Business law bs 311 | Unit 5 Case Study | Millie vs. Frank | | Joia Webb | 9/25/2012 | | “Millie contracted to sell Frank 10‚000 bushels of corn to be grown on Millie ’s farm. Due to a drought during the growing season‚ Millie ’s yield was much less than anticipated‚ and she could deliver only 250 bushels to Frank. Frank accepted the lesser amount but sued Millie for breach of contract. Can Millie defend successfully on the basis of outcome impossibility of performance? Explain”
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Case 5-60 1. The solution Doug proposes is not ethical. Although maintaining the current plant-wide rate is probably not illegal‚ its continuation has one purpose: to extract profits from government business. Doug knows the plant-wide rate is not accurately assigning overhead costs to various jobs and is willing to alter the assignments on an “unofficial basis” for purposes of bidding on private-sector jobs. Fundamentally‚ ethical behavior is concerned with choosing right over wrong. To knowingly
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CHAPTER 5: Integrative Case- Northwest Industries N Date: December 3‚ 2011 Information Management Immediate Issues or Problems * Is there an existing fraud in the payroll system of Northwest Industries? * What courses of action should be done by Northwest Industries to prevent and detect fraud? Basic Issues or Associated Issues * All of the 1‚500 company employees of Northwest Industries had a discrepancy between their reported withholding and the actual amount
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On-Boarding‚ Socialization‚ Retention and Down-Sizing Chern’s Department Store Case Study # 5 Selection and Placement-004016: BUS522004016*201003 Presented To Dr. Ronda Jones‚ Ph.D. March 14‚ 2010 By Jacqueline R. Jones Introduction Chern’s has recently hired two new sales associates and have a need for an on-boarding and socialization strategy. Because organizations invest money in hiring new employees‚ the company has a need to get new hires off to a good start but need help doing so. Because
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Case 5 Magrec‚ Inc. 1. I would let a day pass and then request another meeting with Dinah indicating a sincere desire to work through the matter and the need to come to an understanding and agreement of how to work together and with the team moving forward. At that meeting‚ I would start off and thank Dinah for bringing the Partco matter to my attention. I would communicate with Dinah that I respect her strong feelings and beliefs behind her actions regarding the Partco matter but indicate
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MBA 575: Case Study 5 Kayla Rodney The University of Northwestern Ohio CH 3: "Antar Automobile Company-Part 1: The Automation Project" Rob Dander‚ project manager in the Operation Research Department (ORD) was charged with managing a large computer project for Antar’s new manufacturing process. Dander was assigned three assistants to help with this project‚ all with different experience levels. The team was to function as a high-performance product development team‚ however they lacked
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female who is over weight but in no acute distress. She wears a brace on her right wrist. Height is 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 252 pounds. Temperature 98°F. Pulse 80. Respiratory rate 20. Blood pressure 140/80. She has not carotid bruits or meningismus. Cranial nerves 2 through 12 are intact and detailed to include visual fields. Funduscopic exam and pupillary examination. Motor exam reveals 5 out of 5 strength in arms and legs without atrophy or vesiculation. Reflexes are trace over four. Sensory exam
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When its original incarnation‚ the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan‚ failed in 1998‚ it set in motion a series of paradigm shifts for the bank. First‚ the bank was sold to a US private equity group‚ Ripplewood. This was controversial as‚ per the case material‚ “corporate Japan loathed private equity groups‚ and the government was reluctant to allow a foreign group to control a major local bank.” Thus‚ right from the start‚ Shinsei Bank had an uphill climb ahead of it in terms of public acceptance
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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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Midterm Group Project Case Study Five Abstract Assume your group will serve as a systems analysis and design team for a project designed to computerize or enhance the computerization of all business aspects of a 15-year old national U.S. trucking firm called Maverick Transport. Maverick is a less-than-a-truckload (LTL) carrier. The people in management work from a philosophy of just in time (JIT)‚ in which they have created a partnership that includes the shipper‚ the receiver
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