Legal & Ethical Environment of Business DATE: 2/4/2013 Week 1 Assignment PART 1: Follow the link below‚ read the article and analyze the practice of “dumping” dangerous drugs overseas. Can an American company be penalized for marketing a product deemed unsafe by the U.S.‚ if it is not also banned by the foreign
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22-2-96 CONDUCTING POLYMERS By Colin Pratt INTRODUCTION Until about 30 years ago all carbon based polymers were rigidly regarded as insulators. The idea that plastics could be made to conduct electricity would have been considered to be absurd. Indeed‚ plastics have been extensively used by the electronics industry because of this very property. They were utilized as inactive packaging and insulating material. This very narrow perspective is rapidly changing as a new class of polymer known
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Business Entities‚ Laws‚ and Regulations Paper BUS/415 March 5‚ 2012 Beth Shankle-Anderson There are different scenarios with three different forms of entities that require taking control‚ taxation‚ and possible liability issues into account. These considerations will not only serve to ensure compliance is met but also so that each establishment is protected. In the first scenario Lou and Jose plan to open a restaurant/sports bar‚ the issue is that they have not accumulated of the money‚
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Paper 2 Introduction Many companies today often don’t think about legal issues related to their business until they are hit with a lawsuit or decide they need to take legal action against someone else. The ramifications of a lawsuit as a plaintiff or a defendant can impact a company and even destroy a company and its reputation. This can happen if the company is not fully prepared on handling legal pitfalls that might come their way. Creating a system that defines and controls the
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Legal Issue A paper submitted in the course of Business Law BUS/415 University of Phoenix March 16‚ 2008 Introduction Agency Law in a Business Environment A principal is the party who employs another person to act on his or her behalf; an agent is a party who agrees to act on behalf of another. In order for the agent to successfully fulfill their tasks for their principal’s they have duties that they are expected to fulfill. The duty to obey instructions‚ to act with skill‚ loyalty‚
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Executive Summary What types of regulation should the government enforce to regulate outsourcing and why? The government was created by our founding fathers to help run America. Laws and regulation are established to protect and serve the American people. Outsourcing is becoming more prevalent in our society and as a result‚ yes government should intervene to regulate it. Businesses have the options of receiving government funds and in return should be regulated by the government. Job security
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families have sent their children overseas to study. The idea of going overseas for the education is an exciting prospect for many people. But while the overseas education may offer some advantages‚ it is probably easy to bring some disadvantages because of the difficulties a student inevitably encounters living and studying in a different culture. Then‚ what are the pros and cons of overseas education? The main advantage of overseas education is academic ones. Overseas education offers many good foreign
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BUSINESS LAW Course Code: MGBLW 10201 Credit Units: 03 No. of hours : 33 Course Objective: The objective of the course is to acquaint the management students with the basic fundamentals of business related laws and to understand its linkages with other fields of management which have significant bearing on business organization Course Contents: Module I: Companies Act‚ 1956 Meaning‚ definition and characteristics
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Conductivity of Ionic and Molecular Aqueous Solutions Abstract Aqueous solutions that have free ions have higher conductivity values than solutions with most molecules. The purpose of the experiment was to see if ionic strength of an aqueous solution determines its conductivity. We tested each compound by putting the conductivity probe into its aqueous solution. Then the computer would analyze the data and give us a conductivity value. After each solution was tested‚ we used deionized water
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Overseas study – a common tendency in Vietnam but is it as good as it looks? 1. Introduction Recent years witnessed a increasing of number of study overseas. Especially after Vietnam joining WTO‚ students have more and more tendency to study abroad. The Vietnamese economy magazine provided the figure of 50 000 – the number of student study overseas count until 2007. In U.S‚ the amount of visa issued for Vietnamese student increase 54%‚ while in Canada rise significantly 90%. They can
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