1. What does the case suggest is the value of ethical behavior? What did Siemens gain by introducing controls to minimize the likelihood of corruption? The case suggests that while it may be tempting in the short run to engage in unethical business practices‚ in the long run it is essentially bad business. Siemens was involved in a large amount of corruption and bribery all over the world. While this did increase their profits‚ it ultimately led to a public image‚ millions of dollars in fines‚ and
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In the sole dissent of the Plessey v. Ferguson case‚ Justice Harlan proclaimed that “[o]ur Constitution in color-blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens” (Linder‚ 2016). Yet trials in America have long included conversations about race‚ such as with the infamous O. J. Simpson trial. Legal distinctions based on race are also frequently made‚ such as is done when considering college admission. These conversations and distinctions are allowed because in reality‚ neither the Constitution
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Case Brief: Sutter v. Hutchings Case Name‚ Citation & Court: Sutter v. Hutchings‚ 254 Ga. 194‚ 327 S.E.2d 717‚ Georgia Supreme Court‚ decided 1985. Parties & Procedural History: Trial Court level: Plaintiff Sutter sues Defendant Hutchings. Defendant filed summary judgment motion‚ and court granted judgment in favor of Defendant. Plaintiff appealed. First appeal: Ga. Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals again to Ga. Supreme Court. Facts: Mrs
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Cipla v Roche – Generics Industry Rejoices! For the last two years‚ the Delhi High Court has been the battle ground for a pharmaceutical war between Roche and Cipla over Roche’s patent for the anticancer drug ‘erlotinib’‚ sold by Roche as ’Tarceva’. On 24 April 2009‚ the Division bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed Roche’s appeal against the refusal of a single judge to grant an injunction restraining Cipla from manufacturing‚ offering for sale‚ selling and exporting its generic version of ‘erlotinib’
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Hugh M. Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company‚ Inc. 556 U.S.868 U.S. Supreme Court June 8‚ 2009 Facts: Hugh Caperton‚ C.E.O. of Harman mining (here on labeled as Caperton)‚ filed a lawsuit against A.T. Massey Coal Company (here on labeled as Massey) alleging that Massey fraudulently canceled a coal supply contract with Harman Mining‚ resulting in its going out of business. In August 2002‚ a Boone County‚West Virginia jury found in favor of Caperton and awarded $50 million in damages. Massey
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Georgia v. Randolph is a landmark case pertaining to the search of a private resident without a search warrant where one resident gives law enforcement personnel consents to conduct a search and the other member objects. This particular case involved a married couple Scott and Janet Randolph‚ who were having marriage problems. Janet decided to leave Scott taking their son with her to Canada (Wood 2007 para 1). After being gone for a little over a month she and the child returned to the same residents
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presentation of Jaques as the “odd man out” in As You Like It. Introduction: It can be argued that Shakespeare continuously presents Jaques as the odd man out throughout the romantic comedy As you like it through a range of methods. Jaques’ melancholy character would have been a solid portrayal of man courtiers at the time both in society and in literature as this misanthropic attitude was perceived as fashionable. As You Like It is based on Thomas Lodge’s “Rosalynd” – Jaques is not a character
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Personal Property Case Study The case study “Parking Lot’s Liability” is an actual court case‚ Allright‚ Inc. v. Strauder. Plaintiff brought suit alleging that as a result of defendant’s negligence‚ his automobile was stolen from a parking lot operated by defendant. Signs were located throughout the parking lot which stated that the lot closed at 6 o’clock p.m. and that anyone returning after that time could pick up their keys at another parking lot operated by the defendant at a another
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Gonzales v. Raich In the case of Gonzales v. Raich‚ the Supreme Court made a judgment that affected the California users of medical marijuana. Under a law the federal Controlled Substance Act‚ marijuana is a schedule one controlled substance‚ however under a 1996 state California law‚ marijuana is legalized for usage for people who have a prescription from a doctor for medical usage. When the federal Drug Enforcement Administration enforced the CSA by destroying one of the defendant’s marijuana
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Oracle v. PeopleSoft Case‚ By Hossein Rad. There are couple of ethical issues to be discussed in the Oracle v. PeopleSoft case. However some aspects of the case may still require more enlightening to allow a firm conclusions to whether they were merely truthful business decisions without any ethical violations involved or they
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