WEEK 1?Law and Business Today and Immoral Behavior” Please respond to the following:Looking at the..

WEEK 1″Law and Business Today and Immoral Behavior” Please respond to the following:Looking at the legal environment of business today, discuss where you see the law has fallen short for businesses or consumers. State a rationale for your answer.From the e-Activity, describe the company and the disconnect between what it says and what it does. Discuss the conclusions about ethics and the law that you draw from this example.WEEK 2″Dispute Resolution and The Bill of Rights” Please respond to the following:From the e-Activity, determine the value of alternative dispute resolution methods to a small-business owner. Provide specific examples to support your response.In reviewing the Bill of Rights, discuss which amendment has the biggest influence on businesses. Give at least one example to support your answer.WEEK 3″Agency Formation and Management Perspective” Please respond to the following:Chapter 5 states “…without the law of agency, corporations could not function at all.†Share an example not given in the textbook that proves this statement correct. Next, outline the advantages and disadvantages of the various types of agency relationships.From a legal perspective, determine if it is easier for a manager to deal with an employee or an independent contractor. Provide an example or rationale for your answer.WEEK 4″Government Agencies and Federal Register” Please respond to the following:Summarize how this chapter is of value to two of the following individuals.A new business owner of a residential and commercial carpet cleaning serviceThe executive director of a nonprofit organization serving homeless individualsA sales manager of a company making automotive pumpsA school superintendent of the largest district in the state.Analyze the ways in which managers could use the Federal Register to determine the single most significant challenge associated with its use, and how managers could address that challenge. Next, from the e-Activity, discuss how managers could best leverage the Federal Register’s Website. Provide specific examples to support your response.WEEK5″Contracts and The UCC” Please respond to the following:Many times we have a contract in front of us and we merely scan it and then sign it. Discuss what makes contracts difficult to read or comprehend. Next, identify and then explain the two most important elements of a contract that every manager should know about.From the e-Activity, discuss whether or not a manager would likely need to have a complete picture of the UCC in the state in which he / she sells goods.WEEK 6″Torts and Privacy and Product Liability” Please respond to the following:Create a list of five best practices that managers in most industries could take to protect the privacy of their employees and customers. Provide specific examples to support your response.Describe where you see personal responsibility and accountability fitting into this chapter’s materials on product liability.week 7″Intellectual Property (IP) and Preventing IP Theft” Please respond to the following:Identify the IP rights that are owned by an organization you currently or formerly have worked at. Next, explain which intellectual property appears the most difficult for a business owner to protect.Involving the e-Activity’s testimony regarding the FBI’s efforts to investigate IP theft, identify two best practices owners / executives can implement to protect against possible IP theft.week 8″Environmental Law and Leveraging Greenness” Please respond to the following:Describe a business owner’s / executive’s obligation to do more for the environment than the law requires. Next, summarize the value of knowing about environmental law (at least some aspects of it), even if you are not working for a company which is impacted by any of the four environmental laws identified in the chapter.Discuss possible ways that a company could benefit from making customers more aware of environmental laws. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.week 9″Consumer Protection and Protecting Consumers” Please respond to the following:In reviewing all of the consumer protections identified in Chapter 17, determine the two most essential means of protection for citizens. Explain your rationale.Explain whether the U.S. government should do more to protect consumers or if consumers should become more aware and informed in today’s business environment. Justify your responseWEEK 10″Business Manager and Director of Finance” Please respond to the following:Of all the duties described in Chapter 20, determine the one duty that is the most important for management to uphold.Imagine you are the Director of Finance for a large publicly traded company. Of all the material covered in Chapter 22, analyze the single most important element that a Director of Finance must practice diligently. Provide a rationale for your answer.WEEK 11″Looking Back and Looking Ahead” Please respond to the following:Discuss the five most significant things you learned in this course. Explain your rationale for selecting the five that you did. Next, discuss how you will apply the one or two most important lessons learned from this class in your current (or future) careerAnticipate what business law may look like 20 years from now and what students will need to know in order to be successful in the field. Explain your rationale.4 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following has the responsibility for deciding which allocation of resources and rewards in a business makes the most business sense?Question 24 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is a Chinese law applying to corporate political activities in China?Question 34 out of 4 pointsCorrectManagers can make their own ______ law by entering into contracts and crafting certain governance structures.Question 44 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is an advocacy group that has lobbied against