...outlining a potential recent claim of constructive discharge. Recently, in lieu of Happy Toy’s growth and expansion, the production schedule has changed requiring production employees to work 12 hour rotating shifts four consecutive days in a seven day period (Monday-Sunday). Office hours will remain the same (Monday-Friday, 08:00-17:00). Production employee Tom Arnold has filed a constructive discharge claim due to the new hours requiring him to work on a religious holy day, and quit pending the schedule change. This claim must be taken seriously as constructive discharge can result in litigations and can be rightfully covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This memo will depict how constructive discharge is relevant to this scenario, a protected category under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 relevant to this scenario, recommend a company response with support, and recommend steps the company should take in order to avoid future litigations. As a legal concept, constructive discharge is fully relevant to this situation as it can be covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which specifically encompasses religious precedence. Constructive discharge can cover Mr. Arnold provided no reasonable accommodations were made in order to circumvent the situation. Happy Toy’s must fully understand the severity of these allegations, as well as the rights and preventative measures that will protect the firm from further litigations and legal...
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...Statement: “ [N]o supremely happy man can ever become miserable…” (I.10, 1100b.30) This above statement is from the chapter in which Aristotle discusses “Can a man be called ‘happy’ during his lifetime?”. From the micro perspective, the whole chapter is about whether happiness should be defined as permanent or momentary. Starting with Solon’s words and opposed examples illustrated by Aristotle, Aristotle leads us to deeply develop the definition and understanding of happiness. In his opinion, “happiness has permanence and is not amenable to changes under any circumstances”. Another element, for instance, fortune has the power to influence one’s happiness and revolve many times in one’s lifetime; however, Aristotle shows fortune is not determinant for happiness and merely an accessory of human life. Furthermore, “the happy man will have the attribute of permanence, and he will remain happy throughout his life” because the happy man will choose to do activities in conformity with virtue. Aristotle concludes that “the activities determine a man’s life, no supremely happy man can ever become miserable, for he will never do what is hateful and base”. Based on the true meaning of happiness, Aristotle advocates that it is the activities that matter rather than the outcomes. Further analyzing the statement of “No supremely happy man can ever become miserable” from the macro perspective should be focused on three key words in the statement. First of all is the “happy”, which is equivalent...
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...Be Happy, Be Healthy Be Happy, Be Healthy I think that in order to live a healthy and happy life, you need to be able to make your own decisions and not take whatever comes your way. Everyone’s life has many aspect and in order to live a healthy and a happy life he or she need to make a wise choice. A wise choice will include balance between the many aspect in his or her life, balancing work, eating a healthy diet, and exercising daily. Happiness is desirable for all of us. Our lives would not be done without happiness. Everybody wants to be content; therefore you have to be ready to give whatever it takes to be happy. In order to be happy, we must have a balance and stable physical and spiritual health. People fail to realized no matter if you have property and money, you will think that you are happy because we can have whatever our hearts desire. It is true that money is important to some of use, but wealth is not as important as our health. In order to be happy, we need to keep fit and healthy and we must lead a healthy lifestyle by practice exercise regularly and watching our diet. The meals that we eat we must base those meals on the food pyramid as it much have a plenty amount of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. We must reduce the sugar, fat, and salt intakes as only a small quantity in our body. To attain a healthy and happy life, we must focus on five areas. In order for you to stay healthy and strong you will need to focus...
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...ISSUES PRESENTED I. Does Happy Valley Hiking Club have a claim for a public easement by implied dedication that would require the ranchers to restore public access to Happy Valley? II. Does Mr. Plaint have an individual claim for a private prescriptive easement to Happy against the ranchers? III. Are the ranchers liable for any injuries to the public obtained during recreational use of Happy Valley trail? SHORT ANSWERS I. Happy Valley Hiking Club has a claim to a public easement by implied dedication and may enjoin the ranchers from prohibiting access to Happy Valley trail. II. Mr. Plaint does not have an individual claim for private prescriptive easement rights and would not be able to enjoin the ranchers from prohibiting access to Happy...
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...Justice- What’s the right thing to do?By: Michael J. Sandel | Chapter 2: Utilitarianism | Bentham's explanation of Utilitarianism is “the right thing to do is whatever will maximize utility.” (Sandel p.g.34) which means that the right thing to is always whatever produces the greatest amount of happiness and whatever is necessary to prevent unhappiness. Suppose you are walking and someone stops you to take a poll; they ask you if you rather have an animal center where you can pet animals, or if you would have a school for special children. Which would you choose? Most people would choose the school because there are children involved, but according to Bentham and his theory, there should be an animal center because it is what makes people happy. In our scenario, what makes people happy are animals therefore he would say to build a pet center because the people would be the happiest, hence maximizing utility. There is an objection in Bentham’s theory in his example of “the city of happiness”. In this example there is a girl in which she is locked away, where she should stay forever. In the city just outside of her home everyone is living a happy, joyous and life. In this room, the little girl is sad and miserable all the time, but because of her misery, the city can be happy. Is it wrong to have the girl locked up to maximize happiness throughout the city? Sandel goes to say “It would be wrong to violate the rights of an innocent child, even for the sake of the happiness...
