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Chapter: 6 -Problem: 10 >> The Wongs bought a hillside home in San Carlos, California, for $2.35 million from the Stolers. Several months after they moved in, the Wongs discovered they were connected to a private sewer system and not directly serviced by the city’s public system. Believing they had been deceived, they sued the Stolers and the real estate agents who brokered the sale, alleging several causes of action, inclu
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, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 7 >> When necessary to achieve justice, the courts sometimes conclude that a contract exists even though consideration is clearly lacking. Moral obligation and quasi-contract (discussed earlier) are two such instances, but the most prominent of these substitutes for consideration is found in the doctrine of promissory estoppel, in which the promisor is “stopped” from denying the existence of a contract
Answer Preview: Turner "Tfue" Tenney and FaZe Clan may or may not have entered into a legally binding contract, depe…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 2 >> The National Registry of Exonerations, a joint project of the University of California Irvine Center for Science and Society, University of Michigan Law School, and Michigan State University College of Law, shows that from January 1989 through February 2, 2020, 2,549 convicted individuals have been exonerated. In a February 2019 study, out of 2400 exonerations, 291, or 12 percent, had falsely conf
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, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 1 >> A San Francisco jury in 2018 awarded a former school district groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, $289 million ($39 million compensatory; $250 million punitive) in his lawsuit claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate weedkiller, marketed as Roundup, was a primary cause of his terminal cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma. In his job, Johnson had sprayed Ranger Pro, a high-concentration version of Roundup, for two
Answer Preview: The question of whether manufacturers and others in the chain of distribution should bear legal resp…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 1 >> By mid-April 2020, about 150 of the largest meat processing plants in the United States accounted for at least 2,200 known cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths, becoming a national concern alongside long-term care facilities. • Among the workers at a Wayne Farms plant in Albertville, Alabama, 75 had tested positive and one death had occurred. • Smithfield’s Sioux Falls, Iowa, plant had more than 200 co
Answer Preview: 1. The purpose of this question is to make the working conditions at the described plants more real to them, by asking how they would feel if their family members were working at one of the plants. At …

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 15 >> Joseph Birdsong and Bruce Waggoner both purchased iPods manufactured by Apple, Inc. Their iPods came equipped with detachable earbuds. Birdsong and Waggoner sued Apple for, among other claims, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability alleging the iPod was defective because of an unreasonable risk of hearing loss created by the supplied earbuds, which were designed to be placed in consumer
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, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 1 >> Visit the Rocket Lawyer website’s page offering sample contracts, which can be found at www.rocketlawyer.com/legal-documents-forms.rl. Select a type of contract such as a lease agreement, independent contractor agreement, or business contract and review the sample. If you were asked to enter into this agreement, what questions would you have? Be specific. Assume you have to explain to someone else
Answer Preview: When entering into a contract, it is crucial to read and understand all of its terms and conditions …

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 14 >> The Wall Street Journal: “Teddy Roosevelt busted Standard Oil. The Obama Administration? It’s making the world safe from rapacious piano teachers.” The Federal Trade Commission alleged that the 22,000-member Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) implemented an ethics code that forbade members from actively recruiting each others’ students, and that some MTNA affiliates prohibited members from
Answer Preview: a. The FTC claimed that the MTNA and its affiliates had harmed competition. The ethics provisions co…

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 15 >> Two parties to a lawsuit exchanged e-mails for several weeks on the subject of a settlement. A lawyer for the defendant, a bank, e-mailed the plaintiff’s lawyer to say that the bank had completed an internal approval process, and that the settlement would be signed shortly. However, the agreement was never signed nor was the amount agreed upon sent to the plaintiff. The  the settlement had never b
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, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 4 >> An occupational therapy graduate student at the University of New England (UNE) injured her back during a practical exam when her instructor, playing the role of a patient, allegedly feigned a fall while the student was attempting to assist in transferring him from a wheelchair to a bed. The student failed the practical exam and the course. She was later dismissed from the program. She then filed
Answer Preview: Some general questions I would suggest that a court should consider when determining a breach of con…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 12 >> Noting improved wages and working conditions at Walmart, Des Moines Register columnist Rekha Basu asked her readers: “Could it finally be time to go back to WalMart or at least go there with a clear conscience?” Answer Basu’s question.
Answer Preview: If the working conditions and wages at Walmart have indeed i…

, Chapter: 5 -Problem: 4 >> A Texas state law prohibits individuals from piloting drones above jails, petroleum refineries, sports arenas, and other specified facilities with the “intent to conduct surveillance on the individual or property captured in the image.” The statute fails to define “surveillance.” In addition, it provides 21 exemptions for specified activities, including policing efforts, academics pursuing scholar
Answer Preview: Potentially at stake are: First Amendme…

, Chapter: 5 -Problem: 1 >> Danny Birchfield drove into a ditch in North Dakota. Responding officers believed he was intoxicated. He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested. In violation of North Dakota law, he refused to take a chemical test. Birchfield challenged the state statute that criminalized his refusal to take the test. He argued that the statute violated the Fourth Amendment’s search-and-seizure provision bec
Answer Preview: The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless breath tests incident to a…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 9 >> Former workers and families of former workers of Mercedes-Benz Argentina (MBA), a subsidiary of the German corporation Daimler AG, brought a claim under the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victims Protection Act alleging that MBA had assisted the Argentine government in violating human rights in Argentina. The lawsuit against Daimler AG was brought in California. The plaintiffs argued that D
Answer Preview: The U S. Supreme Court held that, even if the subsidiarys actions could be attributed …

