...Alternative Dispute Resolution Felicia Greene LAW/531 April 4, 2016 Carol Parker Alternative Dispute Resolution In this paper we are asked to review a state level business dispute taken from either our own experience, the text or from personal research. I have chosen to discuss a case that is discussed in our text, Business Law 16th edition. The Case I will be discussing will be Hagan v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. This case is about two sisters, Linda Hagan and Barbara Parker, who drank from a bottle of Coke which they both agreed tasted flat. After observing the bottle in the light both women observed what appeared to them to be a used condom with a “oozy sticky stuff coming out of the top” (Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, Lanvardy, 2014). After being sent to Coca-Cola for testing it was determined that the object was mold and not a used condom. Before the findings the medical personnel at the Coca-Cola facility told the ladies they should be tested for HIV. Those tests came back negative for both of the women. Hagan and Parker brought a negligence action again Coca-Cola and at the conclusion of the trial were awarded $75,000 each by the jury. However, the trial court reduced the jury award to $25, 000 a decision that both sides appealed. The appellate court revers the jury award and concluded that under case law concerning the impact rule, neither of the plaintiffs had proven a claim because neither had suffered a physical injury. ("Hagan V. Coca Cola Bottling Co", 2016)...
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...law enforcement agents killed while working rose almost a quarter this past year compared to years prior, especially ambush-style killings. Police officers across the country face potential dangers on their job, and they are a target simply because they are in uniform. As well, every 17 hours an officer commits suicide (Berman, 2014). This paper explores the correlation of the stress experienced by law enforcement associated with general strain theory (GST). GST is an explanation for suicide ideation for law enforcement officers. Other articles observe that police officers may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a critical incident or a traumatic experience. PTSD awareness is critical for saving lives. Why is there an increase in law enforcement deaths and suicides, and what needs to occur to change this trend? Keywords: post-traumatic stress disorder, general strain theory Introduction There were 50 officers murdered by shootings in 2014, a huge leap from the 32 such deaths a year prior (Berman, 2014). One officer killed is one officer too many, and this trend needs to be reversed. How does society stop this? Altogether, 126 law enforcement officers died in 2014, an increase of almost a quarter from the 102 officers who were killed in 2013 (Berman, 2014). What is causing this increase in law enforcement officers to die? The most concerning about the measurement is that countless deaths are from ambush assaults, more than some other sort of shooting (Berman...
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...BACKGROUND Because this is an appeal from the denial of a motion for summary judgment, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to Poe, the non-moving party. See, e.g., Goldberg v. Cablevision Sys. Corp., 261 F.3d 318, 324 (2d Cir.2001). I. Factual Background A. The Filming of the Trooper Candidate Testing Videos At some time during the fall of 1992, several administrative officials of the Connecticut State Police ("CSP") and the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services began to revise the testing procedures for trooper candidates at the CSP Training Academy ("police academy"). Captain Leonard, who had just assumed command of the CSP Bureau of Selections and Training,[1] supervised this ongoing project along with Dr. Martin Anderson ("Dr. Anderson"), the Chief Personnel Psychologist for the State of Connecticut. A particular focus of this project was the development 127*127 of several testing videos, designed to screen out those trooper candidates with poor observational and communicative skills. In essence, trooper candidates would be required to view a videotaped scene of a crime or other representative "real life" scenario that CSP officers typically confront and then to explain what they had observed. As originally planned, the video scenes would include a variety of circumstances: a depiction of a person driving while intoxicated, a man with a weapon who stops and robs a victim, a simple trespass, a "static" crime scene, and a scene with a distraught...
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...empLOyee and LaBOr reLatiOnS STUDENT WORKBOOK Case Study Series on Work-Life Balance in Large Organizations By Gill Maxwell Project team Author: SHRM Project contributors: External contributor: Editor: Design: Gill Maxwell Bill Schaefer, SPHR Nancy A. Woolever, SPHR Sharon H. Leonard Courtney J. Cornelius, copy editor Scott Harris, senior graphic designer © 2008 Society for Human Resource Management. Gill Maxwell Note to Hr faculty and instructors: SHRM cases and modules are intended for use in HR classrooms at universities. Teaching notes are included with each. While our current intent is to make the materials available without charge, we reserve the right to impose charges should we deem it necessary to support the program. However, currently, these resources are available free of charge to all. Please duplicate only the number of copies needed, one for each student in the class. For more information, please contact: SHRM Academic Initiatives 1800 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA Phone: (800) 283-7476 Fax: (703) 535-6432 Web: www.shrm.org/hreducation 08-0753 Case Study Series on Work-Life Balance in Large Organizations By Gill maxwell Student Workbook employee and Labor relations Overview Introduction..........................................................................................................2 Format ..................................................................................................................3 Learning Objectives...
