of these tests are designed to provide the best person for the job. On some occasions, these tests and procedures can violate the federal anti-discrimination laws. If an employer uses the test to, intentionally discriminate a person bases on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or age. They can also violate these laws, if they are used to exclude people that are in a particular group by race, sex, or another covered basis. The employer must be able to show that the testing does
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paper when I am finished and see if my views and opinions have changed. The Number of students who decide to get a MBA in sports management has grown significantly since the recession. A Ba in sports management was not producing jobs that many hopeful students thought it would. The sports industry was not immune to the recession like many people thought. Some people thought that the sports business would never feel the effects of the recession but they were wrong. Both the NBA and the NFL cut jobs
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The Business Environment Beth Wynn Bus 100 January 29, 2011 Marvin Slovacek The Business Environment We have a capitalistic economy and businesses are the main component. Almost everything you can name is related to the economy is business in nature. From Retail to services to agriculture and health care all involve business. Even when all civilizations where nothing but an agricultural type of economy there were still business involved. If one farmer had chickens and one had apples
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involved, financial managers need to calculate the risks involved and consider the proposal that has the least amount of risks (Pujari, S 2015). In investment criteria financial managers need to compare all the alternatives to help the company to decide the best proposal to invest in. Investment decisions are important they are long term decisions and are irreversible, it involves in huge amount of funds, it affects the future earning capacity of the company (Pujari, S 2015). The second important
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anyone join a group that will provide benefits to everyone regardless of membership? 6. union shop- anyone working for the company has to join the union or at least pay a part of the dues to cover cost of negotiating contracts 7. right-to-work laws- outlaw union shop contracts 8. benefits for group membership: solidarity- make people feel good for joining a group and working with others to make the world a better place. 9. Material- include things like discounts on goods or services,
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"Employee Surveillance and Testing" Please respond to the following: Argue for or against the practice of electronic employee surveillance at work. Provide specific examples to support your argument. What laws, if any, may be violated by such practices? Employers want to be sure their employees are doing a good job, but employees don't want their every sneeze or trip to the water cooler logged. That's the essential conflict of workplace monitoring. New technologies make it possible for employers
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You Decide: Code of Ethics/ Violation or Not? DeVry University: The Legal Environment “One of the central tasks of theoretical business ethics is to provide a conceptual framework that will allow us to articulate more clearly the intuitive sense we all have that "nest-feathering" and similar forms of conduct are unethical, so that we can state with greater precision the nature of the moral obligations that have been violated.” Heath, J. (2009) In approaching this task, I must clearly
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Should the death penalty be used on violent criminals? Did you know that exactly 32 states use the death penalty? 18 states have death penalty bans. The Death Penalty should not be a punishment for justice because it violates the eighth amendment, innocent lives are at risks of death, and we also pay millions for the death penalty just as much as we pay for the criminals to live in the prison. One day there was a man named Nicholas Stokes, he got his car stolen by a woman named Lucy Mistress
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stereotyped and starting fighting back. In the 1960’s women fought for their rights and although it was a struggle they continued forward and succeeded in what they wanted to see change. In the U.S. many women’s groups were formed to reject or change laws that forced discrimination in things such as contract and property rights to employment and pay. One of those groups include the National Organization for Women or also known as NOW. In 1966 this organization was founded by Betty Friedan to support
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Fireworks Kelvin M. Spencer BUS 311 – Business Law I Professor David MacKusick December 4, 2015 I have been hired by Acme Fireworks Company to manage their company. As the manager I have been asked by the Owner to evaluate and re-evaluate the direction the Company is moving and provide effective feedback that can help make the company operate better. In this paper I will address whether or not the contracts will be governed by common law or the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code). I
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