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 11 >> For about two hours in 2013, the Delta Airlines website advertised $6.90 round-tripflights to Hawaii. Some travelers wait for such mistaken fares, learning of them through airfare websites or social media, and quickly purchase their tickets before the obvious error is corrected. Delta honored the $6.90 airfare for purchased tickets. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a tem
Answer Preview: 1. One can debate about the ethics of buying an aircraft ticket at a clearly incorrect, low fare. So…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 1 >> Go to www.regulations.gov and search for a regulation in an area of interest to you that is currently open for comment. Review the regulation and answer the following questions: Describe the proposed regulation in language you would use to explain it to your high school senior sibling (if you had one).Search online for at least one article about the subject of your regulation that helps you unders
Answer Preview: I can provide a general example of how to approach this task: Proposed Regulation: The Environmental …

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 1 >> Go to “Legal Climate: Overall Rankings by State” from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) at www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states. Click on your state and scroll down to “All Results.” Scan some of the articles discussing legal issues facing your state. Choose one and research the issue discussed. Look for counterarguments to the opinions appearing in your article. If t
Answer Preview: The article chosen is from the IL R website discussing the legal climate in New York State . The art…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 7 >> Sam Wong, speaking during his sophomore year at Iowa State University: Materialism, like patience, is a virtue. Ever since my parents bought me my first Transformer, almost everyone has tried to convince me that owning a lot of toys wouldn’t make me happy. Oh, how wrong they were. Toys make me very, very happy. That’s why today I have more of them than ever. I own every Nintendo. I own two CD-R bu
Answer Preview: a. It is evident that he values material possessions and finds joy in acquiring and owning them. He …

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 2 >> Rohit Bansal moved in 2014 from his government job at the New York Federal Reserve Bank to Wall Street mega-bank Goldman Sachs, which is regulated by the Federal Reserve. Bansal reportedly had been coached by Goldman Sachs executive Joseph Jiampietro about how to get the new job. Then, after making the move, Bansal allegedly obtained leaked Federal Reserve documents and passed them to Jiampietro.
Answer Preview: The Rohit Bansal tale sheds light on the dangers and challenges connected with the open door policy …

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 6 >> Businesses are encouraged to serve some kind of “social purpose.” A recent USA TODAY opinion column called the social purpose approach “muddle-headed” and argued that businesses already serve a social purpose by providing wealth, jobs, and excellent products and services, while strengthening communities and doing much more. Do you think the call for a social purpose goal for businesses is misguide
Answer Preview: The call for businesses to serve a social purpose is not necessarily misguided. It is true that busi…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 6 >> The California Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) of 1975 capped noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering at $250,000; as of this writing, the cap has never been adjusted for inflation, with a 2015 California appellate court concluding that raising the MICRA cap was a legislative matter. Such award caps have been criticized as limiting those injured from seeking legal redress, as
Answer Preview: Advantages of Limiting Damages in Medical Malpractice Suits The primary advantage of limiting damage…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 5 >> Dan Price wrote in the Huffington Post: “My 40-year goal is to create a world where values-based companies suck up all the oxygen and take over the economy. I don’t mind if existing companies convert, but I want to send the ones that don’t out of business.” a. Do you admire Price’s goal? Explain. b. Do you think that “values-based” companies will eventually dominate the American economy? Explain.
Answer Preview: a. I admire Price's goal of wanting to create a world where values-based companies dominate the econ…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 9 >> This appeal arises from a most unfortunate, unintended, and unwitnessed death. Dr. Alan Sandifer was pierced in the head by the cable guard of his 2007 Hoyt Vulcan XT500 bow, which he was examining, and possibly modifying, while at his home. Following his death, his family members . . . (“the Sandifers”) . . . filed suit against Hoyt Archery, Inc.  .  .  . The Sandifers brought this action under t
Answer Preview: 1. Dr. Kelkars testimony was based on Sandifers reputation as a safe bow hunter, rather than a biome…

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 2 >> In 2009 Blanchard & Associates, a Chicago law firm, provided legal services to an Indian pharmaceutical company, Lupin Ltd. (“Lupin India”), and its American subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Lupin USA”). The advice concerned the patentability of a generic birth-control drug that Lupin India planned to launch in the United States through Lupin USA. When the Lupin companies initially sought
Answer Preview: 1. Oral contracts raise issues of proof that become greater obstacles as time goes …

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 2 >> Mike Hashimoto, assistant editorial page editor of the Dallas Morning News, wrote: I get as mad as the next person at the minivan driver cruising along 5 mph below the speed limit in the left lane, basically causing everyone else with someplace to be to dodge around him/her in a slightly dangerous way. That doesn’t mean we need another annoying law in the long-running series of laws intended to re
Answer Preview: Examining the Governments Use of Nudges to Reduce Texting While Driving Based on the Given Scenario …

, Chapter: 5 -Problem: 5 >> Early in the morning hours, McNeely was stopped by Missouri police for speeding and erratic driving. He was required to take a blood test after he refused a breath test with a portable machine. His blood alcohol content was about twice the legal limit. He was charged with driving while intoxicated. Was the warrantless blood test an unreasonable search? Explain. See Missouri v. McNeely, 133 S. Ct.
Answer Preview: In Missouri v. McNeely, the U S. Supreme Court held that the natural dissipation of alcohol in the b…

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 6 >> Widows DeVries and McAfee claimed their husbands died from cancer due to asbestos exposure while serving on Navy ships that included parts produced by Air & Liquid Systems Corp (ALS). Asbestos installation was required for those parts to function as intended. In some instances, the required asbestos was installed by the Navy after the parts were delivered. Asbestos fibers were then released into t
Answer Preview: In Air & Liquid Systems v. DeVries, the Supreme Court considered whether manufacturers of equipment …

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 9 >> a. Do Americans trust the business community? Do you? Explain. b. Does it matter? Why?
Answer Preview: a. Americans' trust in the business community has varied over time and depends on factors such as cu…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 4 >> Instead of sentencing five teenagers who defaced a historic Black schoolhouse with swastikas and the words “white power” and “Black power” to community service, a Virginia judge ordered that they each read from a list of books that included “Night” by Elie Wiesel, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelous, or “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, and write essays. What do you think about this
Answer Preview: Students might argue that the sentence was not punitive …

