Scott entered into a unilateral contract with Hume. Scott used the large signboard to offer $1000 to the ballplayer who hit a homerun over the sign. This is a promise for an act. Hume completed the performance of the act by hitting the homerun over the sign and therefore the unilateral contract between them was formed. Perry and Scott do not have a contract. The offer that he is intending to collect on was never actually offered to him as Otis did not change the sign in the allotted time frame
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In concept‚ business ethics is the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity. In practice‚ however‚ a dizzying array of projects is pursued under its rubric. Programs of legal compliance‚ empirical studies into the moral beliefs and attitudes of business people‚ a panoply of best-practices claims (in the name of their moral merit or their contribution to business success)‚ arguments for (or against) mandatory worker participation in management‚ and attempts
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Business Ethics and Etiquettes Its how you do business San Pedro College of Business Administration San Pedro‚ Laguna September 3‚ 2011 Speaker’s Profile SONNY CAPULONG URFANO‚ CPA B.S. Accountancy Graduate‚ SPCBA 2004 MBA‚ De La Salle University-Manila CIA-Candidate Audit Manager‚ Trinity Insurance Brokers Managing Partner‚ Jacob Urfano & Associates Consultant‚ Metroplex Corporation‚ Binan Laguna College Professor‚ GCIC Taguig Past President‚ Rotaract Club of San Pedro East What
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------------------------------------------------- Indian Contract Act 1872 The law relating to contracts in India is contained in Indian Contract Act‚ 1872. The Act was passed by British India and is based on the principles of English Common Law. It is applicable to the All the States of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. It determines the circumstances in which promise made by the parties to a contract shall be legally binding on them. All of us enter into a number of contracts everyday
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Is business ethics important? If so why? Before we discuss the importance of ethics in business‚ it is very essential to examine a prominent theory when conducting business ethics and that is utilitarianism. This theory accounts for the concepts of duty or obligation‚ rights‚ and justice. It is routine that the utilitarianism theory is divided up into two groups. These two groups are that of teleological and deontological theory. The teleological approach deals with consequences. “It states that
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foundation for a business. “Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong (or good and bad) human conduct in a business context.” (p25) From the lecture‚ we know that ethics matters because “how organizations behave have important implications for how they fulfill their social and economic roles” and “their success as well as the success of their employees‚ customers‚ etc.” Thus‚ running a business ethically is good for business. Applying Solomon’s three C’s of business ethics and the eight
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Marisela Perez Ms. Tan Due Thursday‚ November 28th‚ 2010 1. Explain patient-physician contract A physician has the right‚ after forming a contract or agreeing to accept a patient under his or her care‚ to make reasonable limitation on the contractual relationship. The physician is under no legal obligation to treat patients who may wish to exceed those limitations. Under the patient-physician contract‚ both parties have certain rights and responsibilities. 2. Patient right and responsibilities
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DATE: February 17‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Business Ethics Over the recent years‚ the level of increasing demands for accountability been directed at both businesses and NGOs has tremendously grown. Below is a brief comparison of two different bodies on business ethics: one in the United Kingdom and the other in the US showing how their values or ideas on Ethics align. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougguthrie/2012/01/31/paying-more-than-lip-service-to-business-ethics/ http://www.fm-magazine.com/comment/president/good-thinking-means-good-business
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capitalism . 1.2 Advantages of Capitalism 1.2.1 Cheaper and better products A capitalist economy operates in a “free market”‚ this is a requirement vital if capitalism is to thrive. A free market is characterized by Businesses which are governed by the laws of supply and demand‚ not restrained by government interference. As such in a truly free market‚ naturally Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest comes into being‚ that is to say since consumers have access to cheaper and better goods. The wide
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An Islamic Approach to Business Ethics | Dr Sabahuddin Azmi[1] What is Ethics? * Ethics may be defined as the set of moral principles that distinguish what is right from what is wrong. * Ethics has a twofold objective: it evaluates human practices by calling upon moral standards; also it may give advice on how to act morally in a given situation. * Ethics‚ aims to study both moral and immoral behaviour in order to make well-founded judgments and to arrive at adequate recommendations
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