Tiffin University Problem Solution Analysis Paper Submitted for Course Number MGT 623 Legal and Ethical Issues in Management Dr. Dave Ibarra By: Lauren M. Middleton November 2nd‚ 2014 1. What does employment-at-will mean? Employment at will essentially means that an employer can basically fire an employee for almost any reason‚ which includes no explainable reason at all‚ and employers are not legally guilty of any wrong for the discharge of employees under this policy
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Considerations When Downsizing The euphemism‚ downsizing describes the involuntary termination of a number of employees based on an employer’s decision to reduce staff or to cease operations all together (Walsh‚ 2013). Employers are often faced with tough decisions to reduce staff in response to many different factors. There are important legal issues that need to be considered as they will impact business owners if not addressed. Proper planning for a reduction in force can save an organization
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In building and engineering contracts it is usual to insert a provision empowering the employer to forfeit certain rights or property of the contractor on the occurrence of certain events. “Forfeiture clause” is a loose term usually used to describe a clause in a written building contract giving the employer the right upon the happening of an event to determine the contract or the contractor’s employment under it‚ or to eject the contractor from the site‚ or otherwise to take the work substantially
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CRIMINAL LAW Table of Contents CRIMINAL LAW ......................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 Historical evolution of criminal law .......................................................................................... 1 Crime – Nature and definition social & legal context – ..........
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1. Explain groupishness and how it contributes to (a) oppression and to (b) either wrongful discrimination or the current American ideological divide. Be sure to cite some historical examples. •Explain groupishness: A group is a mental concept‚ in which a person feels that he/she belongs to‚ or does not belong to. It is the nature of groupishness‚ that members of a group are aware of their membership of the group‚ and are aware of the existence of other members of the group as such (not necessarily
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Case 2: When is undue influence or lack of capacity present when giving away property? What factors or tests have the courts put in place to prove this was present? According to 23 Am. Jur.2d Deeds § 176‚ the definition of "Undue influence‚" needed to contest conveyances‚ is that influence that dominates a grantor’s will and destroys his or her free agency and coerces it to serve the will of another.[1] A grantor who has been unduly influenced does not have the requisite intent
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Aaron Ellis MBAC 601 Analysis #1 3/14/12 Martin Marietta Corp vs. Paul M. Lorenz I. Brief 1. Applicable Law Wrongful Discharge. The essence of the public-policy exception is that an employee will have a cognizable claim for wrongful discharge if the discharge of the employee contravenes a clear mandate of public policy. Claims for wrongful discharge under the public-policy exception have included termination of employees for: (1) refusal to participate in illegal activity
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on causation for patients that are under their treatment for spine related symptoms. The opinion is typically requested in the form of a medical legal report especially if the symptoms may have come about due to the wrongful act or tort of another person. A tort consists of a wrongful acts or injury that leads to physical‚ emotional‚ or financial damage to a person in which another person could be held legally responsible. In medical practise patients commonly present with signs and symptoms that
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Expeditious Executions Can Solve Prison Overpopulation XXXXXX XXXXXX Professor XXXX CMRJ499 Senior Seminar Capstone March 10‚ 2013 Abstract Utilizing the research of A solution (2002)‚ Adams (2004)‚ Alarcon and Mitchell (2012)‚ Amile and Mitschow (2004)‚ Brisman (2010)‚ Brown (2008)‚ Clark County (2012)‚ DPIC (2008)‚ Saad (2008)‚ Sharp (1997)‚ Specter (2010)‚ Uelmen (2009) and Zezima (2008)‚ will aid in achieving an understanding to what the death penalty is‚ and how
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officer during a routine traffic stop in 2015. The $4.85 million settlement will be divided among DuBose’s children‚ parents‚ and siblings. Attorney Kircher has had his own firm in Mason‚ Ohio‚ since 1999 and is a respected lawyer in civil rights and wrongful death claims. The Case: In July of last year‚ a University of Cincinnati police officer stopped DuBose‚ then 43‚ for a missing front license plate. When DuBose started his vehicle‚ the officer pulled a gun and fired a single fatal shot‚ killing
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