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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LEGAL SYSTEMS What is a legal system It is an operating set of legal institutions‚ procedures and rules regulating a given society From a law perspective: restricted to where the ’sovereign’ commands different laws for different groups of the population From a non state perspective: includes the system of courts and judges supported by the state as well as non legal forms of normative ordering. Normative ordering - e.g. Written codes‚ security forces‚ tribunals etc which replicate the structure
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based on a case scenario and will critically analyse the ethical dilemmas that health and social care practitioner’s encounter with regards to: implications of consent‚ disclosure of personal information and maintaining patient confidentiality. The legal aspects of the scenario will be discussed in relation to the breaching of confidentiality and how the Data Protection Act (1998) can conflict with other legislation intended to protect patient’s rights. In addition it will identify the consequences
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Work within a legal and ethical framework CHCCS4100C Assessment 2 Case Study Report Due date: 8th April‚ 2013 18701 Certificate IV in Community Services 2013 Samuel Waldock Student number: 367816562 Question 1: Identify the important laws and legal requirements that a community service worker needs to be aware of when working with clients in this scenario/situation. Briefly explain why they are important. EDUCATION ACT NSW 1990 Section 21B – Compulsory school
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BETWEEN A ROMANO-GERMANIC LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND A COMMON LAW ENVIRONMENT In order for us to understand the difference between a ROMANO-GERMAN legal environment and a COMMON LAW environment‚ it is important for us to examine each system separately and then to present the main differences of the two legal systems. ROMANO-GERMANIC LAW (CIVIL LAW) Civil law is the main legal system used in the world today. It originates from the Roman law and is based on written legal codes which are applied
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Centre Towers become a pile of rubble? How was the American government “oblivious” to the hijacked jetliners? All of these questions point toward the theory that this was an inside job; a deliberate plan involving over 30 years of painstaking planning. Everyone has wondered how the gleaming giants of Manhattan crumbled to the floor‚ only to become a scarring wreckage. The ruination of the buildings could not have occurred only due to the plane’s impact. As a matter of fact‚ the colossal towers were
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mental capacity advocate to support someone who cannot make a decision about serious medical treatment‚ or about hospital‚ care home or residential accommodation‚ when there are no family or friends to be consulted. * To provide protection against legal liability for carers who have honestly and reasonably sought to act in the person’s best interests. * To provide clarity and safeguards around research in relation to those who lack capacity. Under the Mental Capacity Act a person is presumed
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Business Law – Unit 15 Task 01-a A legal system in a country embodies both the law of that country and the mechanisms the country has in place for regulating and enforcing those laws. A legal system incorporates: * The country’s law * The legislature: the law making body * The judiciary: the body that sits in judgment on disputes about laws * The prosecution system: the system that seeks to ensure the criminal law in enforced and people who break the law are prosecuted * The
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Nike has experienced many political and legal issues throughout its lifetime. From claims the company has used and continues to use sweatshops‚ to ties with terrorism‚ Nike has had a lot to overcome. These issues Nike has faced has shaped their current marketing strategies and led them to become one of the most recognizable brands in the world. The largest political issue Nike has faced was with regards to the sweatshop and child labor scandal. Nike began manufacturing in South Korea and Taiwan
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balsa wood tower performed significantly better than our first tower. The first tower held 27.5 lbs. while the second held 90 lbs. The main differences in the towers come from the increased thickness of load-bearing wood. We made the four corner pieces three sticks thick instead of only one stick. We also decreased the amount of cross pieces to make sure we were under weight. The both towers ended up crushing because the weight was unevenly distributed on the bottom. On the first tower‚ the cross
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