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 5 >> The 2009 motion picture The Merry Gentleman was considered a commercial failure despite some critical acclaim. The film’s producers sued Michael Keaton, the film’s lead actor and director, and Keaton’s “loan-out company” that he uses for professional contracting, seeking $5.5 million in damages for breach of contract. The plaintiffs alleged that Keaton had, among other things, failed to timely pre
Answer Preview: In granting Michael Keatons motion for summary judgment, the federal district court noted that the p…

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 16 >> Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, entered into a confidentiality agreement regarding her alleged sexual relationship with President Trump. That agreement was signed by President Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, as representative of Essential Consultants, the company he formed to transfer money under the agreement to Ms. Clifford. The contract contained a liquidated damages clause req
Answer Preview: a. If President Trump did not know about the contract, he cannot be considered a beneficiary of the …

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 3 >> Cyberbullying Twenty-year-old Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi secretly activated the webcam in his dorm room so that he and a friend could watch his roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, engage in a romantic encounter with another male. Ravi used texts and Twitter to encourage friends to watch a second planned video that did not occur. Clementi subsequently committed suicide. In March 2012,
Answer Preview: 1. Some of them may say that the Tyler Clementi Higher Ed…

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 10 >> When starting a new job, most of us operate for a time in fear that we will make a mistake. Assume you are new to your job as an assistant manager at a custodial company and are preparing the company’s bid for a general maintenance contract for a large office building. In preparing the bid, you inadvertently submit a final price of $50,000 rather than $500,000. What happens? Do you lose your job?
Answer Preview: If it could be shown that Turner "Tfue" Tenney was unable to understand the terms of the contra…

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 5 >> Plaintiff Hiram Jimenez appeals from an order entered by the Law Division on December 6, 2013, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. We affirm. This appeal arises from the following facts. On March 4, 2010, plaintiff met his brother Rafael at an Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill (“Applebee’s”) in Westampton, New Jersey. After they were seated in a booth, plaintiff and his brother ordered t
Answer Preview: The appellate court affirmed the trial courts decision to grant Applebees summary judgment because p…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 9 >> Should American companies refuse to do business in countries that: a. Do not practice democracy? b. Routinely practice discrimination? c. Tolerate or even encourage the abuse of children? Explain your answers.
Answer Preview: a. Some people argue that American companies have a responsibility to promote democracy and human rights around the world. Therefore, they should refu…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 3 >> One of the reasons for the declining number of trials, despite increasing disputes, may be difficulty in affording a lawyer in civil suits. The New York Times and other publications have reported an increasing number of cases going forward with one of the parties serving as a “do-it-yourself” lawyer. Pursuing a claim in a federal district court costs an average of $15,000, with more complicated ca
Answer Preview: The Los Angeles Times reported that the Orange County, California legal aid hotline had received 34,…

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 5 >> Could Whirlpool, the appliance manufacturer, lawfully refuse to deal with any purchaser that sells the products of a competitor such as General Electric? Explain.
Answer Preview: You may feel that Whirlpool may refuse to dea…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 2 >> This is a declaratory judgment action, attacking the constitutionality of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [The lower court found for the United States.] THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES . . . Appellant owns and operates the Heart of Atlanta Motel, which has 216 rooms available to transient guests. The motel is located on Courtland Street, two blocks from downtown Pea
Answer Preview: 1. The Commerce Clause can afford the federal government the authority to regulate a local business like the Heart of Atlanta because the activity sou…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 7 >> Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in 2016, spoke about his ambitions for reaching all of the world through the Internet. Zuckerberg criticized people and nations who oppose a connected world and a global community. He envisioned Facebook as a primary vehicle for world connectivity. Do you see any problems with Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision? Explain.
Answer Preview: Critics are concerned that Facebook might …

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 16 >> Judicial reform advocates often argue that the United States should adopt the English rule providing that the losing party in a lawsuit must pay the reasonable litigation expenses of the winner. a. In brief, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the English rule? b. Would you favor it? Explain
Answer Preview: a. The "loser pays" rule, commonly known as the English rule, offers various advantages, such as: It …

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 11 >> Guitar Center, the largest retail seller of musical instruments in the United States, sold guitars and amplifiers manufactured by Fender, Gibson, and three other companies. Guitar Center pressured the manufacturers to adopt and enforce minimum-advertisedprice (MAP) policies that fixed the minimum price at which any retailer could advertise the manufacturers’ guitars and amplifiers. The manufacture
Answer Preview: Plaintiffs provided plus factors alleging a conspiracy to fix price…

, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 14 >> In 2019, movie director Woody Allen sued Amazon for wrongfully terminating their contract for the production and distribution of four films. Production on one of the films, A Rainy Day in New York, had finished in 2017. Allen accused Amazon of terminating the contract after the #MeToo movement, which drew attention to sexual harassment, had renewed media attention into past accusations that he mol
Answer Preview: Numerous legal concerns were raised in Woody Allen's claim of contract breach against Amazon. The main question was whether Allen's reported comment…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 3 >> The 17-year-old employee of an auto repair shop in Iowa was severely injured when a tire he was inflating on a customer’s trailer exploded. The tire manufacturer is located in China but sold thousands of tires in Iowa through an American distributor. The injured employee’s mother brought a product-liability claim on behalf of her son against the Chinese tire manufacturer in an Iowa state court. Ca
Answer Preview: The court held that the suit was properly dismissed b…

