“discrimination and harassment” “wrongful termination” and “family & medical leave act.” “Ya fiyad.” “But, umm. Please don’t sue me?” Poll Question Have you ever fired an employee who later sued your company? • I’ve fired employees, but my company has never been sued. • I’ve fired employees and my company has been sued. • I’ve never fired an employee. Bet your bottom dollar… • $50,000-150,000 – cost range of defending an employer through trial. • $25,000 - 75,000 – cost range of defending an employer
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Situation Audit Swisher Mower is a lawn and garden company that manufacturers lawn mowers in its plant in Warrensburg, Missouri. The company’s flagship product is the Ride King. In 1996, Swisher was approached by a national merchandise retailer offering to distribute Swisher’s standard mower under a private label. The retailer offered to distribute the product line, but included several stipulations that would change the Swisher’s distribution methods of its product. Sales within the industry are
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bumps in the road along the way that are similar to any other department in an organization. The Recruitment Process is one of the most crucial aspects of the Human Resources Department. Unless a new position is being introduced to the organization, companies must rely on and trust their recruiters due to the importance of the consistency of skills each “player” on the team needs to have. If a new employee does not have the correct skill set for the job, an important link between the employee and his/her
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EXAM 1 Material Pure risk – when there is uncertainty as to whether loss will occur. No possibility of gain is presented by pure risk----only the potential for loss. Loss or no loss. Ex – the uncertainty of damage to property by fire or flood Not an example of pure risk? Fluctuations in the price of fuel Speculative risk - when there is uncertainty about an event that could produce either a profit or a loss. Loss or gain. Ex---business ventures and investment decisions
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many types of financial instruments, including stocks, exchange-traded funds, insurance, forward contracts,swaps, options, many types of over-the-counter and derivative products, and futures contracts. Public futures markets were established in the 19th century[1] to allow transparent, standardized, and efficient hedging of agricultural commodityprices; they have since expanded to include futures contracts for hedging the values of energy, precious metals, foreign currency, and interest rate fluctuations
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the price warrior It's a brand that has held its price line at Rs 4 for 25 years now -- the price was last raised in 1994 by 25 paise. So, it's not for nothing that Parle-G is the world's largest-selling biscuit by volumes. [pic] Not that the company didn't try to raise prices to offset the overall hike in costs. Three years ago it did so, but quickly rolled it back after volumes fell sharply and consumers wrote to lodge their protest. "We want to cater to the masses and have consciously tried
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Donner Company has positioned itself well within both the small volume, customized (contract) printed circuit boards market as well as the large volume, generic (captive) printed circuit boards market. Large electronic firms (AT&T, IBM) produced their components in captive shops, while smaller sized companies, or when large and small quantities of simple technology or fast turn-around prototype boards were required, these requests usually are fulfilled by contract shops. With a company that
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How Sahara Hoodwinked Sebi, RBI and the Supreme Court There are a few business conglomerates in India which are often engulfed in mystery. Their dealings, activities and political affiliations are often discussed in a hush – hush tone by the press and the public. Not a lot is often known about their dealings. A few of such famous business groups include the Sahara Group headed by Mr. Subrata Roy, the Adani Group headed by its reclusive Chairman Gautam Adani and the real estate giant DLF headed by
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Quality Issues in a Global Supply Chain: Who is responsible? There is not one entity to blame solely for the faulty capacitor. A supply chain that involves a lot of different stakeholders makes it harder to keep control over the process. In a case like this, there is more than one factor to take into consideration; financial, ethical, and contractual burdens are to be placed on the responsible corresponding parties. All stakeholders share some responsibility for the supply chain fiasco. It seems
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and recovery systems used to ensure that even during a recovery the information is protected. Comprehensive plans are only a part of its efforts in securing recovery. Assuming that ABC will use contract employees for part of the recovery, describe how the company can mitigate the threat from using contract employees. 2. Britain plans to establish a dedicated military unit to counter cyber attacks. The unit will comprise of hundreds of computer experts to help defend Britain's national security
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