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978-0078023866 Chapter 14 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 14 – Employment Law III: Labor—Management Relations Internet Exercises and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 639) Go to National Labor Relations Board’s frequently asked questions [http://www.nlrb.gov/faq/nlrb]. 1. Explain what an employee at a unionized workplace who is “unhappy” […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 13 Lecture Note Part 2
III. Equal Pay The Equal Pay Act of 1963 directly forbids discrimination on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees of one sex at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the opposite sex for […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 13 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 13 Employment Law II: Discrimination Chapter Goals At the outset, the law of discrimination should be placed in the historical and social context from which it arises. Students cannot be expected to objectively evaluate the merits of the campaign […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 13 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 13 – Employment Law II: Discrimination Answers to ‘Ricci v DeStefano’ Questions (p. 586) 1. a. It appears that fear of disparate impact liability based on the statistical disparity and the b. The U.S. Supreme Court held that the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 13 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 13 – Employment Law II: Discrimination Internet Exercise and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise (p. 597) 1. Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the 2. Employers react to laws with internal policies. The real […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 12 Lecture Note Part 2
Part Five—Employee Privacy Privacy on the Job? Typically, employers have dress codes requiring a neat, clean appearance. Other employers might have specific requirements, such as covering tattoos during work hours. Employer oversight extends well beyond appearance policies. Drug tests, integrity […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 12 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 12 Employment Law I: Employee rights Chapter Goals This is an inherently interesting area of law where the cases will speak well to the students. As a consequence, a very conventional approach to this material has been taken and […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 12 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 12 – Employment Law I: Employee Rights Answers to Chapter Questions (p. 543) 1. a. Of course, under the ancient notion of respondeat superior, it is believed that employers should bear responsibility because they hired the employees: They, in […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 12 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 12 – Employment Law I: Employee Rights Internet Exercise and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise (p. 543) Based on information, the following are the answers as of the time of this writing: 1. OSHA’s budget for Fiscal Year 2007 […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 11 Lecture Note
CHAPTER 11 Antitrust Law—Monopolies and Mergers Chapter Goals If instructors’ experiences correspond with the authors, generating student interest in antitrust law is a daunting task indeed. The numbers are so big, and the scenes of action are so remote from […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 11 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 11 – Antitrust Law—Monopolies and Mergers Answers to Chapter Questions (p. 495) 1. The district court dismissed the suit and the circuit court affirmed, based on the existence of the 2. a. The antitrust claims were monopoly and attempted […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 11 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 11 – Antitrust Law—Monopolies and Mergers Internet Exercise and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 495) 1. On the site, http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/div_stats/antitrust-enfor-consumer.pdf, the Department of Justice has listed eight “telltale” signs, including evidence that competitors have agreed to “price their […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 10 Lecture Note
CHAPTER 10 Antitrust Law—Restraints of Trade Chapter Goals If instructors’ experiences correspond with the authors, generating student interest in antitrust law is a daunting task indeed. The numbers are so big, and the scenes of action are so remote from […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 10 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 10 – Antitrust Law—Restraints of Trade Answers to Chapter Questions (p. 463) 1. Sections a.-d of this question would likely result in a healthy debate that could help students e. Posner argues that the only proper role for antitrust […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 10 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 10 – Antitrust Law—Restraints of Trade Internet Exercise and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise (p. 463) The following answers are found at http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/managing-your-business/frequently-asked-questions.html] 1. The question is whether there was agreement between the manufacturer and the dealers, which would […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 9 Lecture Note Part 2
