...Assignment 3: Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility Research Paper LEG 500 Dr. DoRight has recently been hired as the President of the “Universal Human Care Hospital”, where he oversees all departments with over 5,000 employees and over 20,000 patients at the medical facility. He has been provided with a broad set of duties and oversight of numerous departments, including business development, customer services, human resources, legal, patient advocacy, to name a few. He has managers in each department that he supervises and who work with him to address the needs of the various internal and external stakeholders of the hospital. Dr. DoRight discovers that some patients within the hospital have been dying as a result of a variety of illegal procedures by doctors and nurses, and negligent supervision and oversight on their part. This was brought to his attention in a few meetings and he told his Regional Director Compliance Manager and Executive Committee in January 2009. He was told by them that the matter would be investigated and they would report any findings to him as soon as possible. After two (2) years, there have been no results from the investigation and some patients are still passing away due to the negligent activities. He also answers to a board of trustees and interfaces with numerous community organizations and corporations who have various reasons for doing business with the hospital. Dr. DoRight continues to win awards for his leadership of the...
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...Assignment 2: Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Law, Ethics & Corporate Governance 11/2013 Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Work Place and the World discusses one of the world’s most successful pharmaceutical companies that enjoys a reputation as a caring, ethical and well-run company which produces high-quality products that saves millions of lives and enhances the quality of life for millions of others. In this hypothetical scenario the following will be discussed. The stakeholders will be indentified. Analyze the ethics of PharmaCARE’s treatment of Colberia’s indigenous population and PharmaCARE’s rank-and-file workers versus that of its executives. Determine whether Allen could legally fire each of the three workers; Donna, Tom, and Ayesha. Suggest steps he should take to minimize the risks to his department and the company. Determine the whistle blowing opportunities, obligations, and protections that could benefit Allen. Assess PharmaCARE’s environmental initiative against the backdrop of its anti-environmental lobbying efforts and Colberian activities. Examine if this renders the company’s purported environmental stewardship better or worse and if the company’s public stance should carry an obligation to be a leader in environmental matters. Analyze the original purposes of and the changes to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Determine which provision(s) of CERCLA apply to PharmaCARE...
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...separate into 3 main groups: (1) Endurance athletes, (2) Mid-distance (3) sprinters, jumpers, throwers. Team leaders per group will be helpful. Train event specific. Research shows specificity of training will negatively or positively impact performance if the workouts are not event specific. During stretching use 30-seconds stretch hold positions for the first two weeks, but switch to dynamic stretching after two weeks. Research shows static stretching will slightly impair speed and strength for up to an hour afterwards, which is desirable the first two weeks to prevent injury. Training principles: Train event specific! Focusing on quality of training improves performance, quantity training decreases performance, even for endurance athletes. Training sequence: Heavy/light/heavy/light/off (one of the heavy days needs to have a killer ladder) Train all three muscle fibers; slow, fast, and super fast “Train fast to be fast.” Running, jumping or throwing at slower than performance will decrease future performance unless it is for strength training or technique. Most races are lost based not by the lack of endurance, but the lack of speed. In track and field, athletes are on their own during meets to a degree, and it’s important to train athletes to prepare themselves for their events. Training process: Post workouts, have group leaders check off athletes as they finish their daily workout assignments. Complete segments in groups. Teaching point: Make...
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...I work as a community nurse and I have recently become intrigued about one of my patients requiring treatment for a leg ulcer. For the purpose of this assignment I shall call her MA, because as a nurse and a professional I have professional and ethical duty to protect patient identities (Quacker Nursing Council [QNC]2010). My rationale for selection of topic is that Leg ulcers (LU) cost this country’s health service an estimated 200million quars per year in hospitalisation fees for those individuals who do not have health insurance (Quacker Health Board [QHB] 2012, Wilson 2010). An outline of LU is provided in Appendix One, while Appendix two provides a synopsis of MA and her LU. Community nurses are increasingly seeing patients with LU as insurers only pay for three episodes of treatment for one condition (Medins 2011). This disadvantages those patients like MA, as if they have a long term or chronic condition they may not receive treatment or care and this in turn will raise the country’s morbidity and mortality rates. In the UK the Government provides all healthcare free at the point of delivery and prevention of ill- Health and patient’s taking responsibility for managing their own illness or disease is viewed as an important Public Health Strategy ( DH 2010). In this assignment I will discuss strengths and limitations of evidence based practice (EBP),sourcing different forms of evidence which will enable me to provide the best evidence-based practice I can for my patients...