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...grading your work. 3. Information needed to complete this form can be found within the case file documents. If required information is missing, unavailable, or does not exist, please make a note of that in your report. DO NOT MANUFACTURE MISSING INFORMATION! 4. The space provided for your answers are recommendations as to how long your responses should be. You may use more or less space, depending on what you feel should be included. There is no page limit for this assignment. 5. Please be sure to clearly indicate where your answers begin. Feel free to adjust the font, use bold type, or some other means for setting your responses apart (but please do NOT change the color of the typeface). 6. When you have completed entering your responses, print out your final copy and sign the last page. Also, be sure to attach any necessary documents before you submit the final copy. DO NOT INCLUDE THIS SHEET WHEN SUBMITTING STAGE TWO FOR GRADING! KANE COUNTY ADULT COURT SERVICES PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT Please type all responses Defendant’s Name: Edward Ignatious Case #: 16 CF 0071 Investigator’s Name: Rodrick Parker Date of Report: 3/15/16 Charge(s) Plead: Unlawful Use of Weapon (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(8)) & Aggravated Assault (720 ILCS 5/12-2(c)(1)) Date of Guilty Plea: 3/2/16 Sentencing Date: 3/28/16 Part I: Case Information and Summary Please provide a narrative that...
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...Perspective By Professor Philip M. Parker, Ph. D. Chaired Professor of Management Science INSEAD (Singapore & Fontainebleau, France) www.icongrouponline.com ©2011 ICON Group Ltd. ii COPYRIGHT NOTICE ISBN 1-114-72662-1 All of ICON Group Ltd. publications are copyrighted. Copying our publications in whole or in part, for whatever reason, is a violation of copyright laws and can lead to penalties and fines. Should you want to copy tables, graphs or other materials from our publications, please contact us to request permission. ICON Group Ltd. often grants permission for very limited reproduction of our publications for internal use, press releases, and academic research. Such reproduction requires, however, confirmed permission from ICON Group Ltd. Please read the full copyright notice, disclaimer, and user agreement provisions at the end of this report. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER Neither ICON Group Ltd. nor its employees can be held accountable for the use and subsequent actions of the user of the information provided in this publication. Great efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the data, but we can not guarantee, given the volume of information, accuracy. Since the information given in this report is forward-looking, the reader should read the disclaimer statement and user agreement provisions at the end of this report. www.icongrouponline.com ©2011 ICON Group Ltd. iii About the Author Dr. Philip M. Parker is the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor...
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...Does “LUV” really last? Many relationship experts have stated that “LUV” is eternal and that it is like a muscle that must always be worked out to keep it in shape, in order for it to last forever. While some may disagree that “LUV” can’t last forever, when it comes to relationships, the “LUV” that is in question is Southwest Airlines. What once was a small commuter air service, has now grown to be one of the largest and most successful major airline companies in the United States. So how did Southwest Airlines become so successful? It all began with the founders Rollin King, an entrepreneur, and Herb Kelleher, an attorney, who demonstrated strategic leadership from the beginning. The strategic leadership began when the these two gentlemen saw an opportunity that would be beneficial due to the inconvenience and expense of ground travel by either bus, train, or automobile between three major cities, which were Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Due to this, the establishment of Southwest Airlines came into existence by providing point-to-point short haul flights to less popular and less congested airports. Shortly after its establishment, like any other new businesses, Southwest faced many barriers in the beginning phases, which pertained to safety issues, inspections, and flight operations, which Southwest was able to overcome due to Herb Kelleher’s legal experience. After overcoming the barriers, the strategic leadership continued with the incessant building of the organization...