Social Businesses on the Horizon? The concept of a “social business” has been promoted by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, an economist and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. The concept occupies a unique place on the continuum that runs from […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 9 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 9 Business Organizations and Securities Regulation Chapter Goals This chapter is intended to be a straightforward introduction to the legal principles governing the creation and propagation of a business. Part One offers a brief survey of the basic business […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 9 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 09 – Business Organizations and Securities Regulation Escott v. BarChris Construction Corp., 283 F. Supp. 643 (S.D.N.Y. 1968) (p. 416) Syllabus BarChris constructed bowling alleys. In 1961, it decided to raise some capital by selling bonds, which required the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 9 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 09 – Business Organizations and Securities Regulation Internet Exercises and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise Questions (p. 429) 1. As revealed at the Frequently Asked Questions section of http://securitieslaw.com, brokers have a fundamental responsibility for fair dealing and owe […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 8 Lecture Note Part 2
B. Legislative Functions The agencies create rules that, in effect, are laws. In day-to-day business practice, the rules are likely to be much more important than the original congressional legislation. Rules Agencies enact three types of rules: Procedural rules—delineate the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 8 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 8 Government Regulation of Business Chapter Goals The start of this chapter is a good opportunity to remind students of the intersection between the market, ethics, and the law. The relationship between those forces remains cloudy in student minds. […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 8 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 08 – Government Regulation of Business Answers to ‘Voyeur Dorm v. City of Tampa’ Questions (p.350) 1. a. The court pointed out that the owners were not offering adult entertainment to members of the b. The plain language of […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 8 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 08 – Government Regulation of Business Internet Exercise and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 373) 1. This can be a discussion based question. Some of the information which can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmets_in_New_Zealand is as follows. In New […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 7 Lecture Note
CHAPTER 7 Business Torts and Product Liability Chapter Goals In this edition, instructors can expand their coverage to include an overview of torts, focusing on torts in a business context and including both torts against persons and against property. Relative […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 7 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 3
Chapter 07 – Business Torts and Product Liability Supplementary Materials I. Warnings (p. 302) Contrast the following to Brown Forman: William Hon died of pancreatitis at age 26. Mr. Hon drank two to three cans of Stroh beer four nights […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 7 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 07 – Business Torts and Product Liability Marilyn Merrill v. Navegar Inc. 28 P.3d 116 (Cal. S.Ct. 2001) (p. 299) Syllabus In 1993, an individual went into a law firm in San Francisco with three weapons, two of which […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 7 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 07 – Business Torts and Product Liability Internet Exercise and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise (p.321) 1. Saints: “States that have relatively low monetary tort losses and/or few litigation risks and relatively strong tort rules on the books. These […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 6 Lecture Note Part 2
Public Policy The courts may decline to enforce certain otherwise binding contracts because to do so would not be in the best interest of the public. Noncompete clauses are common and may be fully lawful depending largely on whether the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 6 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 6 Contracts Chapter Goals Chapter Six sets forth the basic requirements to have a valid contract and then proceeds to discuss the interpretation and enforcement of contracts. It starts, however, by tying the importance of the law of contracts […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 6 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 06 – Contracts Stambovsky v. Ackley et al., 169 A.D.2d 254 (S.Ct.N.Y., App. Div., 1st Dept. 1991) (p. 249) Syllabus Stambovsky sought to rescind the contract under which he bought a house from Adler, after learning that the house […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 6 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 06 – Contracts Internet Exercise and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p.273) 1. Hairtech International has filed a $35 million breach of contract action against Paris Hilton Student Projects 1. Imagine you want to start your own small business. […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 5 Lecture Note
CHAPTER 5 Constitutional Law and the Bill of Rights Chapter Goals Essentially, this chapter is a brief exploration of the primary intersections between the Bill of Rights and the practice of commerce in the United States. The chapter primarily focuses […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 5 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 05 – Constitutional Law and the Bill of Rights Skilling v. United States 130 S.Ct. 2896 (2010) (p. 218) Syllabus The honest-services statute, Section 1346, Skilling maintains, is unconstitutionally vague… Skilling’s honest-services prosecution, the Government concedes, was not “prototypical.” […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 5 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 05 – Constitutional Law and the Bill of Rights Internet Exercises and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 224) 1. The First Amendment Center identifies topics of debate regarding the First Amendment such as prayer in schools, flag-burning, hard-core […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 4 Lecture Note Part 2
