...TAK MENG CHOY GM520: Legal, Political, and Ethical Dimensions Week 2 TCO B Homework 1. State the administrative agency, which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you (briefly). How will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? Provide the URL to the website where the regulation change proposal is located. (Check your URL to be sure it takes the reader to the actual regulation). (10 points) The FDA or also known as the Food and Drug Administration are agencies that control the rules and regulations. I decided to used this agency as my reference because the FDA is one the most popular and important agency. This proposed regulation change who filed this petition with the FDA to amend their rule is Cargill. Scientist and researchers in Cargill research and development laboratories and engineering departments have worked on this project for a number of years. If Cargill plant expansion to produce their product on that specific location, this would bring a positive economic impact to that location, only if the rules by the FDA become permanent. 2. Describe the proposal/change. (10 points) According to the FDA Summary, “amending the health claim regulation entitled ‘Soluble fiber from certain foods and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD)’ to add barley beta fiber as an additional eligible source of beta-glucan soluble fiber.” The FDA has come to the agreement that there is an important...
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...Case Brief GM520, Legal, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Business Style of Case and Citations Kelo v. City of New London 545 U.S. 469 (2005) Court Rendering Final Decision U.S. Supreme Court Identification of Parties and Procedural Details Susette Kelo and the other affected property owners (Plaintiff) filled a suit challenging New London's legal authority to take their homes in order to make room for Pfizer and the economic development plan. Discussion of the Facts The City of New London came up with a plan to redevelop an area in which they would develop a state park and other architecturally eclectic homes. Part of the deal included Pfizer corporation who would also put a research facility in the area. The development would match what Pfizer corporation was planning and would also increase revenue, create jobs, and promote the waterfront area. This would then be the start of a much needed revitalization of the rest of the city. The New London Development Corporation and other nonprofit corporations planned to bring in Pfizer with hopes of an economic boost. Statement and Discussion of the Legal Issues in Dispute Kelo and other residents are challenging the New London's legal authority in taking their homes. They are questioning if the property meets the requirements as public use within the means of the Taking Clause and the Fifth Amendment. New London's plan is to develop a 90-acre area on the waterfront near the Fort...
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...GM520: Legal, Political, and Ethical Dimensions May 11, 2008 Week 2 TCO B Homework 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Service which main responsibility is to control the regulation of Food and Drug administration and is under the control of the United States federal executive departments. i. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). This agency interest me because I have a deep concern about the types of food and drugs that enter into our Caribbean market and other third world countries. After extensive research by many health professionals, it has been that many Caribbean islands and other third world countries are supplied with or import “rejected” foods and sometimes drugs from first world countries such as Europe and North America. If it is not good for one then why should it be good for the other? Are one of the many questions being asked by citizens. ii. 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. This proposed regulation wont affect the business in which i am working in but it will for certain allow citizens to become more aware as to the types of food that we import and will allow many to have an interest in medicine, thus, develop an...
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...Week 2 Administrative Regulations GM520 Legal, Political & Ethical Dimensions of Business Prof. Tonja Jordon 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) Food and Drug Administration – I love going to the beach to enjoy the sun, but burn easily and rely on sunscreen to protect me. This interests me because I burn very easily and this regulation will make going to the beach expensive. This will affect me directly as it will force me to see a doctor to obtain sufficient sunscreen protection at the beach instead of my local drug store. 2. Describe the proposal/change. (10 points) The proposal limits the maximum labeled SPF value for over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products to 50 SPF. 3. Write the public comment which you would submit to this proposal. If the proposed regulation deadline has already passed, write the comment you would have submitted. Explain briefly what you wish...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Lindgren v GDT, LLC ------------------------------------------------- 312 F.Supp.2d 1125 (S.D. Iowa 2004) ------------------------------------------------- Jangling Jewels on the Internet: Can the Court Loop Them In? ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- GM520: Legal, Political, and Ethical Dimensions ------------------------------------------------- CASE BRIEF: CASE 3.1 Case Name: Lindgren v GDT, LLC Case Citation: Lindgren v GDT, LLC312 F.Supp.2d 1125 (S.D. Iowa 2004) Procedural History: Ms. Lindgren filed suit in federal district court in Iowa against GDT for infringement. Ms. Lindgren says that GDT has a Web site and is selling its jewels to residents in Iowa and must come to Iowa to defend a suit because it is doing business there. GDT filed a motion to dismiss the case for lack of in personam jurisdiction. The application of [the minimum contacts] rule will vary with the quality and nature of the defendant’s activity, but it is essential in each case that there be some act by which the defendant...
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...[pic] Terri Schiavo Who Has the Right to Die? [pic] GM520 Legal, Political and Ethical Dimensions of Business June 10, 2009 Terri Schiavo’s death has become a key element in the right-to-die argument she plays a key role in the case of who should decide what the value of life is? Terri Schiavo’s case was front page news for advocates of both the pro-life and right-to-die organizations, and each side believed they had the winning argument to support their position. The case became so big that both Congress and President Bush weighed in on the issue. On February 25, 1990, at approximately 4:30 a.m. EST at the age of 26, Terri Schiavo collapsed in her home and suffered a heart attack which interrupted the flow of oxygen to her brain. Paramedics were called to the scene and administrated first aid until she arrived at Humana Northside Hospital. Physicians continued attempting to revive Terri until it was determined that she had been without oxygen for too long and was placed on a ventilator. This lack of oxygen caused a condition called hypoxic encephalopathy (a neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain). Many people wondered what caused a healthy 26 year old woman to have a heart attack and some thought that there was foul play involved, but her Husband Michael Schiavo claimed that his wife was battling bulimia and a chemical imbalance was the cause of the heart attack...
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