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...------------------------------------------------- Assignment 1: Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley LEG 500 LEG 500 Whistle blowing has its origins from an example of law enforcement blowing a whistle when someone finds a crime or some wrongdoing process in a government. So when wrongs are taking place in government, the public they serve suffers (Chambers, 2014). The government is supposed to be open. Whistleblowers have to care about the issues that are going on in the workplace for them to commit such energy into the act. They have ethics and morals. The whistle blower is passionate about their work and its proper execution (Chambers, 2014; Lowry, Moody, Galletta, & Vance, 2013). The recent case of September 2014, Katherine Mitchell, Paula Pedene, and Damien Reese brought to light the wrongdoing at Phoenix Veteran Affairs hospital where records on appointment data were falsified to hide delays in treatment. There was financial mismanagement in the agency which was later confirmed by the inspector general after the three exposed the issue (Hicks, 2014; Lee & Fargher, 2013). Paula was punished by the management because she spoke against financial mismanagement in the hospital. She was given a desk and a job in the basement. Katherine's supervisors tried to sabotage her career by giving her a position of overseeing quality of patient care. Given that the three were protected under the Sarbanes Oxley act, they were later promoted by the agency. In this way...
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...Schukra Assignment Due Date: Wednesday, October 29th (at the very beginning of class, no later than 5 minutes after the start of class) Length: No more than six pages double-spaced with one inch margins excluding title page, references and exhibits. The final report must be submitted on the due date simultaneously in TWO WAYS: Submit as follows: 1) A traditional paper report (stapled, etc.) to be turned in at the very beginning of class on the due date, and 2) As an email to me in a single PDF file at mfields@uwindsor.ca. The papers should be in APA format and use at least five appropriate references (not Wikipedia or ask.com, etc.). Because some of the reports will be forwarded to Schukra, your student numbers should not be included on the electronic versions. You must submit your report using both methods in order to receive a grade for this assignment (electronic only submissions will not be accepted). Late assignments, at the instructor’s discretion, will either not be accepted or will be severely penalized. A selection of the best or most interesting reports will be submitted to Schukra for discussion at the workshop. The teams with the very best submissions may be invited to briefly (no more than 3 - 5 minutes) present a summary of their suggestions to the Schukra Team during their session. Workshop Date: Saturday, November 8th from 9:00-11:30 in Toldo Room 104 Schukra of North America Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leggett and Plat (NYSE: LEG) an S&P...
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...Assignment #1: Employment-At-Will Doctrine LEG-500- November 3, 2013 I. Introduction The employment-at-will is a term part of the labor law in which states that an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any or no reason and without warning. Likewise, an employee is free to leave a job at any time for any or no reason with no adverse legal consequences. At-will also means that an employer can change the terms of the employment relationship with no notice and no consequences. “For example, an employer can alter wages, terminate benefits, or reduce paid time off. In its unadulterated form, the U.S. at-will rule leaves employees vulnerable to arbitrary and sudden dismissal, a limited or on-call work schedule depending on the employer’s needs, and unannounced cuts in pay and benefits” (Glynn, Sullivan, & Arnow-Richman, 2007). There is also the at-will presumption in which it is a default rule that can be modified by contract. For example, a contract may provide for a specific term of employment or allow termination for cause only (Glynn, Sullivan, & Arnow-Richman, 2007). Causes can generally include reasons such as poor employee performance, employee misconduct, or economic necessity. The employment contract would state the reasons or actions that would lead to termination for cause. Also, over the years, courts have carved out exceptions to the at-will presumption to mitigate its sometimes harsh consequences. The three major common law exceptions are public...
