through defect in manufacture. After all, the product did not function in accordance with its specifications and the sharp piece of metal exposed when users insert the disk drive heightened the chances of injury. Because of this, defect in manufacture tort liability is applicable. After all, defect in manufacture (Cheeseman, 2010) “[…] occurs when the manufacturer fails to (1) properly assemble a product, (2) properly test a product, or (3) adequately check the quality of a product. As demonstrated
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1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the work place. Aside from the more measurable costs, employees emphasize their need to preserve at work what they expect to maintain elsewhere, a sense of dignity and self-respect. Within the workplace typical employees would expect to have minimal. Privacy in this aspect gives individuals, from factory workers to presidents a chance to lay their masks aside. The more employees share space, cubicles and networked computers,
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Solutions Manual to accompany Auditing: a practical approach 2nd edition by Jane Hamilton CHAPTER 2 Ethics, legal liability and client acceptance [pic] John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2013 Chapter 2 –Ethics, legal liability and client acceptance REVIEW QUESTIONS 2.11 Explain how compliance with each of the five fundamental principles in APES 110 contributes to the ability of the auditor to discharge the duty
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Employer’s Care of Duty Dwen Guydon Strayer University LEG500: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Prof. Phylanice Nash, J.D. August 4, 2011 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” According to the definition given by USLegal.com, scope of employment refers to a person actively involved in an employment task at a particular time, usually an issue when an accident occurs, which is required to make a claim for work-related injury under state Worker's
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FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACTS What is the definition of a contract? a promise that the law will enforce 4 Parts of a Contract Agreement: one party must make a valid offer, and the other party must accept it. Consideration: there has to be bargaining that leads to an exchange between the parties. Legality: the contract must be for a lawful purpose. Capacity: the parties must be adults of sound mind. Describe the various types of contracts. bilateral:
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Legal Forms of Business Law 531 April 5th, 2012 Legal Forms of Business Once one makes a choice to start a business, the next decision is under which legal form that business should operate. The selection is dependent on factors like the ease and cost of creation, the capital necessities, management style, government limitations, personal liability, and tax considerations (Cheeseman, 2010). It is important to make sure whichever legal form of business one chooses is in line with the best
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Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Two start-up businesses in different industries are beginning and an established company with labor issues are the focus of this paper. For the two start-ups, a sports bar and a birth clinic, a case needs to be made for the type of business entity they should each use. The established company is a construction company whose business entity must be identified and employment law pertaining to the scenario will be
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Electronic Surveillance of Employees Law Ethics and Corporate Governance Electronic Surveillance of Employees 1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. From the time an employee reaches his work place or is on a sales call he is typically on either company property or he may be on property owned by a customer of his company. So that employee is now utilizing company time- which he is being paid for, equipment and supplies. Taking this into
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philosophy of John Rawls is pregnant with implications for the tort theory. Our law of intentional and accidental physical injury is rich with the rhetoric of reasonableness and fairness, and these ideals lie at the heart of Rawls’s political philosophy. The figure of the reasonable person is central both to the law of negligence—where it serves as the master criterion of justified risk imposition—and to the law of intentional torts—where it helps to define the contours of permissible self-defense
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Unit 2 Individual Project William Hurley Legal and Ethical Environments of Business INTRODUCTION Today’s topic is on is on the subject of linking and when is it trespassing. Linking is a common practice where one web page or site links up with another web page or site. I sent an email about eBay Inc v. Bidders Edge Inc to a friend. She wants to design an internet dating site and doesn’t want to be involved in any illegal complications. After reading my email she responded with some questions
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