within the scope of his employment? Is E F Hutton liable for Gilbert J Johnson’s tortuous conduct? A principal and an agent are each personally liable for their own tortuous conduct. However the courts will hold a principal liable for the actions of its agent if the agent was acting within the scope of his or her authority. The court will examine the situation to see if:- (1) The act was one which the agent was hired to perform. (2)Did the act occur during the agent’s employment? (3) Was the act
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Business and Law Coursework Assignment With regard to the case‚ there are two legal issues needed to be handled. First‚ it is needed to determine whether 1) Tommy can sue Ada for not reducing the height of fence which is eracted along the side of Ada’s garden 2) Mickey can sue Ada for not fulfilling her promise to pay $1000 for Mickey’s help. To determine the two legal issues‚ we need to consider if any contractual relationship was formed between them. To begin with‚ a contract is a legally
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Business law *CONTRACT 1) consent- both parties agreed to the conditions of the contract The OFFER should be certain. *Vices of consent (contract is voidable) 1) error or mistake- honest mistake in the amount/ contract. Ex: error in number of units 2) violence or force- forced someone to sign a contract. You never really want to sign it. 3) intimidation or threat or duress- same with number 2. 4) undue influence- ex: superior talking to an employee “if you did not sign the contract meaning
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1.INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a combination of competitive market‚ business -friendly environment and cost structure that can give the best returns. Bangladesh offers a well-educated‚ highly adaptive and industrious workforce with the lowest wages and salaries in the regio n. 57.30% of the population is under 25‚ providing a youthful group for recruitment. The country has consistently developed a skilled workforce catering to investors needs. English is widely spoken‚ making communication easy
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Human Resources Management and Leadership * HRM in the Global Context of Business “The increasing interconnectedness of national economies around the world”. “The inexorable integration of markets‚ nation-states‚ and technologies… Jobs‚ knowledge‚ and capital move across borders with far greater speed than was possible just a few years ago”. Major shifts: From Closed markets/protectionism Manufacturing-based economy Unipolar world (West) Home country markets Consistency/slow
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Professor Jon Cook Management 310 January 23‚ 2013 Competition is Tough: Follow the Four Functions of Management to Succeed According to "Functions Of Management" (2008-2012)‚ "Management has been described as a social process involving responsibility for economical and effective planning and regulation of operation of an enterprise in the fulfillment of given purposes.” (para. 1). 41a only need the one period There are four functions of management that include planning‚
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The Power of Activism: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NGOS ON GLOBAL BUSINESS Debora L. Spar Lane T. La Mure n 1995‚ a group of Burmese and American graduate students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison created the Free Burma Coalition (FBC)‚ a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a diverse mix of high school‚ university‚ environmental‚ human rights‚ religious‚ labor‚ and grassroots organizations. Reacting to the Burmese military government’s atrocious human rights record and disdain
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BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK Global Business Perspectives VOLUME XVII 2010 NUMBER 2 RODNEY A. OGLESBY H. PAUL LEBLANC‚ III MARJORIE G. ADAMS EDITORS Publication of the International Academy of Business Disciplines BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES VOLUME XVII 2010 Number 2 Editors Rodney A. Oglesby Drury University H. Paul LeBlanc‚ III University of Texas at San Antonio Marjorie G. Adams Morgan State University A Publication of the International
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TUTORIAL 2 1. Ali and Abu were neighbours. Ali had to go to Singapore for a business seminar. Before he left‚ he told Abu “Please look after my house”. After two weeks of being away‚ Ali’s house caught fire and Abu could only save a briefcase containing RM30‚000. When Ali returned home‚ he thanked Abu for saving his briefcase and promised he would pay Abu RM2‚000 for what he had done. Later‚ Ali refused to pay what he had promised. Advise Abu. Referring to section 2(d) of Contracts Act1950
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“Is the Nation-State Finished?” (Holton 1998‚ 80-107; Ohmai 1995). Even as early as 1969 Charles Kindleberger stated that “[t]he nation state is just about through as an economic unit” (Kindleberger 1969‚ 207). Is this position correct‚ and further‚ what would a conceivable loss of nation-state sovereignty portend for the long-term dynamics of ongoing culture evolution? The Cultural Complexities of Conception: The Nation‚ Nationality‚ the Nation-State and Nationalism Figure 1‚ “The Evolution of Culture
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