Al-Fulani, its student, a Duty of Care I. Introduction Kahlil Al-Fulani (“Al-Fulani”) is a 20-year-old Lebanese-American student who currently attends the Bridge School. On September 21, 2001 Lou Gaines (“Gaines”), a fellow student, assaulted Al-Fulani in an unsupervised school lounge. This memorandum addresses whether the Bridge School owed a duty of care to prevent Gaines’s assault on Al-Fulani. A court will likely conclude that the Bridge School owed a duty of care to Al-Fulani because of its
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Employer's Duty of Care and Issues of Compensation August 9, 2010 Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance LEG-500 Abstract For the purposes of this assignment we independently viewed a video entitled “Employer's Duty of Care and Issues of Compensation.” In the video, the car dealership is running a special promotion offering free oil changes in order to get existing customers back into the showroom. An employee notices a backlog of customers waiting in line for their oil changes and
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owes a duty of care. Furthermore, the failure to act reasonable is considered to be negligence. A level of care that a reasonable man under the same circumstance would have exercised a better level of care to whom he or she owes the legal duty too. The law of Negligence has advance over the past century with the establishment of the railroads and the rapid increase of Accidents following the industrial revolution and the increase in industrial
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‘What is meant by the expression “duty of care” in this paper I also have to discuss what are the conditions for the duty of care? As well as what is “negligence”? The most important thing is to articulate ‘What are the implications for your practice as a teacher from these understandings? Lastly I will end the paper by discussing’ in what ways is teaching important? What are your values, beliefs and current philosophy concerning teaching and learning? Care of duty The Wikipedia define the concept
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The topic that the writer will discuss in this paper is employer’s duty of care. The video that is attached to this assignment touched on the topic of employer’s duty of care and issues of compensation. Throughout this assignment the writer will convey to the audience the pros and cons of both men in the video, as well as go into detail on the topic of employer’s duty of care. 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Jake's actions are out of his scope of
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of the duty to act and the duty of care consistently. This provides reasonable enough argument that the English criminal law is indeed in need of reform in order to tackle its inadequacies, promoting the rule of law. Two arguments faced towards criminalising omissions: the social responsibility argument and the causation argument . The social responsibility argument is built upon the collective good, duty to help those in need, the idea that the law should reflect on moral duties as citizens
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Abstract This case discusses the situation of the lawsuit filed by a shareholder of car manufacturer against Roger claiming that he violated his duty as a director by convincing the board to launch a Sports Utility Vehicle. Roger should not be responsible legally because the project was not successful. As the director of the car manufacturing company, Roger was quite positive on the prosperous launch of the sports utility vehicle. Areas and Principles of Law Analysis of the principles of
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Rally Round the Trade Name Professor Michael S. Green Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance 14 December 2011 1. Explain whether or not the fact that Gabby's surname is Rally gives her the right to use it any way she wishes. Since Gabby's surname is Rally it does not give her the right to use the name Rally as the lead name of her business. The Lanham Trademark Act which has a subsidiary division called the Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995, which protects company’s ownership rights to
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Employer’s Duty of Care To what extent are employees required to perform their job with a duty of care? We all know that corporate officers have a duty of care to the corporation that they are employed by. They have an obligation to perform their duties with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances (Halbert & Ingulli, 2010, p 52). As a fellow employee down on the totem pole, we are held to the same standard to act in good faith in whatever
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EMPLOYER'S DUTY OF CARE KATHRYN J. STAPLES DR. BONEITA CAMPBELL LAW, ETHICS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 7 AUGUST 2011 EMPLOYER'S DUTY OF CARE In the video, the employer's duty of care is called into question. But to analyze the video, employer's duty of care must first be defined. "An employer has a duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that workers and others are not exposed to risks to health or safety arising from the conduct of the employer's business. An employer must
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