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...Assignment #2 – Family Related Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 May, 2011 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Under the Family and medical Leave Act (FMLA), a child can take care of their biological parent. This is even true even if that parent literally had nothing to do with the child growing up. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. It also requires that employee's group health benefits be maintained during the leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor (www.dol.gov). 2. Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA. The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to your company if you employ over 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite, and at least 50 of your employees...
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...Rally Round the Trade Name Assignment 5 Angela Jules Strayer University Prof Nashe LEG 500 March 9, 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. Gabby has the right to use her surname any way she wishes. You have the right to keep your legal name and use it. In General, it makes no difference whether you are using your real name or any other name for your business. There are many businesses with different names that are not associated with the person what so ever. According to Search for Ancestors, “ A surname, also known as a last name or family name, is a fixed name shared in common with the members of a family and is passed down from generation to generation. The use of a surname is relatively new in history and was adopted in order to legally distinguish two individuals with the same first name.” Regardless of the fact that Rally Motors has been in business for a many years that does not give them exclusive rights. Per Gabby’s conversation with Herman she stated that she has used the Rally name for over 50 years and is using the name for her small business. Her attempt to contact Herman to explain the use of the Rally name was not to harm his business but show her pride with her given name. Herman’s only concern was about how much money he spent on advertisement to gain customers and trust within the community and that he had exclusive rights to the Rally name. With Rally Motors...
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...16. Take a piece of paper rip it into four pieces. Write one through four on the papers. Then fold them each into little pieces take a hat and shake it well and have one member from each group choose a number. Whatever number they choose is the number that their group will go in. there will be no yelling or shouting during another groups turn each team has 30 seconds to answer their question two minutes in total if it’s a problem that needs to be solved with pencil, and paper. Any question answered incorrectly will result in the team losing 100 points. At the end all the points will be added up and the winner should receive 2 points on any assignment of choice. 100 Section Questions: | Questions | Answer | By the given information determine which word it is best describing. | 1. Has no dimension, and it’s represented by a dot. | Point | 2. In geometry terms that can be described using known words such as point or line are called. | Defined terms | 3. To find the length of AB , with endpoints (-7,5) and B(4,-6) you can use the …. | Distance formula | For the following questions below find the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment with the given endpoints. | 4. C(3,5) and D(7,5) | (5,5) | 5. G(-4,4) and H(6,4) | (1,4) | 6. P(-8,-7) and Q (11,5) | (1 ½ ,-1) | Basic math calculators should not be needed | 7. 6*6 | 36 | 8. 5+5 | 10 | 9. 172-20 | 152 | 10. 64/8 | 8 | 200 Section Questions: | Determine what kind...
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...LEG 500: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance | Assignment 3-Employers Duty of Care | 8/14/2011 | 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are “in or out of his scope of employment.” The definition of “Scope of Employment” according to Oklahoma States Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety is, “Scope of employment: means performance by an employee acting in good faith within the duties of his office of employment or of tasks lawfully assigned by a competent authority including the operation or use of an agency vehicle or equipment with actual or implied consent of the supervisor of the employee, but shall not include corruption or fraud.” Whether Jake is acting in or out of his scope of employment depends on Jakes job description. Jake has recently been promoted to Service Manager and receives salary pay, Jake stated that he still does the same job, even with a new job title and salary pay. The question that one would need to ask is, what is Jake supposed to be doing? Should he be working on cars or supervising his employees? If Jake is not to work on cars he is acting out of the scope of his employment and vice versa. Herman didn’t mind Jake doing the oil changes; Jake was given permission to change oil for the customers, therefore when Jake cut his thumb he was acting in the scope of his employment. Jake was acting in good faith when he decided to go the extra mile to make sure the customer’s cars were thoroughly checked. 2. Explain whether or...
