applies to any weakness or predisposition of the plaintiff to a particular injury or illness regardless of the defendant’s knowledge. An illustration of this rule can be found in the following case which are; Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd (1962) and Robinson v Post office (1974) 1 WLR 1176. The case of Smith v Leech Brain is about a galvanizer who is the plaintiff’s husband and work at the defendant’s company. His job is to lift articles into a tank of a molten metal via a crane. The plaintiff’s husband
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A. The first sign of communication problems surfaced at Cerner corporation on March 13th‚ 2000 • The CEO‚ Neal L. Patterson sent a memo to the entire corporation with extremely hard remarks • The CEO did not consider the fact that this memo can be leaked to outside worlds if sent to entire corporate • The CEO did not consider the impact of his message on the all different kinds of employees that the company has B. The message sent by CEO has no objective • The message should have been discussed
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is "a control deficiency‚ or combination of control deficiencies‚ that adversely affects the entity’s ability to initiate‚ authorize‚ record‚ process‚ or report financial data reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the entity’s financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected." Material weakness: A material weakness is
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Company‚ general facts and information pertaining to operations as well as industry statistics including trends and key competitors. Furthermore‚ this paper will examine the financial position of The Hershey Company‚ through use of ratio analyses and forecasting models in order to present an overall assessment of the company’s financial position. GENERAL INFORMATION Company Overview The Hershey Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on October 24‚1927 as a successor to a business
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TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1994 Core-Competencies The core competence of Toyota Motor Corporation is its ability to produce automobiles of great quality at best prices‚ thereby providing a value for money to the customers. This core competence of quality can be attributed to its innovative production practices. The quality aspect of Toyota’s products have revolutionized the automobiles in the past and almost all the automobile companies had to try and better the quality of their products. It is a
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Cultural influences on organizational leadership: Literature review‚ theoretical rationale‚ and GLOBE project goals. In R. J. House‚ P. J. Hanges‚ M. Javidan‚ P. W. Dorfman‚ & V. Gupta (Eds.)‚ Culture‚ leadership‚ and organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies (pp. 51-73). Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. McLaurin‚ J. R. (2008). Leader-effectiveness across cultural boundaries: An organizational culture perspective. Journal of Organization Culture‚ Communications and Conflict‚ 12(1)‚ 49-69. Available
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The Growth of Rondell Rondell Data Corporation was founded in 1920 by Bob Rondell. Its inception was based on Rondell’s invention of several electrical testing devices. During the 60’s the company had increased its business to include data transmission equipment. Rondell data Corporation had a reputation of being a source of high quality innovative designs. By 1978 they had two major lines known as Broadcast Equipment and Data Transmission‚ with broadcast equipment accounting for 35% of the company
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activities did not yield their benefits. The analysis will cover numerous set of financial indicators in order to present the full picture of Gulf’s management’s performance. For the period of 7 years‚ the management spent $15.1 Billion in exploration activities. By right‚ the amount spent should have resulted in an increase in the company’s performance represented in an increase in shareholder’s wealth. That was not the case with Gulf. The management of Gulf was spending huge amount of money without
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Problems/issues: • Mei Ling may not have enough money to cover her later years expenses; • She had been a fairly aggressive investor‚ but she may not want to take very risky investment since she cannot afford to lose at her age. Goals and objectives: • Cash-flow management; • Pay off the property investment loan; • Superannuation adequacy and savings programs; • Personal investing. Assumptions: • Taxation and other legislative conditions will remian stable; • Income will incerease
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Jarvis Communication Corporation Background Jarvis Communication is a start-up firm that develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets a miniature telephone. Last year’s sales revenue was $6.5 million‚ resulting in its first profitable year in its first three years of business. The phone is unique because it is only two inches long‚ weighs two ounces‚ and a miniature receiver is worn in the ear. The phone speaker and microphone carry out all the normal functions of a phone (except dialing) without the use
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