Grade Received, "A" Respondeat superior is when an employer is found to be responsible for the wrongful acts of his/her employees. The two legal elements that have to exist in order for the employer to be found responsible for his/her employees actions are: (1) it must be proven that the employee must have acted in their own scopes of employment, and (2) the deed done by the employee must’ve been related to his/her employment (Fremgen, 2012). In order to be thought of as being inside the scope
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fact-finding, and the use of a judicial referee. The Legal System and the Legal Forms of Business OBJECTIVE: Explain the major components of the legal system. Resources: Ch. 1, 2, & 4 of Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues Content • Ch. 1: Legal Heritage and the Information Age o Introduction to Legal Heritage and the Information Age o What Is Law? • Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine By Carla Anderson Professor Shaun Koenig Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance November 9, 2014 Employment-At-Will is a legal doctrine which gives employers broad discretion to fire employees for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all (Halbert, & Ingulli, 2012). With employment-at-will, an employer has the right to change its policies or terms of employment without notice. Therefore, benefits and wages can be modified devoid of notice. Understanding
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Employment-at-will doctrine A typical employment-at-will policy Each state demonstrates and exhibits their own employment-at-will policy. I am currently a resident of Georgia. Within the state of Georgia, the employer cannot demonstrate a violation of any statute during the termination process >>>>>>>> Legal Termination Can the state of Georgia legally fire an employee? Based one of the main Georgia Supreme Court cases on the subject, it implies that the thought process of an employer
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Riordan Corporate Compliance Plan Law 531 Riordan Corporate Compliance Plan In order to minimize risk in today’s changing global business environment applying the legal principles of business management is essential. An effective manage has to quickly and precisely analyze each situation and be able to find the problem and fix it with the best legal solution. Businesses need and manager’s a like need a legal road map that will help them make these important decisions effectively. A good example
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Forum 2 Case Study Introduction Relationships in business are extremely important. Most successful businesses are built on this concept. Unfortunately, there are times when what is best for the business is not best for the relationship. Employees are fired, leadership is changed, and jobs are outsourced. Difficult decisions are just part of business. The relationship between the Scuppernongs grape company and Don’s store began slowly at first, and then developed into a steady exchange of business
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disregard for virtually every tenet of business ethics. Building a robust ethics infrastructure that is self-sustaining, by composing a sound code of conduct that supports the top level, and communicating it to all employees, and assuring compliance with the Code of Ethics (Nakayama, 2002). Corporations that are open about their ethical standards and conduct seem to be more trustworthy than those who stay silent. Some issue an annual report of their ethics accomplishments and the challenges they faced
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This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review The Use and Influence of Comparative Law in ‘Wrongful Life’ Cases Ivo Giesen* 1. Introduction** 1.1. Comparable stories of great grief In 1993, a South African boy named Brian Stewart was born severely handicapped. He suffers from ‘spina bifida’, a congenital defect to the lower spine, which negatively affects the nerve supply to the lower limbs, bladder and bowel. He suffers from a brain defect as well.1 In
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her job back. The legal issues in this case involve the promise of job opportunities. With the company being an “at will” employer does that relieve them of offering an explanation as to their reasons for firing Elaine? Did the employer violate any ethics or discrimination laws in terminating her position? Is there sufficient evidence on behalf of the plaintiff that can prove such violations took place? Elaine and her attorney will focus on a statutory exception or a contract exception. Elaine received
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