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...noted or reported. Patient if forgetful at times due to the aging. Has BLE muscle weakness and pain due to the disease process. No history of tremors or seizures was reported. No numbness or tingling was reported. Patient speech is clear; no difficulty in swallowing was reported or observed. Patient takes Aspirin 81mg PO daily prophylactically. | Head and Neck (pain, headaches, head/neck injury, neck pain, lumps/swelling, surgeries on head/neck, medications): Per patient “I get occasional headaches but is relived with the pain medication. I have LBP less often then daily but is relieved with the medications”. On assessment no swelling or lumps were noted. No history or surgeries on the back and neck was reported. Patient takes Tylenol 500 mg 1-2 PO PRN. | Eyes (eye pain, blurred vision, history of crossed eyes, redness/swelling in eyes, watering, tearing, injury/surgery to eye, glaucoma testing, vision test, glasses or contacts, medications): Patient reported cataract surgery 10-12...
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...the results in either a Microsoft Word document or a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. If you choose to use an Excel spreadsheet, place each problem on a separate sheet and label the tab with problem number. Save your document with a descriptive file name, including the assignment and your name. | 6-1 The famous Y. S. Chang Restaurant is open 24 hours a day. Waiters and busboys report for duty at 3am, 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm, or 11pm, and each works an 8-hour shift. The following table shows the minimum number of workers needed during the six periods into which the day is divided. Chang’s scheduling problem is to determine how many waiters and busboys should report for work at the start of each time period to minimize the total staff required for one day’s operation. (Hint: Let Xi equal the number of waiters and busboys beginning work in time period i, where i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.) If Chang’s were able to reduce the number of required waiters and busboys by 1 during some period, during which period should they make the reduction? Period | Time | Number of Waiters and Busboys Required | 1 | 3am-7am | 3 | 2 | 7am-11am | 12 | 3 | 11am-3pm | 17 | 4 | 3pm-7pm | 11 | 5 | 7pm-11pm | 12 | 6 | 11pm-3am | 4 | 6-2 The Arden County, Maryland, superintendent of education is responsible for assigning students to the three high schools in his county. He recognizes the need to bus a certain number of students, for several sectors of the county are beyond walking distance to a school...
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...Running head: Legal Advice Assignment 2: Legal Advice Professor Edward Pedrero LEG 100 1 March 2012 Describe the company and the major initiative(s) they have planned for the next 5 years. Johnson & Johnson, a fortune 500 company, is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer packaged goods manufacture. The headquarters are located in New Brunswick, NJ. They are currently the sixth-largest consumer health company, and the world fifth-largest biologic company. Johnson & Johnson claims the title of the world’s largest and most diverse of medical devices and Diagnostics Company. This company is notorious for running many initiatives in the hopes of helping others and their well beings. For example, in September 2011 J&J announced the launch of every mother, every child, a comprehensive, five year, private-sector effort to improve the health of woman and children in developing countries. It’s an initiative which supports the United Nations’ April 2010 call for a renewed effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of reducing morality in woman and children by 2015. There are four main programs to achieve the goal, which are mobile health for mothers, intestinal worms in children, R&D innovations, and Safe Birth Programs. "Every Woman, Every Child has shown what can be achieved through close cooperation between the UN, governments, and the private sector," said United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon...
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...Assignment # 5- Rally Round the Trade Name LEG 500 March 10, 2012 1. Explain whether or not the fact that Gabby’s surname is Rally gives her the right to use it any way she wishes. Gabby’s surname of Rally does not give her the right to use it any way she wishes as it relates to identifying a business. The reason is due to protection under common law and the possibility of infringing on the trade name of Rally associated with cars. Common law advises that a person who first uses a trade name in a specific location for a specific purpose has the rights to the trade name. According to the video Herman has been in business with Rally motors for over 40 years. The surname of Rally may belong to Gabby but it was not associated with a business and used for a specific purpose therefore she does not have the right to use it any way she wishes. 2. Explain whether or not it matters that Rally is associated with pizza. It does not matter that Rally is associated with pizza to the point of trade name infringement. However under common law it does matter that Rally is associated with pizza. Under trade name laws it protects the owner of the trade name from other individuals using the name to associate with similar goods or services. The distinction here is that pizza and cars and not considered in the same market or industry. In contrast, under common this changes in that it does matter that Rally is associated to pizza as protected under common law. Common law gives precedent...
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