...brought up many questions on how to proceed, to prosecute or not, as the defenses case rested on her not having free will during her time with the terrorist group. Hearst’s defense argued the group had brainwashed her and she could not be punished for her actions. The prosecution said she had willingly joined the group and chosen to not just stay a hostage. Did Hearst act out of free will or was she forced? Disregarding the unknown details of the case, one can look at Hearst’s situation through different philosophical theories on free will, including Determinism,...
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...Galen Strawson’s piece “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility”, he explores the idea of moral responsibility and provides his reasons for believing that moral responsibility does not exist. He makes the basic argument which states that one cannot be morally responsible for any of their actions because nothing can be the cause of itself, and to be morally responsible one would have to be the cause of their own actions. Essentially, he is arguing that humans are not responsible for their psychological makeup, and therefore cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. He then advances this basic argument to the following argument: (P1) For one to be held morally responsible, they must be responsible for their own personality. (P2) No one can be held responsible for who they are. (C) Therefore, no one can be held morally responsible for their actions because they lacked the choice of personality. I agree with Strawson’s argument to a moderate...
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...2016 Donald Autrey 4-15 Identify five other ways in which the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995 will potentially change auditors’ legal liability. Explain how each is of potential benefit to the auditor 1. If the auditor thinks he/she found illegal acts by management, they are require reporting it to someone in higher position other than management. Those people will need to report it to SEC within 24 hours of the notification. The Reform act clearly says the auditor will not be held accountable for any actions against the company. 2. The Reform Act makes the accuser responsible for a good portion of legal fee the defendants is charge with. 3. The Reform Act also helped auditors with limiting lawsuits. Not everyone can sue them. 4. 5. 4-17 a. Identify how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 changed the audit environment for auditors. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has change the audit environment because auditors use to have certain strategies and are no longer accepted. Now, they focused on both testing controls and internal control. They also have to work with management and gives them feedback on control and internal criteria. b. Identify and explain new liabilities for managements of public companies created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Managers now have to take responsibility for many different things. This means they are responsible for financial statement and false information giving in the statement. They need to have accurate...
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...In the following task set I will explain the legal, ethical and operational issues that affect St Charles use of information. I will be explaining what each of the three Acts are and how they are used in the College. As well as, briefly clarifying the ethical issues that affect St Charles’ use of email, internet, whistle blowing, organisational policies and information ownership. I will also identify and explain the operational issues in relation to using ICT in the St Charles and the organisation deals with them. I will then finish off by analysing the legal, ethical and operational issues in relation to the use of ICT in St Charles. The following information that will be analysed are: * Data Protection Act 1998 * Freedom of Information Act 2000 * Computer Misuse Act 1990 Data Prta Protection Act 1998. This means that data held about pupils must only be used for specific reasons that are allowed by the Act. In addition to this, data must not be transferred to other countries without adequate protection. otection Act 1998: The Data Protection Act control how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government. People who are responsible for using data must oblige to the rules called ‘data protection principles’. Making sure the information is used fairly and abiding to the law, used relevantly and not excessively. It is used by St Charles Sixth Form College in the application form, as they must collect information about the students...
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...Employer’s Duty of Care Jamie Martinez Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Professor Boneita Campbell August 7, 2011 Introduction As employees, we are held to the same standard to act in good faith in whatever position we hold. Employers also have that same duty to take care of the employees that perform the day to day tasks to make the company successful. Whether it is through extra time off, increase in pay, or better benefits employers have an obligation to their employees. Both the employer and employee have a common law duty of care to each other and to other employees. The relationship that employers have with their employee requires that duty of care is displayed by both parties. In addition the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employers and employees to take reasonable care for the health and safety of everyone at work, including visitors and other non-employees who use the premises. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of his “scope of employment” Accepting a position in an organization means that you have signed an agreement to form a relationship with your employer. The employee is expected to be loyal, obedient, and carry out the duties that he has agreed to perform as stated a contract that would have been signed at the time of hiring. Employees are required to be honest to their employers and must work to the best of their abilities. The employee is supposed to be following all lawful and clearly given command of his employer...