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 8 >> Underlying the assumption of the risk doctrine is one of the central philosophical themes in this book: To what extent should the law shield us from life’s risks? Departing for a moment from product liability considerations, how should the law resolve disputes arising from potentially hazardous recreational activities entered freely? Gabriella Ballou, then a 9th grader and experienced cheerleader,
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, Chapter: 6 -Problem: 13 >> Certain agreements are so thoroughly one-sided that fairness precludes enforcing them. Problems of unconscionability often arise in situations in which the bargaining power of one of the parties is much superior to that of the other where one can, in effect, “twist the arm” or otherwise take advantage of the other. Both the common law of contracts and UCC Section 2-302 give the courts the power to
Answer Preview: We must examine the facts of the case to see if they meet the criteria for unconscionability in orde…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 7 >> In an episode popularly known as “Spygate,” an employee of the New England Patriots National Football League team was caught videotaping New York Jets’ sideline signals, in violation of NFL rules, during a 2007 game with the Jets. The taping was later discovered to have been part of an illicit taping program that reportedly had been ongoing since the 2000 season. The NFL penalized the Patriots and
Answer Preview: 1. Formally, Mayer lost because he could not establish standing to sue; in this instance, he suffere…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 1 >> In their 2017 book Rebooting Justice: More Technology, Fewer Lawyers, and the Future of the Law, Benjamin H. Barton and Stephanios Bibas suggest that more technology, including online dispute resolution (ODR) and in court help kiosks, will effectively provide access to justice. Comment.
Answer Preview: The use of technology in the legal system has the potential to provide access to justice for those w…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 1 >> The State of Tennessee imposes demanding durational-residency requirements on all individuals and businesses seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a liquor store. One provision precludes the renewal of a license unless the applicant has resided in the State for 10 consecutive years. Another provides that a corporation cannot obtain a license unless all of its stockholders are residents.
Answer Preview: 1. The Associations legal argument was that the 2-year residency requirement before licensure promoted health or safety because it allowed the State a better opportunity to determine an applicants fit…

, Chapter: 5 -Problem: 1 >> Addressing one of the most contentious questions in American constitutional history, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision, ruled 5–4 that the Second Amendment guarantees individual Americans a fundamental, but not unlimited, right to bear arms. The Supreme Court’s four conservative justices, joined by the more moderate Justice Kennedy, ruled that individuals
Answer Preview: 1. They may be asked to read the opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783; 17…

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 2 >> HelpSelf Legal, an AI-assisted app, offers help to consumers on legal issues such as debt collection and domestic violence. As co-founder, Dorna Moini, a former trial litigator, observed, HelpSelf’s competitors might focus on serving “small businesses or higher net worth individuals with needs such as wills, trusts, and employment agreements.” HelpSelf Legal provides access to justice to those who
Answer Preview: 1: The online provision of legal services can resolve access to justice problems for those unable to …

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 2 >> Should we remove criminal penalties from all so-called victimless crimes, such as vagrancy and gambling? Should we regulate those behaviors in any way? Explain.
Answer Preview: The question of whether or not to remove criminal penalties from so-called victimless crimes, such as vagrancy and gambling, is a complex one. In maki…

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 16 >> In December 2016, 36 people died in a fire during an electronic music concert at the Ghost Ship in Oakland, California, a warehouse that was zoned for commercial use but was used by its leaseholder as an art collective, concert venue, and residential space with tenants. Former tenants described the Ghost Ship as an internal maze with wood stairs and “do-it-yourself” electrical wiring. The cause of
Answer Preview: a Possible defendants in the Ghost Ship fire lawsuit could include: The master tenant of the Ghost Ship, Derick Almena, and his assistant for their al…

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 8 >> Assume two fertilizer dealerships, Grow Quick and Fertile Fields, hold 70 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of the fertilizer business in the farm community of What Cheer, Iowa. Assume the owner of Fertile Fields learns via inquiry, hearsay, and the like of Grow Quick’s price quotes. Then, each growing season, the Fertile Fields owner sets her prices exactly equal to those of her competitor. I
Answer Preview: No, following a price leader is not unlawful. …

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 10 >> Section 706 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the FCC to “accelerate deployment” of high-speed Internet access to all Americans by “removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.” Public utility customers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, enjoy high-speed Internet access. People outside those c
Answer Preview: a. The FCC lost this case. A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals rul…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 4 >> On December 21, 2016, Odebrecht SA, a Brazilian company and Latin America’s largest construction firm operating in 27 countries, admitted violating the FCPA and agreed to the largest anticorruption fine in history $4.5 billion. Odebrecht built the Miami International Airport and was a major contractor for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics. Over two decades it paid $800 million in bribes to
Answer Preview: 1. This incident suggests that many international business environments are susceptible to corruptio…

, Chapter: 12 -Problem: 8 >> Rodrigues was fired in 2006 by The Scotts Company, the lawn care giant, because a required drug test revealed nicotine in his urine. Company policy forbade employee smoking both on and off the job. Scotts announced in 2005 that it would no longer hire smokers, and it gave its employees one year to comply with the new policy, which was designed to improve employee wellness and reduce company health
Answer Preview: The question of whether Rodrigues was wrongfully terminated depends on a variety of legal and ethical considerations, and there are several questions …

, Chapter: 14 -Problem: 14 >> The Fight for $15 campaign launched by a labor union has helped raise the minimum wage in New York, California, and some municipalities. What are the arguments both for and against a minimum wage increase? Cities including Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles have their own minimum wage requirements that are higher than the federal minimum wage. Why might a city set a higher minimum wage?
Answer Preview: Arguments for minimum wage increases include allowing workers …

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 4 >> New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, founded in 2013, was the first such program in a business school. Why should business schools be studying human rights, a topic normally residing in government and legal domains?
Answer Preview: Human Rights Center founder Michael Posner: Im in a business school …

