RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF AGENT UNDER THE LAW OF AGENCY Introduction The law of agency is based on the maxim “Qui facit per alium facit per se” i.e. he who does an act through another does it by himself. The concept of representative capacity is the totem of agency. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life it sometimes becomes impossible to do everything ourselves and hence it becomes necessary to employ people to perform our acts. The person employed is the agent and the contract by which
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is through the doctrine of the duty of care.Essentially‚this is a legal concept which dictates the circumstances in which one party will be liable to another in negligence.Breach of a duty of care essentially means that the defendant has fallen below the standard of behavior expected in someone undertaking the activity concerned ‚so for example‚ driving carelessly is a breach of the duty owed to the road users‚while bad medical treatment may be breach of the duty owed by doctors to patients.In each
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Richard O. Mason Applying Ethics to Information Technology Issues The articles in this special section express a common theme: the use of information technology in society is creating a rather unique set of ethical issues that requires the making of new moral choices on the part of society and has spawned special implications for its members. Technology itself is not the only‚ nor necessarily the most responsible‚ cause of these issues. All ethical questions arise initially out of human
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The duties and responsibilities that define the role of a Sonographer are: Checking ‚taking and bringing together pertinent patient medical history‚ information from physical examinations and supporting clinical data to facilitate diagnosis. Preparing the patient(s) for the Ultrasound examination. Briefly explaining the examination to the patient and answering questions about the examimation. Making sure to respect and follow the privacy of confidentiality act. Electing the appropriate
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Chapter 1‚ Introducing Business Ethichs What is business ethics? Business Ethics (BE) has been called an oxymoron. By an oxymoron‚ we mean the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts. The statement also suggests that there are not‚ or cannot be‚ ethics in business. However‚ there appears to be good reason to suggest that business ethics as a phenomenon‚ and as a subject‚ is not an oxymoron. Whilst there will be disagreements about what exactly constitutes “ethical” business
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to right and wrong behavior‚ ethics are recognized rules of conduct in regards to a specific action or a particular group of people. In short‚ ethics come from an external social structure whereas morals come from within – a person’s own perceptions of right and wrong regardless of what society’s rules say. The three primary schools of ethics that can be used in discussing ethical problems and dilemmas are care-based ethics‚ rule-based ethics‚ and end-based ethics. In the case of ethical dilemma
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contract or not. Does party X has the duty to disclose the material facts to party Y? To what extent and in what circumstances must party X disclose such information? Unlike many other legal systems‚ the English law has taken the traditional perception that parties to a proposed contract generally have no duty to disclose information to each other.1 Each party must evaluate their own judgment in deciding whether to enter into a contract and it is not the duty of either one of the parties to notify
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Assignment Topic Traditionally‚ the performance of an existing contractual duty did not constitute valid consideration for a promise to pay extra money to the contractor. See for example‚ Stilk v Myrick (1809) 2 Camp 317. However‚ the decision in Williams v Roffrey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) [1991] 1QB1 impacts upon this traditional approach. Explain and justify the traditional approach of the courts and extent to which that approach is varied by the decision in Williams v Roffrey
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Each category has its own set of duties and responsibilities‚ but all of them have the most all round responsibilities. The Key Responsibilities of all Yeoman are to know every sailor and the aspect of their jobs‚ know the functions of the ship or shore station they work on‚ how to work
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The case regarding Fashion First is a very interesting case as it allows for a discussion to take place in relation to ethics. Ethics could be defined as moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. In other words‚ ethics allow for individuals to distinguish between right and wrong‚ and to make decisions based on what is right or wrong for any particular situation. In this situation‚ Sandy‚ the part-time bookkeeper of Fashion First is approached with a situation where she noticed
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