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...Consumer Protection Act 1987 The Consumer Protection Act 1987 This protects the public by: * -prohibiting the manufacture and supply of unsafe goods * -making the manufacturer or seller of a defective product responsible for damage it causes * -allowing local councils to seize unsafe goods and suspend the sale of suspected unsafe goods -prohibiting misleading price indications The first section defines what a product is which is defined as “any goods and electricity”. A good is further defined as substances, growing crops and things comprised inland by virtue of being attached to it and any ship, aircraft or vehicle. The second section defines who can be sued over negligence or a defective. It can be either someone who has put their name on a product through a trademark or brand. Another person that can potentially be sued is a person who brings in a good which does not meet regulations of the EU. Section three of the act defines what a defect is. A defect is when the product does not provide the safety which a person is entitled to expect. This is very contestable because expectation is subjective. In Bogle Vs Mcdonalds restaurants, Bogle said his coffee was defective because his coffee was too hot but he was unsuccessful because coffee is expected to be hot and he could not prove the temperature. Richardson Vs LRC products LTD. This is demonstrated in Richardson v LRC Products Ltd [2000] 59 BMLR 185 where a condom was held not to be defective even...
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...teenage brain are most responsible for the deaths of the young lovers, demonstrating that when teenagers make poor decisions, it is not entirely their own faults. The first factor affecting the two deaths is poor mentorship. The main adult in who supported the love of Romeo and Juliet’s throughout the story was Friar Lawrence. The reason the Friar was a poor mentor for the teens is because he did not take a stand against the two kids, even though he knew they were making a wrong decision. The Friar gives advice to Romeo by saying, “These violent delights have violent...
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...Communication P5 Explain the legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of business information In this P5 I’m going to explain the legal and ethical issues of tesco. Legal issues • Data Protection Act 1998 • Freedom of Information Act 2000 • The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Data Protection Act 1998 The Data Protection Act 1998 regulates the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information. The Act gives individuals rights of access in relation to personal data which is about them, which means that participants’ can ask for copies of personal data collected by a researcher. It requires that anyone who processes personal data must comply with eight principles, which make sure that personal data are: • fairly and lawfully processed; • processed for limited purposes; • adequate, relevant and not excessive; • accurate and up to date; • not kept for longer than is necessary; • processed in line with your rights; • secure • not transferred to other countries without adequate protection. Freedom of Information Act 2000 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force on January 1st 2005. It provides a general right of access to information held by public authorities, and is intended to increase openness and transparency. Anybody, anywhere in the world can make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The Computer Misuse Act 1990 The Computer...
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...Week – 2 Homework GM 520 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so, how? Submit a copy of the proposed regulation along with your responses to these five questions. The proposed regulation can be submitted as either a separate Word document (.doc) or Adobe file (.pdf). This means you will submit two attachments to the Week 2 Dropbox: (1) a Word doc with the questions and your answers and (2) a copy of the proposed regulation you used for this assignment. (10 points) Ans . Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the agency which control the regulation. FDA is an agency of Department of Health and Human Services. FDA is responsible for the regulation and inspection of food industry and drug industry including prescription drugs, OTC drugs, cosmetics, veterinary drugs, vaccines etc. By which they are responsible to protect and promote health society. It will not affect me or the place where I am working but my background in Pharmaceutical production and management brings interest in this regulation. Because when pharmaceuticals are committed to provide quality services to the community at the same time they have to follow the rules and regulations which cost the business a good amount of money to introduce a new regulation. Here in this case the gluten free drug manufacturing...
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...Many people wonder what the Bible has to say about accountability. While the word "accountability" does not appear in the Bible, the word "accountable" does. The Bible states that leaders are accountable for leading God's people in the right direction. They are accountable for warning others when they are going the wrong way. God will hold teachers accountable for leading His people astray. Identification · The word "accountability" does not appear in the Bible. However, the word "accountable" is mentioned eight times in the Bible. Most of these references apply to being held accountable for not saving another person. God cares about those who are separated from Him, and He makes His children "accountable for reaching out to those who are lost. If God tells you to witness to a person and you choose not to obey, then God holds you accountable for that person being separated from God (Ezekiel 3:18). Significance · Sometimes people who are living in a way that is contrary to God's plan need someone to warn them about the consequences of their choices. The prophet Nathan obeyed God and warned King David about God's anger with David for committing adultery with Bathsheba and then having Bathsheba's husband killed (II Samuel 12). King David could have literally "killed the messenger," but he instead repented. If Nathan had remained silent and David died in his sin, God would have held Nathan accountable for David's blood. Features · The Bible says that as long as people are obedient...
