HSM Law Profile Paper Sarah Wegner HSM/230 November 2‚ 2014 Rachel Smith HSM Law Profile Paper As a human service worker‚ it is your duty to always have up-to-date knowledge about the laws‚ regulations‚ and the rights of the people you are serving and your rights as a worker as well. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is one that in the Human Service field‚ is one of those laws you should always be following. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed
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in the business of receiving deposits (liabilities) and to issue debt securities on one hand and create or invest in assets on the other hand during these transactions banks incur costs for their liabilities and earn income from their assets. Asset – liability management is therefore very critical for the sound management of the finances of any organisation that invests to meet its future cash flow needs and capital requirements. An efficient asset-liability management requires maximising the bank’s
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Case Study Vicarious Liability Introduction Under the English Common Law‚ Vicarious liability is a principle of the tort laws. The law imposes liability of employees and agents to their employers. Under this law‚ the liability of any tort committed by an employee that falls under the scope of his duties to the employer is transferred to the employer. This includes both the intentional and unintentional torts. The inclusion of the intentional torts came in to effect after the ruling in the case
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A2 law: tort: Vicarious Liability Question 2-Fairness/Unfairness. Vicarious liability arises when one party is responsible for the tort of another. This situation occurs frequently when an employer is held responsible for the torts committed by an employee. An employer can only be held responsible for the torts of an employee‚ not for an independent contractor. There are also some rules that must be satisfied. First it must be proven that the tortfeaser is an employee. The act the tortfeaser
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Product Liability Research Paper Shericia Bonnett Professor Kapalko LEG 500 – Law and Ethics In the Business Environment 09/09/2012 Consumers use a variety of products on a daily basis to assist them in accomplishing a task or completing a project and they expect the product to be properly designed and safe to use. However‚ in the event that a product is defective and causes injury to the person using it‚ the manufacturer may be liable for the injury and have to compensate the injured
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lawsuits and litigation from everyone suing everyone else‚ one must ask the question "where does product liability end and consumer responsibility begin?" This question has been further complicated by occurrences that stretch to the most far-reaching ends of this spectrum‚ the spectrum ranging from strict product liability of the company to complete consumer responsibility. On the strict product liability of the company side‚ we have the cigarette industry where the CEOs of the largest cigarette companies
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IBM 320 – Business Application Final Exam List the question Answer with 2 paragraphs‚ chart‚ paragraph‚ and company example Minimum 1.5 pages for each question Answer all 5 essays Part 1: power point on blackboard Part I: Essay (worth 50% of the grade) Essay #1: Why is the understanding of sales forecasting critical to the success of business? What method and/or tools (at least two) can one use to forecast sales? #1:Forcasting sales critical to business: setting up a budget for the
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Seminar 7 Vicarious Liability The problem question deals mainly with the issue of Vicarious Liability and Negligence. In order to advise Jerry one would have to explore the rules of vicarious liability‚ relevant statute law and case law which may apply. Vicarious liability has been defined as the person who commits a wrong must be an employee and not an independent contractor‚ the employee must have committed a tort and the tort must have been in the course of employment. The doctrine of ‘vicarious
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Week 4 CheckPoint Christine Spencer hsm270 Week 4 Mary freeland Week 4 CheckPoint HOPE is a nonprofit organization that offers help to any individual who has lost their employment due to the recent economic downfall or to those that just want to increase their shills so they may have a better chance of receiving a higher paying employment position. HOPE is a great organization located in Portland‚ OR‚ which is one of the highest rated cities in the country for unemployment. Project Wide
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1. What are some potential legal and ethical issues present in this case study? The potential legal issue could be raising the price of the rent for residents for a specific amount because of the price of the construction and using a entirely different plan for the pool. They did not put in the original pool but use a cheaper supplies which in return could cause possible injuries. Moral issues that are relevant to this analysis are that the manager stated that the residents would be happy with
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