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...Esmeralda Schuetze PPAM 6301 Goodsell, Charles T., The Case For Bureaucracy A Public Administration Polemic. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2004 September 2008 Curriculum Vitae (summary)/ Authors Facebook The Case for Bureaucracy A Public Administration Polemic Charles Goodwin most recently has served as a professor at Center of Public Administration Policy, College of Architecture and has also served as a professor and director at other institutions. He was born in July, 1932 at Kalamazoo, Michigan and is happily married with two grown daughters and currently resides in Virginia. Under his belt he has many publications and has published several books that link to public administration and civic engagement. Some of those books published include the one noted above and The American Statehouse, Public Administration Illuminated and Inspired by the Arts, The Social Meaning of Civic Space, Planning a council Chamber, The Public and Encounter, and others. The most successful publication has been The Case for Bureaucracy as he makes his case that American Bureaucracy is in fact effective and good. He challenges the perception that public administration is not effective and is just wasteful and out of touch and makes a validated defense against those that think the contrary. His work has inspired hope as this piece is different from the norm. It is a great inspiring book that gives...
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...Running head: HIGHER GROUND PARKING ENFORCEMENT Higher Ground Parking Enforcement Harold Dimanche Strayer University MKT/500 05/23/12 Executive Summary Higher Ground Parking Enforcement (HGPE) is a parking enforcement company to maintain and regulate parking throughout the city, residential, and private areas. Higher Ground will collaborate with property management companies in the Atlanta area, and provide parking enforcement at no cost to the property management company. Higher Ground will serve Fulton County Georgia, and the corporate office will be located in the City of Buck Head. Higher Ground will enforce parking in a plethora of ways by implementing a boot system in compliance with city and/or state ordinances, as well as foreign markets to further establish worldwide presence. Immobilization of vehicles will be the main income forming focus of the company, but parking lot attendees as the secondary form of income. There will be a total of 17 employees to run the everyday business of Higher Ground. There will be 5 employees that will be designated as a parking attendant for the parking lots we acquire as a company. All the employees will be license as an immobilizer to immobilize vehicles in the City of Atlanta. Financing for startup will be solely on the owners of Higher Ground, and private investors they acquire through startup of a business. First year income with a projection of 700 boots per month will be a minimum of $630...
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...Mcdubs Professional Communications Lowering the American Drinking Age April 18, 2011 Table of Contents I. Introduction- Speculation on the drinking age II. Maturity Level III. Cons against lowering the drinking age a. Students and Drinking b. Party Habits IV. Pros for lowering the drinking age c. Binge Drinking d. The Limit V. Risk VI. The American View e. Legal Responsibilities f. Government Statistics g. Capital VII. Conclusion \Abstract/Executive Summary The drinking age should be lowered and Americans should take charge and know their limit. When it comes to the subject of lowering the drinking age, many speculations have been made, both positive and negative. Ohio legislature should take into account both view points. A positive being a drastic reduction in binge drinking among the American population. A negative is the fear of higher death rates due to alcohol poisoning. Lowering the American Drinking Age The drinking age in America has been under speculation for many years now and even though the law is set for 21, there are still minors abusing their availability to the stimulant. One can argue that the law shouldn’t be 21 and should be reduced for many reasons. On the contrary others believe that it just might be the right age if not too low already. Many people disagree with lowering it because of the lack of maturity in young adults, the number of increasing injuries, deaths...
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...I. SUMMARY AND SYNTHESIS On March 24, 1989, residents near the waters of Prince William Sound awoke to the catastrophe brought by the tanker Exxon Valdez spilling more than 10 million gallons of crude oil. This incident caught the attention of the public and received many and different criticisms. Eight of eleven cargo tanks were ruptured during the incident. ARLIS or Alaska Resources Library and Information Services with the help of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council released a collection of materials on Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. It included the following information: * The crude oil spread approximately 1, 300 miles. 200 miles were heavily oiled. The impact was obvious while the remaining 1, 100 miles were lightly or very lightly oiled. * Aerial observations were used to determine the size of the oil spill to give immediate response and clean-up activities. It includes the estimation of the thickness and volume of oil on the water. * Exxon spent more than $2.5 billion on clean-up expenses. * Caption Joseph Hazelwood was the captain of the ship, a senior officer. He was convicted of a misdemeanour charge of negligent discharge of oil, fined $50, 00 and sentenced to 1, 000 hours of community service. * Exxon was fined $150 million, it was the largest fine imposed for an environmental crime. The court forgave $125 million in acknowledging Exxon’s cooperation in cleaning up the spill. During the clean-up, Exxon hired thousands of workers through several...