marketing to children?Question 54 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is not a component of legal astuteness as referenced in the text?Question 64 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following illustrates that corporate conduct violating society’s expectations can result in new forms of regulation without regard for feasibility or cost?Question 74 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is a psychological disorder referenced in the text resulting in a lack of empathy and the inability to recognize boundaries?Question 84 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is the group given the ultimate legal authority to change management?Question 94 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is a term for the maximization of shareholder value?Question 104 out of 4 pointsCorrectAccording to the Kantian theory of universalizability, the ethical worth of an act is determined by whether oneQuestion 114 out of 4 pointsCorrectA judge will grant a motion to dismiss the complaint on all but the following grounds:.Question 124 out of 4 pointsCorrectDiversity jurisdiction exists whenQuestion 134 out of 4 pointsCorrectFor diversity purposes, a corporation is deemed a citizen ofQuestion 144 out of 4 pointsCorrectIf the defendant does not file an answer within the time required, a(n) ____________ may be entered in favor of the plaintiff.Question 154 out of 4 pointsCorrectCase law, the legal rules made by judges when they decide a case where no constitution, statute or regulation exists to resolve the dispute, is known as ________.Question 164 out of 4 pointsCorrectThe President has the power to make treatiesQuestion 174 out of 4 pointsCorrectThe _____________ Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution states that the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States take precedence over state laws and that the judges of the state courts must follow federal law.Question 184 out of 4 pointsCorrectA law enacted to punish a specific individual would be an example of a(n)Question 194 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following was the result in the case in the text challenging regulations involving the posting to a website of human readable source code of an encryption software program?Question 204 out of 4 pointsCorrectIn which of the following cases did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination or segregation on the grounds of race, color, religion or national origin in any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment of more than five rooms that provides lodging to transient guests?QUIZ 24 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following was the result in O’Shea v. Welch, the case in the text involving whether an employee was acting within the scope of his employment when, while driving to deliver a vendor’s gift (football tickets) to his employer’s office, he turned into a service station to obtain an estimate regarding nonemergency maintenance on his car?Question 24 out of 4 pointsCorrectUnder the duty of ____________ an agent has a duty to act solely for the benefit of his or her principal in all matters directly connected with the agency undertaking.Question 34 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following terms refers to a slight deviation from the employer’s business that is still within the scope of employment?Question 44 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following was the result in EBC I, Inc. v. Goldman, Sachs, & Co., the case in the text in which it was claimed that Goldman Sachs breached a fiduciary duty in acting as an underwriter and in providing advice to eToys, the plaintiff’s predecessor, in regard to an initial public offering of stock?The court refused to order a dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim and found that Goldman Sachs’ failure to disclose a material conflict of interest established a claim for breach of fiduciary duty.Question 54 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhat is the meaning of the term “respondeat superiorâ€?Question 64 out of 4 pointsCorrectAn agency by ________ occurs when a person leads another to believe that someone else is his or her agent and is thereafter prevented from denying it.Question 74 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following are autonomous computer programs that can be dispatched by the user to execute certain tasks?Question 84 out of 4 pointsCorrectApparent authority may be based on which of the following?.Question 90 out of 4 pointsIncorrectUnder the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, what would be the result if an electronic agent agrees to a click-wrap agreement?Question 100 out of 4 pointsIncorrectWhich of the following is not usually considered an independent contractor?Question 114 out of 4 pointsCorrectUnder the arbitrary and capricious standard, if the agency has a choice between several courses of action, a reviewing court will presume that the chosen course isQuestion 124 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhat three-step procedure does an agency follow in order to promulgate rules or regulations, and in what order is the procedure performed?Question 134 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhat was the result in Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, involving whether the Department of Labor could validly institute a regulation giving an employee the right to an additional twelve weeks of family or medical leave if the employer failed to notify the employee that the twelve weeks of leave provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act ran concurrently with the thirty weeks of paid disability leave provided by the employer?Question 144 out of 4 pointsCorrectReasons for creating administrative agencies include:Question 154 out of 4 pointsCorrectRules adopted by a federal agency are published in theQuestion 164 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act’s requirement