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...Pleasure and Satisfaction It is natural for us to be happy. We want to compliment or do the cool thing and share to each other. When you feel joy to the world is brilliant but you have to ask yourself that what is happiness? What the factors that determine happiness are or something that makes people happy, why different people one were happy, but the other people were not happy though they both have everything equally. What to do to make yourself happy. I firmly believe that the attainment of our desires makes us happy. Pleasure and satisfaction is kind of feeling or emotion and has several levels, a little comfort or satisfaction or the full enjoyment of fun and when it a matter of emotion is and measurements that are happy or not. The answer it depends on the individual's sense of the moment that how much they look at life satisfaction, when we are very satisfied in life we’ll very happy with it so the people that have everything equally, they might be have different happy if they had the satisfaction in life different. Incentives as a tool to encourage individual satisfaction the first thing is a material inducement including goods or money to the state of physical activities. Second, desirable physical condition is the environment in which the activity is one important aspect that contributes to physical health. Third, ideal benefaction refers to the various needs of the individual. Forth, association attractiveness is a friendly relationship with the participants. This...
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...Quialetta Harris ENG 121 English Composition 1 William Barone August 1, 2013 Healthy vs. Happy Happy with being healthy, or happy with just being plain happy by not wasting your time eating healthier and exercising to be happy. I never imagined that I would be exercising ten minutes a day, and have to cut my portion sizes. Two kids later, I never thought that I would be taking courses at Ashford. Of course you can eat what you want, but what about your body susceptible to illness, like high blood pressure or diabetes. You should be able to find a happy medium between being the two. In this essay I will be talking about how you can be healthy and happy at the same time, and they intertwine creating the happy medium. There is an alarming trend with people seeking out these losing weight quick schemes in order to find a happy medium within themselves. People result in using these fads advertised on TV and in magazines to take the easy way out, or when they are unsuccessful in losing weight the right way. As we mature we find the medium between being healthy, and being happy. For example, getting enough sleep, eating healthier, and exercising, because when you think about it, healthy and happy balance each other out. When you get the recommended amount of sleep every night, which is healthy for you, and when you wake up in the morning you feel energized, happy. A regular exercise program is associated with positive mental health, especially a...
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...seminars have been written explaining what it is to be ‘happy’ and ‘how you get there.’ As stated in the United States Constitution we are given “unalienable rights among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Happiness is something we as humans are entitled to and guaranteed as a right. Something so fundamental should be easy to come by, yet everywhere you turn there are signs and tips on how to be ‘A Happier person.’ Happiness, by definition is a state of being, not a destination. It is an essence that many people work so hard to define, capture and achieve, all the while jeopardizing the true state of being happy. For some, happiness is the sunshine on their face as they curl up in their favorite chair on the beach sipping a cold drink. For others it is a baby’s smile, or their first paycheck. As people go through their different stages of life they have different definitions of happiness and different means of being happy and achieving happiness. Happy is a state of mind and a temporary place, not an end goal or destination as many people feel happiness is. So many times people feel like if they could only lose those last 10 pounds, or get promoted, or watch their team win the Superbowl then is when they will be happy. Once happiness is achieved, then what? Do people move on to the next ‘happiness’ or are they just satisfied that happiness was achieved and go on living their lives never worrying about being happy again? “Disneyland is the Happiest Place on Earth...
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...Bobby Bandleader performed unknowingly the copyrighted “Happy Birthday to You” song in his restaurant, Bobby’s Bistro, for more than 20 years. He obviously did not know that Johnny Singstealer had the song’s copyright, along with many other people that sing the Happy Birthday song in public. When it comes to the law, it is clear that Bobby Bandleader had no right to perform the song in his restaurant without working out a deal with Johnny Singstealer, the copyright holder. Bobby Bandleader was clearly engaging in copyright infringement of the “Happy Birthday to You” song based on his unauthorized public performance without the knowledge and permission of the copyright holder, Johnny Singstealer. (Galpert, 2008) Based on the United States Code Title 17 §106, it is stated that owners of works such as musical composition, even this particular composition, have the exclusive right to perform the copyrighted work publicly. Bobby Bandleader is the offender and he should apologize and offer to pay Johnny Singstealer whatever is due or whatever his demand is as long as it is fair, reasonable, and just amount. Johnny Singstealer has the right to collect the necessary royalties or licenses fee from Bobby Bandleader since it is against the law to steal the copyright-protected works of others and perform them without pay. (Unhappy Birthday, 2012) The amount of 1 million dollars that Johnny Singstealer demanded for the past and present copyright abuse they requested Bobby Bandleader...