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...Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal Equality and diversity in employment relations: do we practise what we preach? Jane Holgate Sue Abbott Nicolina Kamenou Josie Kinge Jane Parker Susan Sayce Jacqueline Sinclair Laura Williams Article information: To cite this document: Jane Holgate Sue Abbott Nicolina Kamenou Josie Kinge Jane Parker Susan Sayce Jacqueline Sinclair Laura Williams, (2012),"Equality and diversity in employment relations: do we practise what we preach?", Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, Vol. 31 Iss 4 pp. 323 - 339 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02610151211223021 Downloaded on: 01 December 2014, At: 02:26 (PT) References: this document contains references to 46 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 3118 times since 2012* Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER At 02:26 01 December 2014 (PT) Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: C.W. Von Bergen, Barlow Soper, John A. Parnell, (2005),"Workforce diversity and organisational performance", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 24 Iss 3/4 pp. 1-16 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1108/02610150510788033 Vidhi Agrawal, Vidhi Agrawal, (2012),"Managing the diversified team: challenges and strategies for improving performance", Team Performance Management: An International Journal, Vol. 18 Iss 7/8 pp. 384-400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527591211281129...
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...ADOPTION OF HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE (A CASE STUDY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE) CHARLES MAUTI BUS-1-7364-2/2011 A RESEARCH PROPOSAL CARRIED OUT AT THE KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY AS A PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HUMAN RESOURCE OPTION) JANUARY 2016 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter gives the background of the study, statement of the problem, research objectives, and research questions, significance of the study, limitations of the study and scope of study. 1.1 Background to the Study Before the introduction of the HRIS too often, personnel files were not well kept. Storage rooms were often overcrowded and security was inadequate. Indexing procedures were not always in place and file tracking systems were often lacking. Many times the HR personnel in public service had no means of finding who had a file at any particular time, and files could not be retrieved without a major search being launched. This Human Resource information is key to making effective strategic decisions. Therefore, the use of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) has been advocated as an opportunity for human resource (HR) professionals to contribute to organizational strategy. According to Lengnick-Hall, Mark & Moritz (2003) HRIS is a system used to acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve and distribute pertinent information about an organization’s human resources...
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...下午10:10 PeopleSoft, Inc. Form 425 FILED BY PEOPLESOFT, INC. PURSUANT TO RULE 425 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 SUBJECT COMPANY: J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY FILING: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4 REGISTRATION NO. 333-106269 PeopleSoft Conference Call Transcript 7.2.03 THE OPERATOR: Welcome to the PeopleSoft 2003 second-quarter preliminary earnings conference call. All lines will be in a listen only mode until the question and answer session of the conference. This call is being recorded on behalf of PeopleSoft. Replays of this conference call will be available for seven days following the call by dialing 888-568-0873. There is no pass code needed for the replay. I will now turn the call over to Kevin Parker, PeopleSoft’s Chief Financial Officer. Kevin? MR. KEVIN PARKER: Welcome to PeopleSoft’s second-quarter preliminary earnings conference call. Joining me is Craig Conway, PeopleSoft’s President and CEO. During this call, we will review PeopleSoft’s prehttp://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798757/000089161803003395/f90776f1e425.htm Page 1 of 27 PeopleSoft, Inc. Form 425 13-4-18 下午10:10 liminary results of operations for the second quarter. After our commentary, we will open the conference call for questions related to our quarterly performance. Please note we will not be taking any speculative questions related to Oracle’s unsolicited tender offer. PeopleSoft has filed a Schedule TO and a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC with respect to its previously-announced...
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...Analyzing the Walt Disney Company Damian Diaz MGMT 5120 Managing Organizational Design and Change Section 001 10/11/14 Overview and History The Walt Disney Company (WDC), headquartered in Burbank, California, was founded on October 16, 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney. WDC has five business segments which include studio entertainment, parks and resorts, media networks, consumer products and interactive media (Company Overview). With approximately 175,000 employees and an annual revenue of 45 billion dollars, the Walt Disney Company is one of the biggest entertainment corporations in the world (Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Financial Report And Shareholder Letter). Mission Statement The Walt Disney Company is a leading international entertainment and media enterprise founded in U.S. It operates five separate Disney segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Consumer Products and Disney Interactive. Disney Media Networks is the most significant Walt Disney business segment. Disney products include television programs, books, magazines, musical recordings and movies (Mission statement of Walt Disney). Studio Entertainment From the early beginnings, the company established themselves as a leader in the American animation industry. The iconic Mickey Mouse cartoon debuted on November 18, 1928 titled Steamboat Willie, which also marked the first appearance of Minnie Mouse. In 1932, Disney signed an exclusive contract with Technicolor...
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