Identify and discuss a minimum of three actions organizations may want to consider as they seek to handle employee terminations legally.
To be wrongfully terminated is to be fired for an illegal reason, which may involve violation of federal antidiscrimination laws or breach of contract. The legal standards governing termination differ substantially depending on whether private-sector and nonunion employees or public-sector and unionized employees are being considered. As the company HR leader, you are accountable to the organization to ensure that all employee terminations are initiated and completed while maintaining strict adherence to current employment laws and EEOC guidelines.
- Address your understanding of the term constructive discharge—what is it? Then, identify factors courts might focus on to determine if constructive discharge exists. How might the organization avoid claims of constructive discharge? Hint: Read Constructive Dismissal and Wrongful Termination.
- Discuss the differences between pure employment at will and employment at will with exceptions. Do you believe employment at will is fair? If not, what is an alternative?
- Briefly describe what the Montana Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (WDEA) is. What do you see as benefits of this act to employees? Employers?
- Identify and discuss a minimum of three actions organizations may want to consider as they seek to handle employee terminations legally.
- Evaluate the legality of an employee termination in five pages.
How much are you willing to give up to do what you believe is right?
1. When drug prices increase at a faster rate than inflation, the groups of people that bear the burden of this increase are taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries. Taxpayers are paying higher taxes as a result of increased government spending, and Medicare beneficiaries cannot keep up with the price of their prescriptions. When it comes to the factors in making a decision about increasing drug prices, I believe Big Pharma companies should act in a socially responsible manner, meaning they should base their decisions not solely on profit, and not solely on healthcare. There should be a balance, and new policies would be beneficial to help maintain that balance.
2. Lower-level employees have the responsibility to provide accurate information to management so that they can make the most informed decision. Lower-level employees also have the responsibility to not purposefully make material mistakes or purposefully not correct a known mistake.
3. Increased government spending will increase taxes for taxpayers and decrease available spending for other worthy issues. Taxpayers will essentially pay more in taxes and therefore have less income available. With drug prices rising faster than inflation, this will cause a widening gap between annual income and costs. Also, private health insurance costs will increase premiums and out of pocket costs for members. The stakeholders most directly impacted are the senior citizens that are dependent on their medication and can’t afford it or any other out of pocket costs because of the already wide gap between their income and expenses. I believe the government itself can be seen as a stakeholder as well because as they continue to increase Medicare funding, their deficit increases, causing them to take action to allocate resources effectively.
4. If the increase in price of existing drugs is preventing those who need those drugs from obtaining them, then to me it is hard to justify the increase based on R&D. There will always be a trade-off between affordable drugs and how quickly we can get new drugs. The government must devise a policy that improves Big Pharma companies’ incentive for affordability and innovation.
5. Explain what you think each of the following statements means in the context of moral development.
. How far are you willing to go to do the right thing?
1. Stage 6 of moral development is about universal “self-chosen” ethical principles. This stage is about following your conscience even if it violates the law. In thinking of moral development, as time passes, one’s level of ethical reasoning advances and some issues may spark moral outrage that force a response.
. How much are you willing to give up to do what you believe is right?
1. This statement relates to moral development and how sometimes doing the right thing can have negative consequences. For example, an employee may notice a purposeful mistake by a manager. Let’s assume the employee is certain they will receive retaliation from their manager. If the employee is willing to report the manager regardless of potentially losing their job, then they are willing to give up quite a lot to do the right thing. Others might not speak up because they aren’t willing to deal with the consequences of doing the right thing.
Determine two major challenges that each of the selected acts may cause within an organization
lease respond to the following:
- Select two of the following acts: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Reduction in Force (Age), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA). Determine two major challenges that each of the selected acts may cause within an organization, and then outline a plan to prevent the challenges from adversely affecting the organization or employees. Justify your response
What questions would you ask of the union supporter?
Suppose a coworker just brought you a union leaflet urging employees to sign an authorization card. What questions would you ask of the union supporter? What may happen from this point on? How will you react?
200 words. APA citation and format
If a belief makes a person who believes it happier and more secure, does that make it true in any sense?
1000 – 1500 word argumentative essay valued at 18% of final grade
PROMPT: If a belief makes a person who believes it happier and more secure, does that make it true in any sense?
FAQ
· How should I get started?
Have the Personal Responsibility and Critical Thinking Rubrics open in front of you. Your grade will be assessed according to these two rubrics. The Personal Responsibility Rubric will require that you refer to the ethical consequences of the above question somewhere in your essay.
· How do I submit?
Please DO NOT include your name anywhere within the text, headings, or title of your essay, nowhere. This allows me to grade anonymously, an equitable grading practice. Please have no concern about omitting your name; as long as you submit your assignment through your eCampus account, you will receive credit for it. Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. Scroll up and click the heading Essay 2. Submit your essay as an attachment.
If there was a breach of contract, what can Scott Restaurant Company do about the breach of contract?