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 9 >> The selection of a particular form is often driven by the founders’ preferences for the characteristics previously discussed and by market realities. With the availability of LLCs, LLPs, and S corporations, under most circumstances, the disadvantages of the general partnership form are so severe that one is usually well-advised to avoid it. Another consideration in the selection is the amount of c
Answer Preview: 1. The process of bringing a corporation into existence involves several steps, including: Selecting a state of incorporation and filing articles of i…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 1 >> The Economist recently pointed to some of Marx’s criticisms of capitalism:1) Capitalists basically expropriate the wealth of others.2) Capitalism is global by its nature and thus must “nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.”3) Capitalism has an inherent tendency toward monopoly.4) Capitalism produces an army of laborers basically scrambling from one job to another.
Answer Preview: When it comes to Marxs criticisms of capitalism, there are valid points to consider. On the one hand…

, Chapter: 12 -Problem: 10 >> Lloyd was a Drake University security guard on duty at the university’s annual streetpainting event. A student informed Lloyd of an apparent altercation between a football player, Joseph, and a woman, Kane, the nature of which was later disputed. Seeing Joseph holding Kane in the air with her feet kicking, Lloyd ordered Joseph to release Kane twice before Joseph put Kane down and lunged angrily to
Answer Preview: In Lloyd v. Drake University, the Iowa Supreme Court had to decide whether Lloyd, a security guard a…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 8 >> Norway took only 109 athletes to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea but won 39 medals, 14 of them gold. That performance easily exceeded every other nation’s medal totals, so much so that Norwegians worried they were winning too many medals. Norwegian Olympic athletes do not receive prize money when they win medals, although many nations, including the United States, do offer cash. In their y
Answer Preview: The success of Norway in the Winter Olympics shows that putting more emphasis on sportsmanship and t…

, Chapter: 12 -Problem: 17 >> Carr alleged that her coworker at Sanderson Farms, Webb, deliberately struck her with a pallet jack multiple times. Carr also alleged that prior to this incident, while she and Web were away from work, Webb had threatened her with bodily harm. After Carr allegedly told Sanderson Farms about the threats, the employer responded that it would take no action since the threats were not made on its prop
Answer Preview: The Sanderson Farms court identified the issue presented as whether a negligence claim can …

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 2 >> Scholar Denis Goulet argued that we will find “no facile resolution to the conflict between the values of a just society and the sharply opposing values of successful corporations.”a. Do you agree that the values of a just society oppose those of successful corporations? Explain.b. Can a solution be found? Explain.
Answer Preview: a. While it is true that the values of a just society and successful corporations can sometimes be a…

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 1 >> Establishing price fixing and all other Sherman Act Section 1 violations requires proof that a contract, combination, or conspiracy produced the alleged wrong. Evidence of collusion arises in a variety of ways. Optimally but uncommonly, the plaintiff can produce explicit evidence (such as a written document) of a direct agreement among the defendant parties.  Question To replace call arounds, coul
Answer Preview: The question pertains to the legality of certain business practices in relation to the Sherman Act S…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 18 >> Economist Tyler Cowen is concerned that our economy is changing in ways that encourage a reduction in personal ownership of physical objects, the “stuff” of our lives. He points particularly to the Internet and software that have allowed us to move away from ownership of reading materials. Similarly, we stream movies and TV shows rather than buying DVDs. Especially among young people, car ownershi
Answer Preview: Cowen thinks loyalties to our traditional notions of c…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 5 >> The level of corporate debt has increased to the point that warnings are being sounded by credit rating agencies, international finance organizations, and others (such as former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen). At this writing, it stands at $15.5 trillion, 72 percent of the U.S. GDP about three percentage points higher than at the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008 and about 30 perc
Answer Preview: The purpose of using long-term debt to finance a corporation (called finan…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 4 >> Despite building successful drug companies while yet in his early 30s, Shkreli’s exploitation of the drug market outraged the public and some members of Congress. In 2015, his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, bought the rights to a 50-year-old, life-saving parasitic infection medication, Daraprim, which can be produced for pennies per pill. Patients typically need two to three pills daily for week
Answer Preview: 1. The decision of whether donated money should be in the hands of the government or the donors and their charitable foundations is a complex one that …

, Chapter: 16 -Problem: 8 >> In 2016, the WTO ruled that a tax break given by Washington State for the aerospace industry was a prohibited subsidy. The tax cut was agreed to when Boeing was considering where to establish a new assembly base, and it was designed to help Boeing develop its new 777X jetliner. Explain how a tax break might serve as a subsidy and thus be prohibited by the WTO. Would it surprise you to learn that,
Answer Preview: A tax break can be considered a subsidy if it confers a financial benefit to a particular industry o…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 13 >> Several CEOs withdrew from White House business advisory councils after President Trump’s response to violence at a 2017 white nationalists’ rally caused controversy. Merck’s CEO, Kenneth Frazier, resigned from the President’s manufacturing council, saying in part: “America’s leaders must honor our fundamental values.”  Which ethics theory or theories supports Mr. Frazier’s statement and decision?
Answer Preview: The statement and decision made by Merck's CEO, Kenneth Frazier, to resign from the President's manufacturing council in response to President Trump's …

