Topics in Criminal Law May 25‚ 2010 Abstract Strict liability crimes require no culpable mental state and present a significant exception to the principle that all crimes require a conjunction of action and mens rea. Strict liability offenses make it a crime simply to do something‚ even if the offender has no intention of violating the law or causing the resulting harm. Strict liability is based philosophically on the presumption that causing harm is in itself blameworthy regardless of the
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Entrepreneurship Law Final Exam 1. Who owns the CadWatt Solar cell technology? What rights‚ if any can SSC claim on it? SSC owned the technology‚ because the invention related to the SSC’s business and he had used some of SSC’s resources (namely‚ his SSC computer and SSC training sessions) when developing it. 2. What can Pierre do to make his departure from SSC amicable? Should he have left sooner? What ongoing obligations does he have to SSC? Pierre should consider returning
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In his article‚ “An Aristotelean Approach to Business Ethics‚” Robert Solomon argues that business should be viewed from the Aristotle way. He discusses that this view is not something very new but something that originated back to the ancient times. “What the Aristotelean approach promises is not something novel and scientific but an approach that is very staid and established and above all very human.” This approach differs from other philosophies that we have learned in class because it incorporates
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Supplies’ CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case‚ and your opinion of their potential liability. He wants to settle the case. Write a memo to him which states your view of whether the company is exposed to liability on all issues you feel are in play. Include in your memo any laws which apply and any precedential cases either for or against Teddy’s case which impact liability. Include in the memo your suggested "offer of settlement" to Virginia. Back up your offer using your analysis
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Office of the Ombudsman v. Uldarico P. Andutan (G.R. No. 164679‚ 27 July 2011) The Ombudsman argued – in both the present petition and in the petition it filed with the CA – that Andutan’s retirement from office does not render moot any administrative case‚ as long as he is charged with an offense he committed while in office. It is irrelevant‚ according to the Ombudsman‚ that Andutan had already resigned prior to the filing of the administrative case since the operative fact that determines its
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Samantha Lawson Business Ethics Terms Summary Paper 27 February 2012 1.) Stakeholders are defined as customers‚ investors and shareholders‚ employees‚ suppliers‚ government agencies‚ communities‚ and many others who have stake or claim in some aspect of a company’s products‚ markets‚ operations‚ industry‚ and outcomes. They are influenced by business‚ yet they also influence businesses. The relationship between stakeholders and businesses is very similar to the relationship a husband and wife
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May 2‚ 2013 1/ What is ethics? What are some common ethical types? Why do business people need it? Can ethics be taught to people? Ethics is a study of morality‚ stems from the ancient Greek “ethos” meaning custom or habit. It is a study of theories concerning what is good and evil in human conduct. There is no particular set of laws defining what is ethical and what is not‚ because there is no right or wrong answer. The second sense of ethics speak of “codes of ethics”‚ which are a set of rules
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efficient. The primary goal and motivating force for business organizations is to maximize profits and maintain efficiency. “Business is said to be a game in which the aim is to gain as much profit as possible‚ while staying within ‘the rules of the game’“(Boatright John‚ 2012)‚ which is the law. On these grounds business justifies their legitimacy‚ their conduct‚ and their decision making process. But‚ society is standing up and saying‚ ‘no‚ business has several responsibilities… not only to shareholders
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Business Ethics across the World Stephanie Cross Axia College of University of Phoenix Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Have you ever thought of how globalization hasn ’t just moved nations nearer together‚ but also how it has generated a single moral perception for nations conducting business together? Management teams are discovering that there are great moral challenges waiting to be found out by the enhanced progress to a global scale. If ethics are an issue inside
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The two articles‚ which are from the same source‚ I have selected provide excellent summaries of the business ethics in the two countries selected‚ they are a guide to people wishing to do business in these two developing and fast growing nations. The countries I have selected are India in Asia and Brazil in South America. Both of these countries are part of the BRIC (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China) group of countries which represent 4 of the fastest growing economies in the world‚ as such there
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