Scott Restaurant Company purchased a commercial freezer from Big Refrigeration Company. The written contract between Scott Restaurant Company and Big Refrigeration Company provided that Scott Restaurant Company would pay Big Refrigeration Company $5,000 for an Arctic Air commercial freezer and an additional $1,000 for delivery and installation of the commercial freezer. Write a case study that considers the questions below.
Is this contract subject to Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)? Why, or why not? Does it make a difference if Scott Restaurant Company or Big Refrigeration Company are merchants? Why, or why not?
Next, consider that Big Refrigeration Company delivered an Admiral Craft commercial freezer to Scott Restaurant Company on the date the contract required but, before the freezer was installed, a representative of Scott Restaurant Company recognized that the freezer that was delivered was not the brand that the contract specified.
Include responses to the questions below in your case study. Did Big Refrigeration Company breach the contract? Why, or why not? If there was a breach of contract, what can Scott Restaurant Company do about the breach of contract? Your case study should be at least two pages full in length and include at least two outside sources. Be sure to use APA formatting for all citations and references. Please note that no abstract is needed.
Please two pages full in length (Full)
Examine the legal system in the United States as it pertains to business.
Course Description
Provides an introduction to the legal aspects of business. Students gain knowledge of the legal system in the United States, intellectual properties, contracts, Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), forms of business ownership, and the various roles within corporations from a legal perspective.
Course Textbook(s)
Kubasek, N., Browne, M. N., Herron, D. J., Dhooge, L. J., & Barkacs, L. L. (2021). Dynamic business law: The essentials (5th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781264076741
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Examine the legal system in the United States as it pertains to business. 2. Interpret provisions of the Constitution of the United States related to businesses and property. 3. Explain the basic elements of forming an enforceable contract. 4. Describe the circumstances that can affect the enforceability of contracts. 5. Identify the kinds of contracts that must be in writing in order to be enforced. 6. Compare the ways that contractual obligations can be discharged. 7. Demonstrate how Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) applies to sale transactions. 8. Differentiate the characteristics of the forms of business ownership. 9. Analyze the operational aspects of corporations.
Interpret the meaning of the coefficient of multiple determination in this problem.
Measuring the height of a California redwood tree is very difficult because these trees
grow to heights over 300 feet. People familiar with these trees understand that the
height of a California redwood tree is related to other characteristics of the tree,
including the diameter of the tree at the breast height of a person (in inches) and the
thickness of the bark of the tree (in inches). The excel file Redwood.xlsx contains the
height, diameter at breast height of a person, and bark thickness for a sample of 21
California redwood trees.
Questions:
1. Use the multiple regression method to compute the regression coefficients.
2. State the multiple regression equation that predicts the height of a tree based on
the tree’s diameter at breast height and the thickness of the bark.
3. Interpret the meaning of the slopes in this equation.
4. Predict the mean height for a tree that has a breast height diameter of 25 inches
and a bark thickness of 2 inches.
5. Interpret the meaning of the coefficient of multiple determination in this problem.
What should you tell the owner of a group of restaurants in this geographical area about the relationship between the summated rating and the cost of a meal?
Zagat’s publishes restaurant ratings for various locations in the United States. the file
restaurants contain the Zagat rating for food, decor, service, and the cost per person for
a sample of 100 restaurants located in New York City and in a suburb of New York
City. Develop a regression model to predict the cost per person based on a variable that
represents the sum of the ratings for food, decor, and service (use the enclosed excel file:
NYC Restaurants.xlsx).
Questions:
1. Construct a scatter plot.
2. Assuming a linear relationship, use the simple linear regression method to
compute the regression coefficients b0 and b1.
3. Interpret the meaning of the Y-intercept, b0, and the slope, b1, in this problem.
4. Predict the mean cost per person for a restaurant with a summated rating of 50.
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5. What should you tell the owner of a group of restaurants in this geographical area about the relationship between the summated rating and the cost of a meal?
What is the probability that 5 or more of the consumers cited ”account management” as the type of complaint?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus consumer response team hears directly
from consumers about the challenges they face in the marketplace, brings their concerns
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to the attention of financial institutions, and assists in addressing their complaints.
Consumer response accepts complaints related to mortgages, bank accounts and
services, private student loans, other consumer loans, and credit reporting. Of the
consumers who registered a bank account and service complaint, 41% cited ”account
management” as the type of complaint; these complaints are related to opening, closing,
or managing the account and addressing issues, such as confusing marketing, denial,
fees, statements, and joint accounts. Consider a sample of 20 consumers who registered
bank accounts and service complaints. Use the binomial model to answer the following
questions:
Questions:
1. What is the expected value, or mean, of the binomial distribution?
2. What is the standard deviation of the binomial distribution?
3. What is the probability that 10 of the 20 consumers cited ”account management”
as the type of complaint?
4. What is the probability that no more than 5 of the consumers cited ”account
management” as the type of complaint?
5. What is the probability that 5 or more of the consumers cited ”account management” as the type of complaint?
