Week 7 Breach of the Duty of Care Negligence Duty of care Established or novel duty? Is it a non-delegable duty? What is the scope of the duty? Breach of duty What is the relevant standard of care? Has the standard been breached? Damage Is it recognized by law? Was the breach a necessary condition of the harm? Is the harm within the scope of the defendant’s liability? Breach of Duty The fault part of the negligence action An act or omission of the defendant A failure to act as a reasonable person
Premium Tort law Reasonable person Negligence
Assignment 3 Individual research paper Psychological contract breach Nowadays managing the psychological contract is the main goal for organizations that strive for a ‘people building’ rather than a ‘people using’ organization (Guest & Conway‚ 1999). The concept of the psychological contract is complex but it provides a framework for the understanding of the employment relationship (Zhao et al.‚ 2007). A widely accepted definition of the psychological contract is defined by Rousseau (1995);
Premium Breach of contract Contract Management
be able to listen to clients with reasonable respect in a welcoming atmosphere. According to Chicago/Turabian‚ ethic values are based on principles and personal moral qualities that underpin the interpretation and application of keeping confidentiality and being professional. Clients need to be able to participate freely as they work with practitioners of counselling professions towards their desired goals. However this requires clients to be able to trust their practitioner with their wellbeing
Premium Ethics Virtue Morality
Technology has made many lives easier‚ but with this ease‚ comes with many risks. People are becoming savvier about how to break into computer systems and access personal information. For many people‚ this is considered a breach of security. According to wisegeek.com‚ a security breach is “an incursion into a computer or network of computers‚ usually by hackers or malicious software that compromises sensitive data or causes damage to computers or network function.”1 Most of the time these so-called “computer
Premium Facebook Computer security Computer
Confidentiality & Information Sharing: Much has been written about both the importance of confidentiality and information sharing‚ and people are often confused by what is meant. It can also be confusing trying to decided what it is ok to share and in what circumstances. Starting right It is helpful to start any professional relationship by telling people what you mean by confidentiality‚ and in what circumstance you might need to share information with colleagues or those outside of the organisation
Premium Sentence Confidentiality
Effects of a Breach of Contract There are various types of contract with in the world of law such as civil law which deals with relations between individual citizens where as private law focuses on the relations between ordinary people on a day to day basis‚ both types of law include the law of contract. A contract is an agreement that is legally enforceable and therefore can be settled within a court of law‚ however how can we distinguish between a contract and any other form of non-legally enforced
Premium Contract Contract law Contractual term
Ashely Madison‚ a website that promotes extra-marital affairs was subject to a massive data breach earlier this year; personal details of some 37 million users‚ as well as the companies financial records‚ were threatened with release. Subsequently‚ large caches of the data were posted online and a then-unknown hacking outfit named The Impact Team claimed responsibility. This breach not only compromised the data from the Ashley Madison database‚ but also Avid Life Media‚ who owns the Madison website
Premium Computer security Security Information security
Nowadays‚ security breaches are prevalent in our environment‚ both physical and logical. Different types of unauthorized access are conducted by different groups of individuals for different purposes. One good example of breach is the TJX data theft that happened sometime in mid-2005 and on subsequent dates from mid-May 2006 to mid-January 2007. The TJX data theft is considered as the largest case of intrusion of data to occur to date. According to the article‚ the data stolen by hackers were
Premium Computer security Computer Security
Case Name: Security at TJX Problem Statement How should the new CIO of TJX work to strengthen security around the IT infrastructure to prevent‚ detect‚ and analyze security breaches that had previously allowed hackers to steal sensitive data? Background 1 Describe the company/department 1 History 1 Founded in 1976 2 Operate 8 business under TJX 1 TJ Maxx 2 Marshalls 3 HomeGoods 4 A.J Wright 5 Bob’s Stores 6 Winners 7 Home Sense 8 TK Maxx
Premium Security Security guard Physical security
To improve security and confidentiality in the workplace‚ you should: • Not allow computer screens to be seen by unauthorised people • Ensure people can’t see confidential documents that aren’t meant for them • Log off your computer if it is unattended • Use computer passwords that are not easy to guess • Double check outgoing emails before you send them • Never gossip or share confidential information • Err on the side of caution when disclosing information
Premium Problem solving