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Legal Environment of Business
Final Exam Legal Environment of Business 2003 Question 6: Pizza Hut case: Is either franchisor or franchisee liable for sexual harassment? If so, what type of sexual harassment occurred? Please fully explain your answer. In this case, the franchisee is liable for the hostile work environment sexual harassment type. However, the franchisor should not be held liable unless it can be proven that it has central control over the day-to-day employment decisions of the subsidiary.
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Business Research Project
Business Research Project The mission and educational purpose of JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) and the Archives Journals is to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health. The purpose of the analysis or research for the psoriasis is to determine if within a population-based cohort psoriasis is an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI) when controlling for major cardiovascular risk factors. Psoriasis is the most common
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Case Dismissed - "a Jury of Her Peers"
Case Dismissed In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Minnie Foster Wright is the main character, even though the reader never sees Mrs. Wright. The story begins as Mrs. Hale joins the county attorney, Mr. Henderson; the sheriff, Mr. Peters; Mrs. Peters; and her husband in a “big two-seated buggy” (188). The team men are headed the Wright house to investigate Mr. Wright’s murder. Mrs. Peters is going along to gather some belongings
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Company Case Study
The name of the company I am doing research on is Applebees International Inc. Its ticker symbol is APPB and is traded publically on NASDAQ. Applebees’ home page is located at http://www.applebees.com. It competes primarily in the eating places category, and secondarily in the patent owners and lessors category according to the Lexisnexis database. Their main business activities include making sure that there is a local bar & grill in even the most remotely located
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Business Culture of Best Buy
Business Culture of Best Buy, Circuit City’s biggest competitor Best Buy’s vision is to make life fun and easy for consumers. Their business strategy is to treat customers as unique individuals, meeting their needs with end-to-end solutions, and engaging in energizing the employees to serve them, while maximizing overall profitability. As of March 2008, Best Buy operated 923 stores in 49 states. In the United States, Best Buy offers five revenue categories: 1. Consumer electronics
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Global Communications - an Approach to Identify Opportunities to Create Value for the Business
Problem Solving Based Scenarios: An Approach to Identify Opportunities to Create Value for the Business Introduction Today’s realities of leadership include increasing competition and intensity, reducing cycle times and costs, and improving productivity while at the same time growing the business and meeting increasing customer and Wall Street expectations. These pressures require leaders to redefine and redesign how to think, how to lead, and how to act. These shifts in the very nature of leadership
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Corporate Social Responsibility - Survey of Business Functions
Corporate Social Responsibility Survey of Business Functions Bellevue University Mazen Mujahed Abstract Business is defines as a profit seeking activity where companies in return produce goods and services to society. In the past, we can arguably make the statement that this was company’s main responsibility. Also how do they gain stakeholder interest in a business’s activities was a big question. Now days, Businesses have to consider certain roles as part of their duties towards their
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Small Business
Small businesses have been considered the mainstay in countries around the world. In many European countries for example, the small business has been considered crucial to the success and flourishment of the country in general. Most individuals start upon a small business venture in the hopes of realizing ownership, independent profits and personal success. Small businesses can prove extremely successful when planned properly. Studies suggest that several small businesses, however, close or fail within the
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Motorola Case Study
Problem Identification: CEO Bob Galvin ended his speech on April 24, 1983 with words that brought much confusion to Motorola. He stated that he “wanted to decrease the many layers of management and to bring management closer to the product and market.” This was a revolutionary idea with great vision. However, the timing of the speech and lack of proper preparation for the following after effects were ill advised. Bob had not consulted with his
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Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa
Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa The application of project management skills can be a catalyst for real transformation. It can enable previously disadvantaged individuals to create strategies for the successful undertaking of many of the required tasks of daily living. These newfound skills are completely transferable to the work place and in fact can prove to be a valuable asset irrespective of their career choices.
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Legal Aspects of Business in India
CASE SUMMARY Sylvia Cooper, a business school professor was delivering an executive education seminar for 30 senior managers of a fortune 500 company. Coopers secretary sent the material that she required for the presentation on Thursday at 2pm through federal express. Cooper found that the package was missorted by federal express and had been sent to savannah, Georgia. She had a good image about FedEx and always took its example of service for excellence.