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...Introduction Dating and courtship is a foundation for having a happy and successful marriage. Countless millions of shattered families began with wrong dating habits. These habits made proper courtship impossible. And the results have been tragic. The almost universal effects of modern dating demonstrate widespread ignorance, even on the most basic points of right dating (Eagar, 2002). Almost no one understands the real purpose of dating or of the courtship that can ensue. The next step, achieving a happy marriage, then also becomes impossible. This research paper will try to tackle some points regarding the courtship, dating and marriage to help people achieve a happy home. Dating, followed by courtship, is supposed to lead to a happy marriage. But marriage cannot be happy if it is not built on the right foundation. Most couples have no idea that the foundation of a successful marriage begins long before the wedding day. In addition, a direct by-product of the wrong foundation is that most people have no idea how to select the right mate. “Like a triangle it has three sides, if one side is taken away it would no longer be a triangle. Also in marriage there must be three elements to complete the sacred union.”(Burell, 2000, p. 105-106). Like a triangle, God has to be at the top, and at the foundation it is you and the other significant person at either side. To be close together is to be closer to God. Many have been closer together only to be hurt because God was left...
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...being feel happy, due to how wide could be the concept of happiness. Humans being has always wanted to discover the key to happiness, furthermore, which is the definitions that science gives to happiness? Otherwise, is happiness a feeling that could be reachable thanks to the things that the human being owned? And afterwards, does the happiness exist as long as the feelings and actions are in the right places? In the next paragraphs these questions are going to be answered. To begin the etymological...
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...Mike Glenn Professor Lehe: Philosophy 100 Major Paper #1 4-22-11 What is Happiness? Many people wonder how famous, wealthy, and icons of pop culture, who have everything anyone could ever want, are not truly happy people. These people possess power, fame, and money. If those things do not provide happiness, then what does? Also, there are the people like Ghandi and Jesus who had very little or nothing and still were happy. They had inner peace and happiness that led them to become moral figures for the people of our generation. These people who had almost nothing somehow possessed happiness. This brings about questions like, “What is happiness?” and, “What do people need to do in order to be happy?” I believe in order to possess happiness one needs to live a life in accordance with virtue; a life that Aristotle said would lead to happiness. In this essay I will state and talk about some different views of happiness and moral goodness. I will also summarize my true opinion of what happiness is and what way of life I believe one should live. First, Hedonism or the Principle of Utility, a philosophy that Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill live according to, says that pleasure is good and will lead to happiness. They believe that if you avoid pain and maximize pleasure that you will gain happiness. The Greatest Happiness principle states that one should approve or disapprove of an action based on the amount of pain and pleasure brought about for all people affected...
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...Happiness Happiness does really happen or it has to be discovered. Moreover, contentment depends on someone’s circumstances because it needs to be feeling by creating, even with difficult times. I think there are sufficient of strategies people can use to create happiness or at least try for it. They need to find the right people in their life, find the right job that makes them pleased, by doing hobbies they want, and to do things that have to mean to their lives. We decided to be happy or not, which it has to be created. I think instead of focusing on problems like financial problems and health issues, instead focus on being happy that we are alive, having people to love and support them and have a purpose to fulfill. Be grateful for anything...
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...Happy birthday to you is a phrase that has been around for decades and that many people have sung to others for decades also. Mr. Bobby Bandleader has been singing “Happy Birthday to You” to his customers for many years and they have enjoyed him singing it to them. Mr. Johnny Singstealer took it upon himself to get the copyrights of the “Happy Birthday to You” phrase for copyrighted for him. Should Mr. Singstealer be able to sue and collect all the royalties from Mr. Bandleader for using his copyright phrase or should he just let it go and not worry about it. As I stated earlier “Happy Birthday to You” is a song that people have been singing to other people for decades when it was their birthday. Mr. Johnny Singstealer took it upon himself to copyright the “Happy Birthday to You” song for himself therefore he owns the rights to the song. Mr. Singstealer has every right to sue anyone who uses this song without his permission or doesn’t pay to use it. I can understand why Mr. Singstealer would be upset about this when he saw an opportunity to make something all his and for someone to use it without permission would make me upset also. I have been singing “Happy Birthday to my customers for many years and they love it and this is one reason why they keep coming back on their birthday. This is Mr. Bobby Bandleader reason of why he keeps using the song and puts his own rendition of the song on it. Mr. Bandleader feels that he has done nothing wrong because this is a song that...
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...and the Colonel search and eventually start piecing all of the clues together to figure out Alaska was upset she didn't go visit her mom's grave on the anniversary and was so upset she decided to take her life quick and fast. The labyrinth of suffering is not knowing how to be happy and when it is hard to be happy. The labyrinth to me is knowing how to be happy, able to be happy and to live freely without worries. This is a labyrinth because life is like a maze. There will always be obstacles in the way of being happy and living freely. There may be some tragic thing to happen that will cause a maze. This could include something happening to a family member to not having money to pay bills. Life will always be a maze. I feel the labyrinth is an endless...
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