Course: Legal & Ethical Environment Professor: Dr. Libertella Chapter 16 Business Ethics Perspective P419 1. Stewart was not an insider of ImClone and she received the tip from her stockbroker. Does she have an ethical obligation to ask where the tip came from or why the broker was recommending selling the stock? Does the fact that Stewart was an officer and director of a publicly traded corporation require her to use higher ethical standards when buying and selling stock of other companies
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give-and-take of a negotiated settlement and a contract specifies the minimum acceptable standard of performance. b) Intention to create legal relationship: - One of the essential elements in the creation of a binding contract‚ this intention is implied by the fact that it is not expressly denied. Intention to bind the other party with the involved legal obligations. c) Free and genuine contract:-Two parties must give their Free and genuine contract to the term of agreement. Such
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Affirmative Action in the Workplace When you think of affirmative action in the workplace do you think of equal rights for all‚ or just equal rights for minorities. Affirmative action is the extent to which employers make an effort through their personal practices to attract retain‚ and upgrade members of the protected classes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ (Bernardin & Russell 2013). In easier terms affirmative action is known to be the equal opportunity measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors
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in given business situation 12 Conclusion 12 Reference 13 Executive summery In one case PRIMARK contracts with PRESEC Pacesetters‚ to prove that whether the contract is legal here I have described the elements of legal contract. The impact of the elements in a contract‚ terms in contract and its analysis‚ the law relating legal contract are described here. In another case the Top Tooling plc. is vicariously liable for Ben peters’ misdeed that injures a pedestrian‚ to describe its legality I have
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In the 196o’s a policy that created jobs‚ promotions‚ government contracts‚ admission to school and other benefits to minority groups and women. This policy was named Affirmative Action. Affirmative action goes back when discrimination was against african americans‚ native americans‚ hispanics‚ and women‚so to protect their rights‚ it was created. The federal government required for both states and local governments to have this programs. The policy also had to be followed by organizations and
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Legal Reasoning is a reasonable reasoning before the decision had been made. Legal reasoning required us to consider the criteria beyond those imposed by the strict necessity of logic. It has followed certain criteria or rules which applied in practical reasoning. For an example‚ a judge has to give judgment by following the precedent case and Federal Constitution‚ legislators have to predict the impact of their laws before amendment whereby following the two-third majority of Parliament and lawyers
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A Call to Action: Regulate Use of Cell Phones on the Road When a cell phone goes off in a classroom or at a concert‚ we are irritated‚ but at least our lives are not endangered. When we are on the road‚ however‚ irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating: They are putting our lives at risk. Many of us have witnessed drivers so distracted by dialing and chatting that they resemble drunk drivers‚ weaving between lanes‚ for example‚ or nearly running down pedestrians in crosswalks
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Affirmative action is a practice that is intended to promote opportunities for the “protected class” which includes minorities‚ woman‚ and people with disabilities or any disadvantaged group for that matter. With affirmative action in place people of this protected class are given an even playing field in terms of hiring‚ promotion‚ as well as compensation. Historically‚ affirmative action is only known to have protected African Americans and woman; however that is not the case. Affirmative action protects
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Contemplatives in Action and IT Melissa Ezzell-Maddy Regis University CIS480_XP40_Mng Tech for Bus Strategies Charles Thies Abstract Technology is both good and bad‚ depending on how we apply it. According to our Jesuit values we are to make good use of the talents given to us by God. Technology is a gift given to us by God‚ and as such‚ has value. We‚ as members of organizations‚ must also remember that people are more valuable than other created things. These values are the foundation
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Canda‚ Lucille Ann Carreon‚ Joseph Valerian Timtim‚ Kimberly Loide Viernes‚ Gerald Paul Nature of Law Legal Positivism There are a lot of theorists who pioneered in the concept of Legal Positivism.But among them are two leading theorists who mainly contributed on this idea and further argued on each other’s respective opposite views. One of which is John Austin‚ who holds that legal positivism is the nature of law which deals with the existence and contents of law based on social facts and
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