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...Aristotle's Ethics Aristotle discusses what the greatest good could be. He begins by saying, “Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every action and decision, seems to be aimed at some good.” This means that Aristotle thinks that everyone’s actions in life are directed at something greater, something that they are striving for. I believe this to be a really strong point of the thesis because it seems in life that everything you do, you are aiming for something else. With every decision and action that a person makes, they try to gain a greater self-worth and prosperity. The true meaning that Aristotle hints upon is to achieve greatness and to be the best person that lies in your grasp. Aristotle believes that all good is subordinate to some point. For instance, the end, or good of a student would be the degree; with an inventor it would be the invention. This means that different people have different ideas about what the greatest good is. Today, the saying goes “money is the root of all evil”. This is true in some respects because money has destroyed countless friendships and lives. An example would be people who have had money their entire lives. Wealthy individuals probably think that money is not the greatest good because they are used to be able to have everything that they could want and will never be satisfied with anything because they will always want more. Some examples that Aristotle gives as to what he thinks people to see as the greatest good, or...
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...1. Identify and explain at least three legal considerations. Three legal concepts that could be considered in this case are the doctrine of apparent agency, the captain-of-the-ship doctrine, and the doctrine of corporate liability. Under the doctrine of apparent agency, the nurses and other staff that remained on duty acted on behalf of the hospital because they were agents or employees at the time of snow storm. The day shift staff that remained on duty and nurse who agreed to come in assumed the role of agents that were authorized to act on behalf of the hospital. I am the C.E.O. of the hospital, and even though I am on vacation, my duties are still the same as they always are. It is my responsibility to make that the hospital is properly staff in the event of an emergency or the event of inclement weather. This is my duty whether I specifically carry out this duty or I assigned someone else to do so. It is also my duty to make sure that the staff carries out the duty of care to the patients at the hospital. Therefore, under the doctrine of apparent agency, I can be liable for the actions of those agents or employees working at the time of the incident. Under the rule, the principal, me the C.E.O., is bound by the acts of my agents with the apparent authority which I knowingly permit the agents to assume, or which I hold the agents out to the public as possessing. “Agency may be express, or implied from the acts of the principal, from his silence or lack of action,...
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...ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET DECEMBER SUBMISSION |Unit Number and Title |Unit 5 Aspects of Contract and Negligence – Level 4 | |Assessment Title |Aspects of Contract & Negligence | |Course Title |HND Business | |Assessment Code |HNDBUSMandatoryunit 5/HNDBUSUnit5/Oct2013 | |Hand Out Date |11th October 2103 |Hand In Date |21st December 2013 | |Lecturer(s) |John Owen |Internal Verifier |Jonathan Cartmell | | |Michael Evans | | | | |Anuja Prashar | | | |Sources of information |Course notes. ...
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...In October 2009, a Richmond, CA. high school student was repeatedly raped while a couple of bystanders watched; they laughed, took pictures, sent text messages and made phone calls as the crime was happening. None of the calls placed was to the police. While the bystanders in this case were mostly teenagers and young adults, this non-reaction amongst bystanders cuts across different age groups and gender. Sadly, this is a normal response from bystanders as acts of violence are committed. The passive reaction is borne out of our culture of individualism; a ‘me first’ or “what’s in it for me” mentality. There have been several reasons argued for the lack of bystander involvement in thwarting an act of violence. The reasons put forward include, fear of being hurt in the process, the taboo of snitching, not recognizing the situation as an emergency and invasion of people’s privacy to name a few. If these are some reasons preventing onlookers from helping, how does one explain the case of Kitty Genovese? Kitty Genovese was a woman who killed in New York in 1964. Her murder took all of thirty-five minutes, the attacker actually had the time to leave the scene, come back, and inflict more pain on her. About 38 people heard and saw this happening through their windows, from the comfort of their homes. Despite her screams that she had been stabbed, none of these people tried to help her, either by confronting the attacker or by contacting the police. The most help she got was someone...
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...Friedman hold virtually opposite beliefs as to what businesses’ responsibilities should be. In favor of the Stakeholder theory, Freeman believes that any person or organization that has a “stake” in the business should also play a role of participation in the business’s actions and decisions. In the other corner of the ring stands Milton Friedman, who holds the belief that said business is only responsible for those that actually own stock in the business – the owners, or stockholders. A strong believer in his reconceptualized Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation, R. Edward Freeman believes the key to success in business is several stakeholders working together in a sort of interconnected “corporate system”. Freeman begins his argument by raising a simple question: For whose benefit and at whose expense should the firm be managed? To answer this question, Freeman attempts to explain why managerial capitalism no longer works. He notes, “The basic idea of managerial capitalism is that in return for controlling the firm, management vigorously pursues the interest of the stockholders” (Freeman, 38). Freeman begins to attack this idea of managerial capitalism with several arguments pertaining to why this form of capitalism no longer can work. He argues that corporations act with limited liability for their actions and remain seemingly immortal since the existence of the business “Transcends that of its members” (38). What he means by this is that if the business does something...
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