principal’s control at all times. More important‚ the principal is liable for the consequences of the actions that the agent performed‚ and the actions and words exchanged between an agent and a third party are binding to the principal. This is known as vicarious liability and it is the reason business owners must be extremely careful of who they hire to represent his/her company. Agency theory is the idea that the agent does not always have the principal’s best interests in mind. A voluntary‚ good faith
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CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS 1. Why do you‚ as a healthcare professional‚ need professional liability insurance? List and discuss nine reasons. At any time and in any given situation‚ a dissatisfied individual can choose to bring a complaint against you. When people sue‚ they usually name everyone they perceive as having had anything to do with the situation—you‚ your business‚ those with whom you share office space. Routinely‚ claimants sue as many individuals as possible. Regardless of who is negligent
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Table of Contents: Page Number Outcome-1………………………………………………………………….3 Outcome-2………………………………………………………………….5 Outcome-3………………………………………………………………….6 Outcome-4………………………………………………………………….8 Bibliography………………………………………………………………...10 Outcome 1: Before describing Bill and James legal position according to their activities‚ the formation of a contract has given below in Figure 1: [pic] By the formation of contract‚ the legal position of Bill
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or privileges of employment‚ because of such individual’s race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin; or” (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 SEC. 2000e-2. [Section 703]) Provide the legal definition of "quid pro quo" (also known as "vicarious liability") sexual harassment. Provide one example of a behavior which could be found to be quid pro quo sexual harassment. According to The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‚ “EEOC ’s Guidelines define two kinds of sexual harassment:
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True / False Questions 1. Companies can now make vast amounts of information available to employees and customers on their Internet‚ intranet‚ and extranet sites. True False 2. An intranet is a private piece of a company’s Internet network made available to customers or to vendor partners using secured access by a unique password. True False 3. The extranet is a company’s internal Web site‚ which contains information for employee access only. True False 4. Many of the wonderful
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When a business is conducted between a buyer and a seller via a representative‚ the legal relationship between the seller / the principal and the representative / the agent is governed by the Law of Agency. A fiduciary relationship created under the law of agency in which one person has a legal authority to act for another‚ can arise from1. 1. An oral or written expressed agreement‚ whereas agent is appointed by the principal for a particular task‚ 2. Ratification of an agent’s conduct
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Swimmingpool Co Pty Ltd employs Martin as the manager of their Tasmanian sales division. Martin is to quote to potential customers the cost of installing the various pools that the company offers‚ to draw up any new contracts on behalf of the company and further to ensure that a deposit is paid by potential customers‚ monies which are then deposited in the company’s bank account. Martin is on a fixed salary but his contract of employment allows for the payment of a bonus if he exceeds his annual
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There has been an enormous amount of research‚ going back almost thirty years‚ about the relationship between childhood trauma‚ and juvenile delinquency. Many researchers cannot say that there is a direct link between the two‚ but after much research‚ researchers have found that childhood trauma can perhaps be a predictor for juveniles who later in life commit crimes. Trauma is defined as‚ “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury
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There have been several studies conducted to see the relationship between childhood trauma and suicide tendency. Often times those who have attempted suicide have been found to have some sort of childhood trauma in the past. Attempts of suicide are elevated among those who have experienced extreme levels of childhood traumatic incidences. (Marshall‚ 2013 p. 72) Frequently people with a past history do not admit to these experiences causing proper diagnosis to go untreated. Studies have been conducted
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coaches not take out a player that had a head trauma that could be a small ding to the head? If all coaches and trainers take out and check athletes that have any type of hits to their head even when they said they are fine and don’t show any signs of head trauma how that could’ve decrease deaths or long term injuries from head trauma. But how things should be or could be‚ as why don’t all schools give a test to all athletes to compare in case of head trauma? If they give this test like they do in the
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