that the public be given notice and an opportunity to comment before a federal agency can promulgate a rule?Question 174 out of 4 pointsCorrectFederal administrative agencies are normally created byQuestion 184 out of 4 pointsCorrect________ by administrative agencies provide a practical decision-making process for repetitive, frequent actions that are inappropriate to litigate in courts.Question 194 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following would a comment letter to an agency generally not contain?Question 204 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following presides over formal agency adjudications at the federal level?QUIZ 34 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following is a technique by which a new party is substituted for one of the old parties, and a new contract is written (with the consent of all old and new parties) to effect the desired change?Question 24 out of 4 pointsUnder traditional common law, the acceptance must be the ________ of the offer.Question 34 out of 4 pointsCommercial transactions involving the sale of goods, movable personal property, are governed by which of the following?Question 44 out of 4 pointsA contract entered into by a minor isQuestion 54 out of 4 pointsIf the promisee entered into the contract in order to discharge a duty he or she owed the third party, then the third party is a(n) ________ beneficiary.Question 64 out of 4 pointsAs a birthday gift, Ben’s uncle promised Ben that he would pay Ben’s business school tuition for the next semester. In reliance on that promise, Ben quit his part time job at a fast food restaurant. When the tuition bill became due, Ben’s uncle told Ben that he was sorry but that he would not be able to pay the tuition because he just built a new swimming pool at his house, and funds were running short. Ben asks you if there is any basis upon which he could win in litigation against his uncle. Which of the following would be the best advice?Question 74 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following does not generally make a contract voidable?Question 84 out of 4 pointsFraud in the ________ occurs when a party is persuaded to sign one document thinking that it is another.Question 94 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following are damages that give the plaintiff the benefit of its bargain, putting the plaintiff in the case position it would have been in if the contract had been fulfilled?AnswerQuestion 104 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following was the result in Copeland v. Baskin Robbins, the case in the text involving the issue of whether a party may be held liable on the theory that the party wrongfully failed to engage in contract negotiations?Question 114 out of 4 pointsA statute of ________ prevents recovery for product injuries by limiting the time period for recovery from the date when the injury occurred.Question 124 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following is not a theory on which a product liability claim can be based?Question 134 out of 4 pointsWhich state court was the first to adopt the doctrine of strict product liability?Question 144 out of 4 pointsUnder the doctrine of _________, the plaintiff’s damages in a strict liability action may be reduced by the degree to which his or her own negligence contributed to the injury.Question 154 out of 4 pointsWhich of the following products has traditionally been viewed as “unavoidably unsafe†by the courts?Question 164 out of 4 pointsA product that was sold without a component part properly fastened to the product is an example of a ________ defect.Question 170 out of 4 pointsOn a failure to warn claim, adequate warnings and instructions for a product’s safe use can shield a manufacturer from liability for aQuestion 180 out of 4 pointsIf the societal value of an inherently dangerous product outweighs the risk of harm from its use, it is known as a(n) ________ product.Question 194 out of 4 pointsTo prove ________ in a product liability case, the injured party must show that the defendant did not use reasonable care in the design or manufacture of its product.Question 204 out of 4 points$Under the doctrine of _________, when a person voluntarily and unreasonably assumes the risk of a known danger, the manufacturer is not liable for any resulting injury.Friday, February 27, 2015 10:21:45 PM ESTQUIZ 4Question 14 out of 4 pointsCorrectA ________ placed on a product indicates that the product has met the certifier’s standards of safety or quality.Question 24 out of 4 pointsCorrectUnder the ________ use doctrine, under certain circumstances, a person may infringe the copyright owner’s exclusive rights without liability in the course of such activities as news reporting, education, scholarship, or research.Question 34 out of 4 pointsCorrectA defendant is not liable for trademark infringement if its use is ______ use, meaning that it uses the mark to talk about the mark itself.Question 44 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following are defenses to patent-infringement claims?Question 54 out of 4 pointsCorrectAn example of a fanciful trademark isQuestion 64 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhen an idea and its expression are inseparable, the ________ doctrine dictates that the expression is not copyrightable.Question 74 out of 4 pointsCorrectMandy purchased a business law book and used it during her business law class. She later loaned the book to Steven, and then to Christen. Another student accused her of copyright violation and threatened to report her to the book publisher and also to her school’s ethics board. Did Mandy violate the copyright laws?Question 84 out of 4 pointsCorrectThe federal trademark act is known as the _________ Act.Question 94 out of 4 pointsCorrectThe _________ doctrine provides that copyright protection does not extend to the useful application of an idea.Question 104 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhen may a