VII. The Civil Trial Process Civil procedure varies by jurisdiction. The following generalizations merely typify the process. (See Figure 4.2.) [For a vast “catalog” of law on the Internet, see http://www.catalaw.com] A. Pleadings Pleadings are the documents by which each […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 4 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 4 The American Legal System Chapter Goals Chapter Four follows a well-trod path. Here, as in all other undergraduate law texts of this general character, an outline in very broad strokes has been given of the nature of the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 4 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 04 – The American Legal System Answers to Questions—Part Two (p. 171) 1. Jurisdictional requirements serve a number of purposes. Among those are the following—the 2. a. No, because the summons was obtained by fraudulent means. b. Yes, it […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 4 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 04 – The American Legal System Internet Exercises and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 181) 1. Students’ answers will vary based on the state and the article that they select. Student Projects 1. Find a report of a […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 3 Lecture Note Part 2
every year who might otherwise not have done so, funding is provided for many unprofitable sports including women’s programs, and sports revenues often support academic programs. What Have We Lost? What have people lost when the innocence and idealism of […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 3 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 3 The Corporation and Public Policy: Expanding Responsibilities Chapter Goals The social responsibility materials are, in a sense, a continuation of the discussion of ethics in Chapter Two. The social responsibility doctrine grows out of ethical concerns and is, […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 3 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 03 – The Corporation and Public Policy: Expanding Responsibilities Answers to ‘Shareholder Approach’ Questions (p. 122) 1. Costco’s compensation philosophy has led to “one of the most productive and loyal workforces in all of retailing. Only 6% of employees […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 3 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 03 – The Corporation and Public Policy: Expanding Responsibilities Internet Exercise and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercises (p. 127) 1. The Corporate Watch web site (http://www.corpwatch.org) includes a substantial database devoted to the globalization issue from a critical perspective. […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 2 Lecture Note Part 2
its prescriptive force is independent of its consequences. Kant believed that every rational creature can act according to his or her categorical imperative because all such persons have “autonomous, self-legislating wills” that permit them to formulate and act on their […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 2 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 2 Business Ethics Chapter Goals The objective in Chapter Two is to introduce self-regulation as a technique for achieving a more desirable role for business in society. One finds that students often do not recognize the relationship between the […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 2 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 02 – Business Ethics Answers to ‘Practicing Ethics: Bribe the Terrorists?’ Questions (p. 79) 1. Chiquita’s general counsel claimed that the bribes were morally proper to save lives. Originally, the payments had been lawful, and Chiquita argued they were […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 2 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 02 – Business Ethics Internet Exercise and Supplements Answers to Internet Exercise (p. 81) 1. a. Their answer: Like Socrates, most psychologists would agree that ethics can be taught. process. See http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/canethicsbetaught.html. b. The students could have a discussion […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 1 Lecture Note Part 2
Part Three—Collectivism: Increase Government? The term collectivism embraces communism and socialism and similar philosophies on the left side of the political/economic spectrum. Collectivist systems feature economic cooperation and varying degrees of centralized control as contrasted with capitalism’s economic individualism and […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 1 Lecture Note Part 1
CHAPTER 1 Capitalism and the Role of Government Chapter Goals This chapter serves as an introduction to the two fundamental questions examined throughout the entire book: What is the proper role of business, both in America and in the global […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 1 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 2
Chapter 01 – Capitalism and the Role of Government small government will have different and more cataclysmic effects today when it is not.” Answers to Questions—Part One (p. 8) 1. The students could see the Templeton website for a variety […]
978-0078023866 Chapter 1 Internet Exercise and Supplements Part 1
Chapter 01 – Capitalism and the Role of Government Internet Exercise and Supplements Answer to Internet Exercise (p. 39) 1. Some of the criticisms found on the site, http://www.globalpolicy.org, [http://www.globalpolicy.org/globalization/globalization-of-law.html; http://www.globalpolicy.org/globalization/globalization-of-politics/movement-for-global-justice.html ] include: Global capital undermines local and national politics; […]