Questions from Business Law

Q: 1. “Gender norms” that keep women down.

1. “Gender norms” that keep women down. 2. This report was published in 2013. Has anything happened since to address the issues raised by it? Has the United Nations been involved? The U.S. government?...

Q: 1. What are the primary market forces favoring the growth of

1. What are the primary market forces favoring the growth of benefit corporations? 2. How are traditional corporations and benefit corporations similar? What are the main differences between them? 3....

Q: 1. How do Hershey’s alleged wrongs harm the plaintiffs in this

1. How do Hershey’s alleged wrongs harm the plaintiffs in this case? 2. What evidence do the plaintiffs provide to support their claim that they have a right to investigate the corporate records? 3. P...

Q: 1. Why does the US treat agricultural workers differently? Who

1. Why does the US treat agricultural workers differently? Who are the stakeholders? Consider it from the perspective of free market theory, utilitarianism and deontology. Research: Find out about cur...

Q: 1. What challenges to OSHA does Michaels highlight? How is

1. What challenges to OSHA does Michaels highlight? How is OSHA trying to address them? 2. Elsewhere in his testimony, Michaels argued for increasing the monetary penalties--raised only once in 40 yea...

Q: 1. Why do you think Dawn Brancheau was willing to risk

1. Why do you think Dawn Brancheau was willing to risk her life to train killer whales? Assuming she had a complete grasp of the risks involved, is it ethical to interact with whales as she did? For t...

Q: 1. What are the six indicators that a “cost”

1. What are the six indicators that a “cost” is actually a “harm,” where use of foreign labor is concerned? What does Shue mean by describing a harm as “unavoidably undetectable”? 2. Who is responsibl...

Q: 1. Go to the website for the Workers Rights Consortium.

1. Go to the website for the Workers Rights Consortium. What responsibility does such membership place on members? 2. Does your college or university belong to the Workers Rights Consortium or another...

Q: 1. Look at the various legal bases for each of the

1. Look at the various legal bases for each of the plaintiffs’ claims. Why does the court find that each should be dismissed? 2. According to a young Californian, Costco sells prawns from Thailand fro...

Q: 1. What are the positive and negative ways of viewing CSR

1. What are the positive and negative ways of viewing CSR reports? What is the “Achilles Heel” of CSR reporting? How might it be fixed? 2. How might a university benefit from joining the Workers Right...