, Chapter: 13 -Problem: 1 >> Blockbuster, a video rental store chain, had a grooming policy only for men forbidding long hair. The store fired four men who refused to cut their hair. Did Blockbuster violate Title VII?
Answer Preview: No, Blockbuster has not violated …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 6 >> Studies examining privatization performance have generated mixed results, but under the right conditions, privatization can operate in the public interest. Look, for example, at private prisons, where we find cost savings that remain attractive, particularly to state governments. On the other hand, the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Obama Administration announced that it would begin phasing ou
Answer Preview: Important considerations concerning the function of money in the criminal justice system and the fai…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 3 >> Federal judge Sandra Beckwith in Ohio stretched judicial latitude to the maximum in her 2011 sentencing of Michael E. Peppel, former board chair and CEO of technology firm MCSi. Peppel pleaded guilty to fraud, which resulted in estimated damages of $18 million. The federal sentencing guidelines called for eight to ten years of incarceration, but the judge handed down a sentence of seven days in ja
Answer Preview: Beckwith said the following about her dec…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 7 >> Sports columnist Skip Bayless has argued for allowing university sports boosters to bid for the best football recruits: “Boosters should be allowed to entice recruits with whatever they want to offer—cars, signing bonuses, annual salaries, annuities.”Do you agree? Explain. See Skip Bayless, “Unleash the Boosters,” ESPN.com, July 25, 2014 [www.espn.com].
Answer Preview: Bayless makes the argument that players must wait three years after high schoo…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 17 >> Self-driving cars raise ethical issues, such as who the car saves in the event of an accident: passengers, pedestrians, or the driver. Who should make such decisions regarding the design of self-driving cars? Explain.
Answer Preview: The ethical issues surrounding self-driving cars highlight the need for a multi-disciplinary approac…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 9 >> When Business and Society Review surveyed the presidents of 500 large U.S. companies, 51 responded with their reactions to hypothetical moral dilemmas. One question was this: Assume that you are president of a firm that provides a substantial portion of the market of one of your suppliers. You find out that this supplier discriminates illegally against minorities, although no legal action has been
Answer Preview: The company has a significant market power over its supplier, which gives them the ability to influe…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 8 >> A pharmacist in Lexington, Kentucky, refused to stock over-the-counter weight reducers. His reasons were:(1) The active ingredient was the same as that in nasal decongestants.(2) He feared their side effects, such as high blood pressure.(3) He felt weight reduction should be achieved via self-discipline. Assume the pharmacist manages the store for a group of owners who have given him complete auth
Answer Preview: The students could discuss the ethical re…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 8 >> Swedes pay close attention to work-life balance. In 2017, Per-Erik Muskos, a politician, suggested that Overtornea, his small town in northern Sweden with a dwindling population, should provide paid one-hour sex breaks for the town’s approximately 500 employees. Muskos suggested that the one hour of the workweek already set aside for subsidized fitness activities could be devoted instead to sex. T
Answer Preview: The Overtornea town council thought the proposal would open the …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 9 >> Finland’s government, in 2017, began a two-year experiment of giving an additional $635 per month (beyond the recipients’ regular welfare assistance) to a group of 2,000 unemployed Finns. The government wanted to see if giving money to unemployed citizens would encourage them to get jobs. Preliminary results showed those receiving the money were neither more nor less likely to go to work. On the o
Answer Preview: Presidential candidate Andrew Yang proposed a government gran…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 1 >> We can see that executive wrongdoing has been a significant problem in recent years, but what about questionable employee behavior? Should some commonplace worker practices be considered unethical? The Ethics Officer Association and the Ethical Leadership Group sampled a cross section of workers at large companies nationwide. How would you respond?1. “Is it wrong to use company e-mail for personal
Answer Preview: Regarding the first question, using company e-mail for personal reasons can be considered unethical …

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 6 >> Omnicare, the nation’s largest provider of pharmacy services to nursing homes, filed a registration statement containing several sentences of which the following is representative: “We believe our contract arrangements with .  .  . pharmaceutical suppliers .  .  . are in compliance with applicable . . . laws.” Those contracts called for rebates, which were ultimately determined illegal, resulting
Answer Preview: 1. The pension fund argued that Omnicare incurred Section 11 liability because of: a. What it said: The pension fund argued that Omnicare's statement …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 5 >> Sweden aggressively encourages gender equality. Swedish schools strive to eradicate gender stereotypes. At Stockholm’s “Egalia” (equality) preschool, for example, the staff avoids using the words “him” or “her” and addresses children as “hen” (an alternative to the male pronoun “han” and the female “hon”) or as “friends.” Children’s books often feature gay couples, single parents, or adopted child
Answer Preview: Certainly, Sweden is renowned for its initiatives to advance gender equality and battle stereotypes. …

, Chapter: 14 -Problem: 13 >> LaDonna, who drove a route for a vending machine company, mentioned to her fellow driver, Steve, that she had seen an employment ad online for a route driver, speculating that it had been posted by their employer, perhaps because one of the route drivers was about to be fired. Steve thought he might be the one about to get fired and inquired about it with the employer. LaDonna was then fired for,
Answer Preview: The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects employees' rights to engage in protected concerted …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 7 >> We often read that college professors criticize capitalism and support welfare state principles.a. Has that been your experience? Explain.b. If that assessment of college professors is accurate, how do you account for their leftist inclinations?
Answer Preview: a. College professors have a varied range of backgrounds and academic specialties, making it challenging to generalize about their political beliefs. …

, Chapter: 4 -Problem: 8 >> In this Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) action, Plaintiffs assert they were wrongfully denied overtime compensation during a one year period in which they worked as Senior Sales Representatives, also known as “Closers.” In that position, Plaintiffs finalized sales with service providers for advertising on the Angie’s List website and spent a significant portion of their workday on the telephone.
Answer Preview: The court distinguished between the plaintiff truck drivers request for the defendant employers truc…

