Questions from Business Law

Q: Explain what relevance ethics has to business.

Explain what relevance ethics has to business.

Q: How should the financial interests of stockholders be balanced with the varied

How should the financial interests of stockholders be balanced with the varied interests of stakeholders? If you were writing a code of conduct for your company, how would you address this issue?

Q: A company adopts a policy that (a) prohibits romantic

A company adopts a policy that (a) prohibits romantic relationships between employees of different ranks and (b) permits romantic relationships between employees of the same rank only if both employe...

Q: A company prohibits any employee from making disparaging comments about the company

A company prohibits any employee from making disparaging comments about the company through any social media—including online blogs, email, tweets, and other electronic media. Violation of this rule i...

Q: Makayla was a Java programmer employed with Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto

Makayla was a Java programmer employed with Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto, California. Upon beginning employment, Makayla signed a contract that included a noncompete clause that prevented her, within...

Q: Anthony promises to pay McCarthy $10,000 if McCarthy informs

Anthony promises to pay McCarthy $10,000 if McCarthy informs the public that Washington is a Communist. Washington is not a Communist and never has been. McCarthy successfully persuades the media to r...

Q: The Dear Corporation was engaged in the business of making and selling

The Dear Corporation was engaged in the business of making and selling harvesting machines. It sold everything pertaining to its business to the ABC Company, agreeing “not again to go into the manufac...

Q: On April 30, 2019, Barack and Donald entered into a

On April 30, 2019, Barack and Donald entered into a bet on the outcome of the 2019 Kentucky Derby. On January 28, 2020, Barack, who bet on the winner, approached Donald, seeking to collect the $3,000...

Q: Carl, a salesman for Smith, comes to Benson’s home and

Carl, a salesman for Smith, comes to Benson’s home and sells him a complete set of “gourmet cooking utensils” that are worth approximately $300. Benson, an eighty year-old man living alone in a one-ro...

Q: Plaintiff, John W. Carson, was the host and star

Plaintiff, John W. Carson, was the host and star of The Tonight Show, a well-known television program broad- cast by the National Broadcasting Company. Carson also appeared as an entertainer in nightc...