YAHONG LI JIANGYONG LU ZHIGANG TAO SHANG-JIN WEI FOXCONN V BYD (A): COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE OR LEARNING BY HIRING? Teaching Note Synopsis Foxconn International Holdings Limited (“Foxconn”) is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones. Its competitor‚ BYD Company Limited (“BYD”)‚ entered the market in 2003 and has initiated a learning-by-hiring strategy by actively recruiting workers from Foxconn. In May 2006‚ Foxconn first discovered a leakage of its trade secrets to BYD through
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According to the book‚ the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress can be defined as an extreme and outrageous act‚ intentionally committed‚ that results in severe emotional distress to another. To be actionable (capable of serving as the ground for a lawsuit)‚ the conduct must be so extreme and outrageous that it exceeds the bounds of decency accepted by society. Business Law Today‚ 10th Edition‚ pg. 99. In the case of Kiwanuka v. Bakilana‚ Bakilana did cause emotional distress
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Managers Hot Seat #1: Diversity in Hiring: Candidate Conundrum Summary of the case: The company personnel Robert (Manager) and Paul (Project leader) are interviewing two potential candidates Sonya and Jacqueline for a new position at the company. After interviewing both candidates Paul feels Sonya is the one they should hire while Robert believes they should hire Jacqueline. Paul’s reasoning is that he feels he’d work better with Sonya both being Caucasian while Robert thinks Paul may have personal
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Hiring Process: Recruitment The entire hiring process consists of recruitment‚ selection‚ induction and follow-up. Recruitment refers to the process of screening‚ and selecting qualified people for a job at an organization or firm‚ or for a vacancy in a volunteer-based some components of the recruitment process‚ mid and large-size organizations and organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies. External recruitment is the process of attracting
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Ethical Issues in Management Hiring Hiring is the process of interviewing the candidate selected to the job he‚ or she applied for. Appointment of a certain person to a particular post involves formally asking that person to work on the position her‚ or he officially to do it; It involves placing the selected employees on the right position of the jobs. Hiring is an everyday job for every business. It is not an easy job as it sounds; they are numerous rules‚ and procedures
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Memo To: From: Date: October 7‚ 2012 Re: Hiring a managerial accountant for internal accounting The purpose of hiring a managerial accountant is to focus on the internal accounting system. His or her goal will be to comply with the outside demand of bankers as well as summarize the data that will be used to manage and control the business better. He or she will be responsible for paying close attention to short-term goals on day to day basis and make sure that the long-term goals of the
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Introduction Gender preferences in hiring decisions is a very current subject. It has been proved that there is an inequity in salaries between men and women‚ and that men will more often occupy leadership positions than women. But does gender really has an influence in hiring decisions? In this paper one will try to investigate this. The first point will treat the different gender stereotypes. The second point will cover the three main factors that have an influence on hiring decisions and the effect of
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give a traffic advisory to the Aeromexico flight. The jury awarded Estrada $5.5 million for the death of her family and $1 million for negligent infliction of emotional distress. The U.S. government appealed the $500‚000 judgment against it for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Issue. Was Estrada entitled under the law to recover damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress? Opinion. Hug‚ Circuit Judge. A plaintiff may recoverdamages for emotional distress caused by observing
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years by Dr. Bonny Gregory‚ a psychiatrist‚ who has diagnosed her with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. . 2) What are the elements of intentional infliction of emotional distress under North Carolina law? To state a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress under North Carolina law‚ the plaintiff must demonstrate that "(1) the defendant negligently engaged in conduct‚ (2) it was reasonably intended foreseeable that such conduct would cause the plaintiff severe emotional
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Hiring an employee for secretary positions It is always a better idea to implement the specific process to hire an employee. Hiring department has developed series of process to begin the search and hire three desired candidate for the empty secretary positions. This will include distribution of application forms‚ understanding policies of hiring and conduction of interviews. I am reporting on me and my department’s role. My main role is to ensure the process has been followed in correct manner
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