, Chapter: 15 -Problem: 3 >> Echlin received treatment at PeaceHealth medical center but failed to pay for those services despite several requests. PeaceHealth contracted with CCI, a purported collection agency, to send collection letters to Echlin. After two letters were sent, the account was returned to PeaceHealth and CCI did not participate further. CCI controlled the content of the collection letters, the letters were on
Answer Preview: The court ruled that CCI meaningfully participated i…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 3 >> How would you support the argument that the “invisible hand” of the market Adam Smith envisioned is not neutral because our hands are not equal?
Answer Preview: The only hands that impact th…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 1 >> Our tightly connected, highly efficient global supply systems have brought jobs, and thus vital first steps out of abject poverty for millions of garment workers in developing nations such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. Giant Western retail chains such as Target and Walmart have been under continuing international pressure to assure that working conditions and wages improve in those factor
Answer Preview: 1. Some of them may say that they cannot shop for cheap clothing and maintain a clear conscience aft…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 3 >> Blue Bell Creameries, one of the country’s largest ice cream manufacturers, suffered a listeria outbreak in early 2015, causing the company to recall all of its products, shut down production at all of its plants, and lay off over a third of its workforce. . . . Three people died as a result of the listeria outbreak. Stockholders experienced losses because . . . Blue Bell suffered a liquidity cris
Answer Preview: 1. From the case: "Bad faith is established when 'the di…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 5 >> Boris Siperstein, then 38, of Austin, Texas, reported biking to meetings for his privateequity firm and estimated that he saved the firm several thousand dollars because he took his folding bike on business trips and used it in place of cabs. Siperstein also slept on the floor of the company’s former Manhattan headquarters rather than exceed his personal limit of $200 for a hotel room. David Payne
Answer Preview: a It can be a good practice to adopt a frugal mindset when traveling for business purposes to save c…

, Chapter: 18 -Problem: 8 >> Journalist John Snell remarked: “Not long ago you couldn’t turn around in cyberspace without bumping into a tech geek. Now you’re no more than a mouse click away from a lawyer. Attorneys are everywhere.”154 What factors account for the dramatic increase in lawyers addressing Internet issues?
Answer Preview: The increase in lawyers addressing Internet issues can be attributed to several factors, including: …

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 3 >> Banadex, a subsidiary of Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International, paid bribes to Colombian rebels over a period of years, including $1.7 million from 1997 to 2004 to the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia—now disbanded), a right-wing Colombian terrorist group. Chiquita, one of the world’s leading banana producers with operations in 70 nations, learned of the payments in 2000 but allowed t
Answer Preview: 1. Had I been in charge of Chiquita, I would have taken steps to ensure the safety of the employees …

, Chapter: 10 -Problem: 2 >> Many manufacturers practice resale price maintenance. Consider contact lenses. Forty million Americans wear them, and they spend about $4 billion annually on those lenses. Approximately 90 percent of lens manufacturing is controlled by four companies: Alcon, Bausch & Lomb, Cooper Vision, and Johnson & Johnson. To protect optometrists’ lens sales from being undercut by discounters like Costco and 1
Answer Preview: 1. The Leegin decision refers to a 2007 US Supreme Court ruling that overturned a previous ban on resale price maintenance (RPM), which is the practic…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 4 >> Surveys of young people in recent years suggest that employers, trying to replace millions of retiring baby boomers, may need to demonstrate a social commitment in order to be fully competitive in the hiring market. The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof summarized that trend: Millennials want to work for ethical companies, patronize brands that make them feel good and invest in socially re
Answer Preview: Milton Friedman, employing fr…

, Chapter: 11 -Problem: 12 >> How can a merger benefit society?
Answer Preview: The possibilities are num…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 1 >> The following ad appeared in the Stanford Daily (Stanford University): EGG DONOR WANTED $35,000 (PLUS ALL EXPENSES) Ivy League Professor and High-Tech CEO seek one truly exceptional woman who is attractive, athletic, under the age of 29. GPA 3.5+, SAT: 1400+. Experts estimate that about 10,000 babies annually are born in the United States from “donated” eggs and about $80 million is spent on those
Answer Preview: These questions are likely to give rise to emotional responses and perhaps hesita…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 9 >> Businessmen who say that business is not concerned “merely” with profit but also with promoting desirable “social” ends, such as providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution and whatever else may be the catchwords of the contemporary crop of reformers[, are] preaching pure and unadulterated socialism as unwitting puppets of the intellectual forces that have been undermining
Answer Preview: Based on the views expressed in the quote provided, it is likely that Prof. Friedman would have disa…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 4 >> James Nordgaard, a hedge fund trader, said his former employer, Paradigm Capital, “embarked on a campaign of retaliation” against him after he blew the whistle on what he says were “trading violations.” Nordgaard says he was removed from his trading desk, isolated in a room “with little ventilation,” and subsequently demoted.  QuestionsWhat might be the impact of Digital Realty on whistleblowers?
Answer Preview: Digital Realty might mean whistleblow…

, Chapter: 17 -Problem: 2 >> Consider the politics of environmental law. The Obama Administration utilized administrative rulings such as the Clean Power Plan rule in order to promote environmental protections in the absence of legislation. The EPA, however, withdrew the rule one month before President Trump took office, and he continued to cut back on regulation in order to promote American industry. Dismantling administrati
Answer Preview: A potential cost of deregulation is that some indust…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 6 >> According to a 2014 Pew Research survey examining opinions about the role of government, younger Americans (Millennials) favor bigger government and more services by a 53 to 38 margin, while older Americans (Gen X and Boomers) prefer smaller government and fewer services. How do you account for that difference of views by age?
Answer Preview: Americas changing demographics might be a partial explan…