defendant be held liable for vicarious copyright liability?Question 114 out of 4 pointsCorrectA[n] ______ is an effect of a purchase or use decision by one set of parties on others who did not have a choice and whose interest was not taken into account.Question 124 out of 4 pointsCorrectAbandoned or historically polluted sites are governed by the _______ whereas the _______ covers current and future hazardous waste treatment facilities.Question 134 out of 4 pointsCorrectCompany X was responsible for 40% of the environmental pollutants on a hazardous waste site whereas Company Z was responsible for the remaining 60%. Under CERCLA which of the following is true regarding the imposition of liability on the parties?Question 144 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following laws governs the quality of drinking water served by public drinking-water systems?Question 154 out of 4 pointsCorrectLaws addressing wilderness preservation, wildlife protection, coastal zone management, energy conservation, and national part designation are referred to as _______ laws.Question 164 out of 4 pointsCorrectEnvironmental ________ is a systematic and ongoing process for determining whether property contains or emits hazardous substances and whether a company is in compliance with environmental lawsQuestion 174 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhich of the following refers to the belief that decisions with environmental consequences should not discriminate against poor and minority communities?Question 184 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhat was the result in Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., the case in the text in which the plaintiffs sued the defendant, a Canadian corporation, regarding an order under CERCLA pertaining to its contamination of water in Canada that reached the U.S.?Question 194 out of 4 pointsCorrectThe management of hazardous waste is governed by the ____ as amended.Question 204 out of 4 pointsCorrectWhen can a corporate officer be held civilly liable under the Clean Water Act?Assignment 1: Good Grocers, Inc.Due Week 6 and worth 150 pointsNote: The company mentioned herein is merely a hypothetical organization with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.After Good Grocers, Inc. expanded its organic produce section and adopted a “buy local†policy, sales increased. The Virginia-based chain expanded its retail locations from seven to twelve (7 to 12) over the last three (3) years.As the Assistant Human Resources Manager, your job is to advise store managers about legal and personnel matters. The leadership at Good Grocers, Inc. considers you to be a legally astute manager, who consults with the corporation’s attorney, as necessary. The corporation’s leadership has tasked you with managing two (2) situations have come across your desk. Please respond with support that is backed by the law.Write a three to four (3-4) page paper which addresses the two (2) situations from two (2) store managers.Situation 1Last week, my produce manager reported the following incident:As I came out from the bakery, I saw a woman lying on the floor of the produce department. Her husband started yelling at me, saying, “She slipped on a banana peel and fell. My wife is the anchorwoman for NEWSNOW, and we are going to sue you!â€She didn’t look hurt, but I called 911 and filed an incident report that contained the facts of the situation. When viewing the area, I did, in fact, see a banana peel on the floor, but it was still yellow and lying on top of a ribbed rubber mat. The woman in question was wearing five-inch high heels. But I wasn’t sure what to say, other than the woman would be hearing from us.Explain whether this situation is best handled by litigation or by a particular form of alternative dispute resolution.Based on how you would handle this situation, either through litigation or a particular form of alternative dispute resolution, outline the key next steps involved in seeking a resolution. Justify your response.Situation 2Last week, my bakery manager was short an employee over Mother’s Day weekend when the bakery is always busy. To make up for being shorthanded, the bakery manager called in Ms. Greene, an independent contractor. Generally, Ms. Greene comes in on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights between 6 to 9 p.m. just to decorate cakes; she has her own bakery business. We furnish all of her equipment, and we pay her by the cake.Ms. Greene worked eight (8) hours on Saturday and another eight (8) hours on Sunday over Mother’s Day weekend. We paid her $15.00 per hour. On the following Monday when Ms. Greene came in, she told me that she wanted to receive the same benefits as the other Good Grocers part-time employees, such as paid time off and employee discounts. Ms. Greene asserted that she really is a part-time employee who deserves the usual employee benefits.3. Determine whether Ms. Greene is an independent contractor or a part-time employee. Provide a rationale for your response.4. Explain the reasoning supporting whether or not Ms. Greene should receive the same benefits as part-time employees.Suggested resources for this assignment:Access your Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the top of your iCampus screen. Search by keyword for business articles on arbitration, mediation, or independent contractors. You may also use your LRC to access legal topics and articles through the Lexis Nexis database.At FindLaw, located at .findlaw.com/”>http://www.findlaw.com/, you may search by legal topic or enter a keyword(s) into a search box to find relevant information and articles.You may use the following additional resources:·Internal Revenue Service (IRS): .irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-Employee”>http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-EmployeeThe Virginia Department of Labor and Industry: .doli.virginia.gov/laborlaw/laborlaw.html”>http://www.doli.virginia.gov/laborlaw/laborlaw.htmlYour assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment, such as a government Website, and include internal citations. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Describe the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business.Explain basic court procedures, types of courts, and alternative dispute resolution methods.Use technology and information resources to research issues in business law.Write clearly and concisely about business law using proper writing mechanics.Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric .strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/LEG/100/1148/week6/Week%206%20Assignment%201%20Grading%20Rubric.html”>found here.Assignment 2: Using Your Manager SkillsDue Week 10 and worth 240 pointsNote: The companies mentioned herein are merely hypothetical organizations with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.In this assignment, you, in the role of a risk manager at Simply Green Products, will draft a document that is commonly used in the business world—a memorandum to your boss.Simply Green Products is a $10 million company that produces biodegradable packing materials that orchards use in the Shenandoah Valley to transport their apples, peaches, and pears nationwide. Biodegradable materials are more eco-friendly because they break down into the environment. Such packing materials are marketed under the name “SafePack,†which is heavily advertised in trade journals. Simply Green Products have had the name “SafePack†imprinted on all of their packing material since 2008; however, they never filed for either state or federal trademark protection. With the movement toward more eco-friendly agricultural production, the fact that such packing materials are biodegradable provides a primary marketing advantage over non-biodegradable competitors.The company president, Shep Howard, has recently become aware of several issues that may require referral to the company’s outside counsel. Because you serve as the company’s risk manager, Howard has asked you to leverage your legal and managerial skills to draft a memorandum that addresses one (1) of the two (2) situations described below:An environmental group is asserting that SafePack materials are not biodegradable. In fact, the group claims that these materials are causing an environmental hazard that is seeping from a local landfill into a nearby stream. An environmental group, SafePack Materials Pollute, has sprung up and launched an Internet campaign geared toward compelling fruit producers to stop purchasing your packing materials. The situation at hand raises environmental issues that relate to the Clean Water Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act.A company called Safe Choices, Inc. has accused Simply Green Products of trademark infringement, and has sent a cease and desist letter to President Howard, demanding that Simply Green Products stop using the name “SafePackâ€. The letter asserts that a) Safe Choices uses the SafePack name to market an emergency weather kit in the form of a backpack; and that b) Safe Choices had received a federal registration for the mark from the Patent and Trademark Office in 2002. This backpack is sold both online at safepack.com and in sporting goods stores nationwide. The letter goes on to suggest that Simply Green Product’s use of this name “constitutes a false designation of origin which is likely to confuse customers as to the source of the goodsâ€. The intellectual property issue at hand involves the Lanham Act.For one (1) of the two (2) situations set out above, write a three to four (3-4) page memorandum to President Howard. Ensure that you address each of the questions below within your memo so that President Howard may assess whether or not Simply Green Products needs to hire outside counsel to address the matter at hand.Discuss the elements that must be present in order for one to prove a valid claim under the law(s) specified (i.e., the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, or the Lanham Act).Determine whether or not the activity of Simply Green Products amounts to a violation of the applicable law (i.e., the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, or the Lanham Act). If you chose the environmental issue, determine whether or not seepage from your products into a stream would violate the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, or both. Explain your rationale. If you chose the intellectual property matter, determine whether or not continued use of the SafePack name by your company would violate the Lanham Act. Explain your rationale.Decide whether or not President Howard should refer this chosen matter to the company’s outside counsel. Provide a rationale for your decision.Use at least three (3) high-quality academic references. As the cases discussed within the assignment are hypothetical, you will not find any solutions to them on the Internet. Further, note that Wikipedia, blogs, and such Websites as Free Dictionary do not qualify as academic resources, whereas your textbook does. Use the Strayer Learning Resource Center (LRC) to locate high-quality academic references.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.Draft this in the form of a letter that is typed, double-spaced, and uses Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides.Include your citations in the body of your letter and include your list of references at the end. All citations must follow the APA.Be sure to follow all additional instructions provided by your professor.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Describe the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business.Use technology and information resources to research issues in business law.Write clearly and concisely about business law using proper writing mechanics.Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric .strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/LEG/100/1148/week10/Week%2010%20Assignment%202%20Grading%20Rubric.html”>found here.