38298Read Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc. in Section 21.2 of your textbook. Discuss what duty or duties a business has with regard to checking the background of potential employees before hiring. Do you agree that businesses should be liable for injuries resulting from...
38297Review the “AT&T Pulls $39 Billion T-Mobile Bid on Regulatory Opposition (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site." article. In 2011, AT&T attempted a merger with T-Mobile. The Justice Department sued under the act, claiming that the merger would constitute a violation of the...
38294Some argue that government needs to increase its regulation of business for the good of society as a whole. Others believe that the marketplace is self-regulating and that government intervention through needless regulation places an unfair, costly burden on businesses in general and on small...
38296Private University, a private nonprofit educational institution located in California, decides to issue “Shares in Learning” certificates in a one-time offering to the public. These shares will be sold for $500 each and entitle the bearer to redeem each certificate for two undergraduate or one...
38295Elements of a Contract Suppose that the Fabulous Hotel hires you as head chef under a two-year employment contract. After two years, another hotel wants to hire you. However, in the original employment contract you signed with the Fabulous Hotel, the following paragraph appears: “The below-signed agrees...
38292Negligent Tort Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website. United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. (www.cpsc.gov/) Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled. 1.Describe...
38293After viewing The Crisis of Credit Visualized (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video, respond to each of the following: How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008? Discuss whether too much governmental regulation of business or too little...
38291After viewing the Chinese Imports & Food Safety (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video, consider whether U.S. retailers that utilize products or raw ingredients that are imported from China and are poorly regulated should be liable in tort for injuries to...
38290Which do you believe presents the greatest threat to civil society: a corporation that commits crimes (e.g., murder, environmental crimes, or bribery), or persons who commit crimes that harm businesses (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, or larceny)? Defend your response, using at least one example from current...
38286When to form an LLC (Limited Liability Company) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. discusses why the LLC is one of the most popular types of business entity. After reading the article and Chapter 30 of the textbook, compare an LLC...