Resolving Ethical Business Challenges Chapter One 1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation? Acme is essentially bribing buyers to purchase their products. This could backfire on them if the buyers company gets wind of it. The reaction of the company may be to fire their buyer and cut off Acme all together. This of course could be potentially fatal for Acme in two ways‚ one by damaging their infrastructure though lost revenue and two by damaging their corporate
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International Management 8 (2002) 223 – 240 Liability of foreignness to competitive advantage: How multinational enterprises cope with the international business environment Deepak Sethi*‚ Stephen Guisinger 1 University of Texas at Dallas‚ P.O. Box 830688‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0688‚ USA Abstract An expanded and holistic conceptualization of the liability of foreignness (LOF) is presented that goes beyond the traditional foreign subsidiary – local firm dyad in the host country. Taking the strategy
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Running head: Ethics Issues Paper Ethics Issues Paper Suzanne Clifton University of Phoenix Online MGT 216: Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Facilitator: Kristy Lewkut September 9‚ 2010 Ethics Issues Paper Ethics are a system of knowing right and wrong‚ and feeling that your actions taken fall into one category or the other. Sometimes the thin line between right and wrong is a bit hazy. In the corporate world ethics is known as business ethics. As defined by Crystal (2010)
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Business Law II Exam I Review ____ 1. As part of a loan to pay for improvements to her restaurant‚ Courtney executes a negotiable instrument in favor of Tim. They are the only parties to the instrument. A negotiable instrument that has only two parties is The promissory note is the simplest form of commercial paper; it is simply a promise to pay money. A promissory note is a two-party instrument in which one person(known as the maker) makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay
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Steven Westgate BUS345.01 Business Law I Chapters 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ and 18 Professor Sappington November 3‚ 2003 1) This would indeed be a contract called an implied-in-fact contract. This is a contract that is implied from the conduct of the parties. Unlike other contracts‚ the contract was created through the conduct of the parties‚ not through words. This is what Miller and McCleskey have done. The parties both agreed through their
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Products Liability 1. Construct a fact pattern [an example] to clearly delineate: a. A Manufacturing Defect: A car’s braking system that does not work properly and causes the driver to get into an accident. b. A Design Defect: A type of sunglasses that fail to protect the eyes from ultraviolet rays. c. A Marketing Defect: Prescription drugs advertised as “virtually non-toxic‚” “safe‚” and “free of significant side effects” when they are not. They failed to state
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a commercial building‚ damages of $1000 are payable. The completion is delayed by 20 days due to the fault of the contractor. How much can the innocent party claim if the actual loss suffered is $22‚000? Do you think generally‚ it is wise for a business to always have a liquidated damages clause? 2. At Your Service Pte Ltd is a big company which provides various travel related services‚ including overseas tour packages which are designed in-house. Tom‚ a customer‚ had booked a special in-house
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org/uk/cases/UKHL/1884/1.htmlAtlas Express v Kafco (Importers & Distributors ) Ltd (1989) QB 833 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Express_Ltd_v_KafcoAmalgamated Investment Co v Texas Bank (1982) Q.B http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1965/3.htmlBusiness Law‚ by Robert W. EmersonPublished by Barron ’s Educational Series (2004)
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Business Law – Complete Notes from Benjamin Wolfson Class taken Spring 2008 Quiz questions at end of document What is Law: Law is a set of rules for the peaceful resolution of disputes. (*better/more useful than book definition) It is impossible to set up a system that always resolves conflict. -The phrase “law exists to protect our rights” is incorrect‚ because law gives us our rights. Without the law‚ we would not have them. [ryan] we always want disputes resolved peacefully.
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Amicable Heritable Securities V Northern Assurance Co 1883 11 R 287 5 Sloans Dairies V Glasgow Corp 1977 Scot CS CSIH_2 4 Wight V Brown 1845 11D 459 4 The concept of insurable interest and the alleged need under Scots law for the requirement of insurable interest by the insured in an insurance policy‚ have recently come under scrutiny. Why is this‚ and what should be done about the problems arising from the requirement for insurable interest? How realistic are the proposals
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