Acme Electronics Case Date: March 6, 2012 To: Jetson, on behalf of Acme Electronics From: Team 4 Consulting Firm Re: Legal and statistical evaluation of problems facing Acme Per your request, we have assembled a report with a legal and statistical evaluation of the problems facing Acme. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at any time. Group 4: Acme Electronics Case Executive
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restrictions on 18+ o Wages/hours Minimum wage Overtime- work over 40 hrs/week- paid 1.5x regular pay for all hours over o Overtime exceptions- executive, administrative, professional employees; outside salespersons; computer programmers ** primary duty is management Exceptions do not apply to : police, firefighters, nurses, public-safety workers, white-collar earning > $100,000/yr, computer programmers, dental hygienists, insurance adjusters • LABOR UNIONS o National Labor Relations Act- right
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although companies dump, the onus lies on those individuals who run these companies to be motivated to behave morally and follow a morally sound principle, the principle which Kant describes as not just doing the right thing but doing it as a sense of duty, a desire to act ethically (Shaw, Barry, Issa, & Catley, 2013). As the case states dumping comes in various forms most dangerous being when it affects the health of humans especially children. The Case analysis In our case, various small companies
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REVISED RULES ON EVIDENCE (Rules 128-134, Rules of Court) AS AMENDED PER RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON MARCH 14, 1989 PART IV RULES OF EVIDENCE RULE 128 General Provisions Section 1. Evidence defined. — Evidence is the means, sanctioned by these rules, of ascertaining in a judicial proceeding the truth respecting a matter of fact. (1) Section 2. Scope. — The rules of evidence shall be the same in all courts and in all trials and hearings, except as otherwise provided by law or these rules
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analyzed using the ethical frameworks suggested by consequentialist theory, deontological theory, and virtue ethics. Such an analysis can provide an explanation of the failure of Enron’s directors, mangers, and auditors to adhere to their ethical duties to the shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers of the firm. Consequentialist theory suggests that an act is ethically wrong if it results in consequences deemed wrong or harmful by the majority of people in a society (Hooker, 2002). The
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4 Negligence: duty of care Learning objectives At the end of this chapter you should be able to: • have an overview of the history of negligence; • describe the function of duty of care in negligence; • appreciate the way duty of care has been defined and developed; and • apply the principles of duty of care in the areas of omissions and liability of public bodies. 04-Bermin-Chap04.indd 42 2/6/2008 7:39:32 PM 4.1 Introduction Negligence began to be recognised as a tort in its own
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Negligence Paper Jennifer Zuber HCS/478 April 11, 2016 Susan Lawson Negligence Paper In 1711, Alexander Pope wrote in a poem, "To err is human." Errors happen in every walk of life and every career path, but there are some areas where and error could be the difference between life and death or profound injury. The healthcare field is one of those areas. Over time, health care has evolved. There are now so many practices and protocols in place so that errors may be avoided. It is understood
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such case called for further enquiry- * ---Assessment of evidence ---Principle---Deeper appreciation of record cannot be gone into at bail stage, but only its tentative Assessment is to be made just to find out as to whether the accused is, prima facie, connected with the commission of crime or not. * ---No final findings could be given regarding plea of alibi at bail stage, as same would require recording of evidence ---Tentative Assessment of such plea, could be made, if it was found that
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correspondence between Thompson and Sheldon does violate the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Both parties had established an attorney-client relationship. Sheldon breached his duty of care to Thompson and the proximate cause of damages resulted from Thompson’s reliance on the advice. Thus, Sheldon breached his duty as a legal professional and will likely be held to have committed legal malpractice. FACTS: Jonas Sheldon, a licensed bar member of Ohio, was vacationing in San Diego when he
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interoffice memorandum to: | CEO | from: | Robby Hinson | subject: | Title vii | date: | June 10, 2014 | cc: | | | | A former employee recently filed a claim against our organization in reference to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I researched and reviewed multiple case studies related to this situation and have provided a recommendation based on this research. For starters, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that “It shall be an unlawful employment practice
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