What is the role played in contract law by the doctrine of consideration 1. Controversies and challenges of consideration. For a contract promise to be enforceable‚ that promise must normally be supported by consideration. Any contractual promise must be supported by consideration unless an exception applies. A promise will be supported by consideration if it’s given as part of a bargain or exchange rather than a gift. Second‚ the promiser or 3rd party should receive some act forbearance
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Research Summary and Ethical Consideration Introduction Critically ill patients often require lifesaving interventions‚ such as mechanical ventilation (MV) to replace or assist in spontaneous breathing. To achieve this intervention‚ a machine called a ventilator is used. Hospitalization that is complicated by intensive care stays and mechanical ventilation is both difficult and stressful for patients and their families. Patients not only have to the endure pain and discomfort associated with
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The Impaired Employee and Liability Identify and explain at least three ethical considerations. I believe that the first ethical consideration is the fact that the potential employee was upfront in revealing that he had a degenerative progressive condition that could result in a disability. He did not have to bring this to our attention and his physicians are not even able to predict when the disabling condition will appear or if it will appear at all. The candidate was demonstrating his
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the political influence declared by the nobility and projected that all humans were liberated to act in whatever way they choose. Human beings act as free agents to make contracts with other humans to fulfill their civic and social duties. The utilitarian approach asserts that humans are principally driven by the idea to maximize their pleasure and diminish pain. The basic principle of the classist school of thought claims that human beings are free in their will to take up criminal activities on
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Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children “According to statistics presented by the National Interview Survey (2010) there are approximately 7.1 million children in the United States who have asthma.” (U.S. Department
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1.7. Ethical Considerations The researcher will focus on four main areas of ethical consideration‚ which are reliability‚ validity‚ bias‚ and plagiarism to ensure that this research is appropriate‚ precise‚ and harmless to any person concerned. 1.7.1. Reliability According to Iacobucci & Churcill (2009‚ p.201)‚ “data might reflect manipulation‚ contamination caused by inappropriateness‚ confusion‚ or carelessness‚ or concept error”. In order to avoid unreliable sources‚ the researcher will make
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GCU London Personal and Professional Development How diversity considerations might impact on conflict in a workplace setting. 1. Introduction 2. Diversity Firstly‚ clarifying the meaning of diversity is of utmost importance here in such that‚ diversity has been well-defined at diverse conceptual levels as it is been associated with age‚ gender‚ nationality‚ ethnicity‚ work status and education. Therefore‚ turning to the generally established definition
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After careful consideration of the lawsuits presented in Chapter 20 of the text‚ this writer chose two lawsuits that violate standards in which important future cases were based upon due to the outcomes of these cases. The first case is that within an employment setting in which testing was used to determine employee performance‚ yet was considered to not be valid or reliable. Griggs vs. Duke Power Company‚ 1971 brought to question if the testing that was being used to hold back African Americans
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INCENTIVE CONSIDERATION The use of book value based on cost to measure the investment or even the use of estimates of price-level-adjusted cost is subject to severe criticism. There is no reason why a system based on values estimated by management cannot be used for internal purposes instead of cost-based conventional accounting. Here we have an opportunity to apply ingenuity to bypass a valid objection by managers to cost-based accounting. Rather than asking an accountant or another staff person
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HSM 410 Ethical Considerations 2/8/2012 Ethical considerations for providing emergency contraception’s to rape victims requires all hospitals to provide information and access to emergency contraceptive to victims of sexual assault. Plan B‚ an oral synthetic hormone‚ is the most common type of emergency contraception and is often called the “morning after pill.” Supporters of the legisla¬tion argue that emergency contraception is a medically accepted way of preventing
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