According to the Learned Intermediary Rule, pharmaceutical manufacturers do not have
to warm consumers about drug dangers as long as they have adequately warned
physicians.
a. True
b. False
According to the article excerpted in the text entitled, The Functions of Privacy, by
Alan Westin, privacy has several functions in today’s society. These include:
a. Total freedom in the private life with no consequences to the work life.
b. The ability to vent anger at authority without being held responsible.
c. The ability to post critical information on the Internet without consequences at work.
d. The ability to spend time quietly analyzing the actions and reactions of other people.
It is illegal to increase a specific employee’s health insurance premiums based on the
employee’s lifestyle.
a. True
b. False
Identify the true statement(s) regarding freedom of speech:
I. It was not until the 1920s that legal doctrines protecting speech when offensive began
to be recognized by the courts.
II. In the First National Bank v. Bellotti case, the Supreme Court struck down a state
law prohibiting a corporation to advertise to influence voters on issues that did not
‘materially affect’ its business.
III. In the Virginia Board case, the U.S. Supreme Court failed to link the ‘right to
receive information and ideas’ with the traditional values that underlie free speech.
IV. According to the Central Hudson decision, ‘protected commercial speech’ cannot be
regulated.
a. I & II only
b. II & III only
c. II, III and IV only
d. I, II III, and IV
According to Henry Shue, firms are not in the business of protecting the interests of
their workers, except when this is a means to accomplish the organizational objectives.
a. True
b. False
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938:
I. sets maximum hours
II. requires minimum wages
III. requires compliance with child labor standards
IV. covers farmer workers
a. I. and II only
b. III and IV only
c. I, II and III only
d. I, II, III and IV
The organization that works with companies on recalls of unsafe products (such as
lead-paint laden Thomas the Train toys) is
a. The Consumer Protection Group (CPG)
b. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
c. The Product Protection People (P3)
d. The Buy American Coalition (BAC)
What are punitive damages?
According to research, what are the characteristics of the typical whistleblower?
Explain the features of Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts (Second).
The term ‘privacy’ does not appear anywhere in the Constitution of the United States.
Discuss (meaning share your opinion and support it with anecdotes or evidence)
whether or not the Supreme Court was correct in ‘finding’ privacy in the Constitution.
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Discuss how multinational corporations can be both a benefit and a detriment to society.
Discuss Lewis Maltby’s proposition that employers should not do drug testing (or other
testing related to off-work conduct) but should instead focus on impairment testing
when an employee is entering the workplace.
Discuss the differences in utilitarianism and virtue ethics in making a decision.
Name the two main factors that most courts use in determining whether or not
electronic monitoring of employees is an invasion of privacy.
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects private property owners’
economic interests. Explain how this amendment affects owners of private property.