, Chapter: 11 -Problem: 3 >> Does the market share held by the defendant threaten competition? How large that share must be to raise monopoly concerns depends on a variety of considerations, including how fragmented or concentrated the market is. The Harvard Law Review provides some approximate boundaries: Market share above 70 percent typically suffices to support an inference of monopoly power. Conversely, courts have rarel
Answer Preview: The courts are interested in barriers to entry because they affect the degree of competition …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 2 >> As we noted in the beginning of this chapter, Americans and especially young people seem to be losing confidence in capitalism. A 2018 poll of Americans between ages 18 and 29 found 45 percent holding a positive view of capitalism while 51 percent felt positively about socialism. Fifty-six percent of Americans overall have positive views of capitalism and 37 percent feel positively about socialism
Answer Preview: Given the economic difficulties that young people in the US experience, like high student debt, risi…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 7 >> As will be discussed further in Part Three of this chapter, one of the primary purposes of the securities laws is to ensure that market participants have all the information they need to make sound investment decisions. When it comes to information about income, assets, and liabilities, companies must use a set of measurement and disclosure rules known as generally accepted accounting principles (
Answer Preview: Nontraditional financial metrics are those that use financial data prepared and/or disclosed in a ma…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 6 >> a. Scholars Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson argue in their book American Amnesia that a strong government is crucial to American economic growth. Do you agree? Explain.b. Hacker and Pierson note that Americans have historically been, on average, the tallest people in the world, but in recent decades Scandinavian and Dutch citizens have passed Americans. Genetics and immigration cannot account for th
Answer Preview: a. Hacker and Pierson argue that government is distinctively able to force peopl…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 1 >> Under state law, corporations are legal persons. This raises the question of whether they have constitutionally protected rights. Over the years, the Supreme Court has held that sometimes they do5 and sometimes they do not. As discussed in Chapter 3, the issue arose again in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Court, over a strong dissent, enunciated a wide-reaching princi
Answer Preview: 1. When a corporation funds political speech, it is speaking on behalf of its management and shareho…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 1 >> The gravestone of the late baseball great Jackie Robinson is inscribed with this advice: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Will your life be meaningful only if you contribute to the well-being of others? Explain.
Answer Preview: The epitaph on Jackie Robinson's gravestone serves as a potent reminder that our lives are about mo…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 4 >> The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 global Index of Economic Freedom generally demonstrates that the nations most successful in increasing their economic freedom (by reducing taxes and so forth) enjoy, according to the editors of the study, higher incomes and higher overall well-being. When the Index was first published in 1995, the United States ranked fifth in the world, but it fell to eleventh in th
Answer Preview: a. Economic freedom exists when individuals are free to work, …

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 4 >> a. In January 2020, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a report on arguably the most significant scandal since the steroid abuses of the 2000s. The Houston Astros were fined $5 million, the maximum penalty allowed, and were ordered to forfeit the next two first- and second-round draft picks for illegal sign-stealing. Electronic devices had been used to provide dugout images of t
Answer Preview: a, b and c. Professional sports is an industry, bu…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 1 >> Locate the March 3, 2019, SEC complaint against Volkswagen in the Enforcement section of the agency’s web page (www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/litrelarchive/litarchive2019.shtml). Describe the facts of the SEC’s case against the company and Martin Winterkorn.
Answer Preview: On March 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against Volkswagen …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 2 >> At a time when many Americans are questioning the free market because of societal problems like environmental damage and income inequality, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO, regularly affirms his faith in capitalism, as he did at the 2019 shareholder meeting: “I believe we wouldn’t be sitting here except for the market system. I don’t think the country will go into socialism in 2020 or 2040
Answer Preview: Andrew Ross Sorkin, commenting in the New York Times: He (Buffett) believes that the pursui…

, Chapter: 14 -Problem: 12 >> A Walmart store policy prohibited solicitation during employees’ work time regardless of the cause or organization. An employee came to the store while off-duty with union authorization cards, wearing a union T-shirt that read: “Sign a card . . . ask me how!” on the back. A store manager escorted him out of the store. The next day, while on duty, the employee invited other employees to a union mee
Answer Preview: The court found that the T-shirt and co…

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 17 >> Hilda Scott wrote a book to which she affixed the provocative title, Does Socialism Liberate Women?a. Answer her question. Explain.b. Are minority oppression and oppression of women inevitable by-products of capitalism? Explain.
Answer Preview: a. Answer: There is no conclusive evidence to support the claim that socialism liberates women. An egalitarian society, where everyone has equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of gen…

, Chapter: 9 -Problem: 3 >> The federal law governing initial securities offerings is the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), which is administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The 1933 Act seeks to: (1) Ensure full disclosure of all material facts about the investment opportunity to offerees before they invest.(2) Eliminate fraudulent conduct in the markets. Note that a securities offering that passes mus
Answer Preview: 1. A registration statement under the 1933 Act contains comprehensive information about the company and the securities being offered, including but no…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 2 >> The 2004 movie documentary, The Corporation, argues that the corporation has become the dominant institution in American life, exceeding the influence of both religion and government. One result is that corporations often demonstrate the “traits of the prototypical psychopath.” The contemporary corporation is depicted as an “exploitative monster” driven not by the greater good but by its first res
Answer Preview: 1. In my view, corporations are not necessarily more powerful than the government, religion, our edu…

, Chapter: 13 -Problem: 7 >> Hooters, a restaurant chain with scantily clad female waitresses, maintained an “Image Policy” that required waitresses’ hair to be “styled and glamorous,” and not appear “bizarre, outrageous or extreme,” or be colored “more than two-shades in variance” from a natural color. Farryn Johnson, an African American Hooters waitress, decided to put blond highlights in her hair during the summer. She was
Answer Preview: The arbitrator found …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 3 >> In assessing emerging economic trends, technology entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa asked, “Does China own the future or does the United States?” Answer Wadhwa’s question.
Answer Preview: The potential of both nations to influence the future of the global economy may be impacted by their …

, Chapter: 14 -Problem: 15 >> During a strike resulting from the failure to reach a collective-bargaining agreement, Pan American Grain laid off 15 striking workers, citing changing labor needs “due to economic reasons and as a result of a substantial decrease in production and sales.” Where labor costs are one of multiple motives for a layoff, does the employer have a duty to bargain with the union over the decision to impose
Answer Preview: The employer was found to have v…

, Chapter: 2 -Problem: 10 >> Risperdal, a Johnson & Johnson antipsychotic medicine, provides significant benefits, but it also can cause strokes among the elderly and generate large breasts in boys. Johnson & Johnson reportedly knew about these issues, but it manipulated and hid data about the problems and eventually pled guilty to a crime. Johnson & Johnson was expected to pay about $6 billion in penalties for its alleged wr
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