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Enterprise Risk Management
Running head: ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT Enterprise Risk Management F. Bruce Creech MBA560 Marina Fraiqun, Esq. March 21, 2008 University of Phoenix Enterprise Risk Management Organizations are faced with all types of risks. Some risks can be internal or external and can result in total devastation of an organization. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) was established in 1985 to study issues which could lead to fraudulent financial reporting. These findings were
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Berwick Hospital Case Study
To: John Wilkesboro, Chief Operating Officer, Berwick Hospital System From: Po Hattan, Chief Continuity Manager, Berwick Hospital System Re: Continuity plans for operations and associated risks relating to catastrophic disruption due to environmental causes Date: January 27, 2007 A medical center with over 500 beds located in an urban area provided the majority of charity service in the city, although it was known for quality patient care. The staff valued this reputation, had pride in
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Nike Business Structure
Nike Business Structure: After 30 years Nike continues to lead innovation in footware, apparel and equipment. Nike's mission has always been to provide a competitive edge and to help athletes perform better. Beyond shoes Nike apparel unifies innovative designs and high performance fabrics, like FIT technologies that manage temperature and moisture to help athletes train and compete in any conditions. In Nike's products, for three decades Nike has been committed to giving athletes of every
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Aqualisa Case Study
Q1. Aqualisa launched the most significant shower innovation in recent British history: the Quartz shower. The shower provides significant improvements in terms of quality, cost, and ease of installation. In product testing, the Quartz shower received rave reviews. However, early sales of the Quartz have been disappointing. The company is faced with some key issues about whether to change the channel strategy, promotional strategy, and the overall positioning of the product (niche or a mainstream
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Management
With the recruiting of Michael Scully who was then the president of Pepsi-Cola, Apple started to grow. Here, Apple made the effort to strengthen its intellectual capital by bringing on someone who is more familiar with consumer want for a product that is refreshing and new, in conjunction to the company’s existing strength of advancing technology. With a combination of Scully’s experience of heading a soft drink company and the pair of Stevens’ knowledge
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Business Ethics and Religion
Business Ethics 2 Business ethics is certain behavior that a business follows when dealing with people in the business world. Many businesses have made a bad reputation for themselves because they are only interested in making money, an example of this would be the Enron case. Many of today’s top corporations have been fined a lot of money for unethical decisions. Ethical behavior in business improves the well-being of the individuals because it promotes things
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Critical Topics to Explore Before Starting a Small Business
Critical Topics to Explore before Starting a Small Business May 5, 2004 A business plan is a fundamental tool to help outline strengths and potential obstacles that could be devastating to your new business. Using this tool, you will illustrate for yourself and/or potential investors your approach to business as well as communicate your direction, and reveal your plans for acquiring new clients and building them into loyal customers. A well thought out plan will
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Cost Management
We have one company that operates two businesses. They both manufacture and sell their product. One specializes in unicycles and the other bicycles. Total sales of both businesses are $170 million, $150 million for the unicycle and $20 million for the bicycle. They share a warehouse of 100,000 square feet, 25,000 square feet for the bicycle and the remaining for the unicycle. Total costs were split 50-50. The total warehouse cost is $3 million and
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Telecommunications in Business
Included in this memorandum is a basic overview of some telecommunication systems used in business and some that I also use in my home since I am not currently employed by any company. Of course telecommunications refer to all types of data transmission from voice, to video. The first telecommunication type I would like to talk about is VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol. This is a type of hardware and software that allows people
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Management
Chapter 9 Reading notes I. Communication: Its basic nature a. communication is the process by which a person, group or organization transmits some type of info to another person or organization i. Encoding- the process by which an idea is transformed so that it can be transmitted to, and recognized by a receiver. 1st step on communication ii. Channels of communication- 2nd step, the pathways over which messages are transmitted (telephone, mail, email, etc…) iii.
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Business Strategy - Methodology Employed
Line of Business Definition: Matt Butler, an avid hunter and fisherman, identified an opportunity within the outfitters and charters market that is currently being unmet. After experiencing a number of lengthy and frustrating web searches Matt was led to the conclusion that there was no search available that allowed the hunter or fisherman to search, sort, and filter information by specific wants and needs. As a result, Matt, and his wife Sherri, motivated by their
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Business Entity
Business Entity: Nomensi Daniel Santiago Legal Environment in Business, LAW 529 Mr. Ed Adelman, J.D. March 19, 2007 Business Entity: Nomensi Business Scenario I along with three other former employees of ChipeX, Inc. have designed and developed a prototype for a new microprocessor in hopes it can provide customers an alternative to those designed by AMD and Intel. Venture capitalists will provide whatever financing is needed to manufacture the processor chip, provided they take
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Database Management
From this class I have learned that there are more then just two database programs. That being said, the company I work for uses one of the more accessible ones, Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Seeing this is for insurance the main uses of the database are for policy creation, policies and written premium. Other uses are help request, change request, and bug reports. Every person that drives has some form of car insurance, or they
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Home Depot Case Analysis
The Home Depot, Incorporated. Internal Environment Home Depot is a large-scale home improvement retail store. The company was founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank (CEO), and Kenneth G. Lagone in Atlanta, GA during 1979. Funding for this company came from an investment firm Invemed of New York among several other private investors. Within the next eleven years HD started its horizontal growth by expanding to Florida in 1981. After growth into multiple U.S. states, founders
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