes and other applicable payroll charges as required by law. You will be available to accept client assignments and to perform such tasks as are consistent with your knowledge and experience. 2.a: Time & Approvals: Rylem Requires Managerial approval for your timecard each week. A lack of approval may result
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INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION CONTRACTS: AN INTRODUCTION #2/July 08 What is infrastructure concession contract? What are the advantages and disadvantages of concession contracts? This paper addresses these two questions. Also‚ it outlines the basics of infrastructure concession contracts. I. Introduction Ownership of public assets is a sensitive issue for all governments. However‚ budgetary shortfalls as well as the repeated failure of governments all over the world to maintain these assets have
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The psychological contract is a little difficult to define because as George (2009‚ pg3) states it ‘is implicit in that it is unspoken‚ unwritten and often only becomes apparent when it is breached‚ causing feelings of violation’ none the less it is extremely important part of the business and can be what ‘binds the employee and the employer together’ (Robinson and Rousseau‚ citied in George 2009 pg4) ‘through the mutual expectations of input and outcome’ outlined by Businessballs (2010) CIPD (2004
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