Ethics and Law: Basic Concepts‚ Cases‚ and Dilemmas Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Department of Law W. Ray Williams This compilation[1] is intended for use during “Ethics Week.” The Law Department is firmly committed to exposing its students to ethical considerations when making legal and business decisions. As a result ethics is a component of all its course offerings. To the extent that students
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Case 1 Analysis: Walmart: The Main Street Merchant of Doom Walmart was first founded by Sam Walton in 1962. Mr. Walton wanted to provide the “average” American people with quality goods that they could afford at low prices. Sam took the expertise that he took from working at JCPenney and applied it to his new company. Not soon after opening their first store‚ Walmart began to develop a loyal customer base. Along with this loyal customer base came expansion within the company across the United
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of creating a separate juvenile court was to keep adolescents out of adult prisons‚ limit their exposure to adult criminal activity and poor role models‚ and also to provide guidance that helps them to turn away from further criminal behavior and be directed toward more positive results. It seemed that the individual juvenile offender cases were not getting looked at based on the individual characteristics or needs of the offender‚ rather whomever prosecuted the case was determining it based on the
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Karan Puri Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) In Miranda v. Arizona (1966)‚ the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects‚ prior to police questioning‚ must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. The case began with the 1963 arrest of Phoenix resident Ernesto Miranda‚ who was charged with rape‚ kidnapping‚ and robbery. Miranda was not informed of his rights prior to the police interrogation. During the two-hour interrogation‚ Miranda allegedly
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1. What are your thoughts and impressions? Per reading the case vignette‚ I thought to myself another case of a family that has been hit hard by today’s economy. I give her credit for reaching out for assistance instead of not seeking help. Letting herself become more depressed. This woman is seeking some professional help; because this is affecting her family’s life and her mental health. I must always remember that anyone who comes for assistance should be show with integrity‚ and dignity they
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Under Washington case law‚ plaintiffs are required to prove causation with expert testimony if alleged injury involves obscure medical factors. [cite]. The trickier question is whether the expert needs to demonstrate a direct causal link between the alleged injuries and the negligent act or if the expert merely must demonstrate that the plaintiff’s injuries are of a type that can be caused by the negligent act. Washington courts have come down on both sides of this question. I. Plaintiffs are Required
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Topic: Discuss ethics and the development of international law. Introduction International law is defined as :“A body of rules common to all civilized nations‚ equally binding upon all and impartially governing their mutual intercourses.” On the other hand‚ the term ethics‚ with reference to the Oxford dictionary ‚ simply means Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. The question then arises how does ethics play a role in international law? For
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Child Support and Children’s Well-Being Angelica L Fleming Virginia College Abstract Child support reform is an issue of central importance to many families today. This paper concentrates on how parents who live apart from their children divide the responsibility for taking care of them and the economic and noneconomic effects of these arrangements on the children. The report centers on the causes and effects of child support. My intent is to provide an overview of the many studies on child
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In 2007‚ Spears start to take drug and then stay at a drug rehabilitation facility in Antigua offshore less than 24 hours on February 16. The next night at a hair salon in Tarzana‚ California she shaved her head with electric clippers. A few days later‚ she admitted herself to a treatment facility in Malibu‚ California. While leaving the facility briefly‚ she quickly returned on February 22. The previous day‚ Kevin Federline had requested an emergency hearing on custody of their children but then his
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as “the fact-finding process by which the juvenile court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the allegations in a petition” (Schmalleger 510). These types of trials are designated for juveniles‚ which are similar in nature to adult trials‚ with notable exceptions. Similarities derive from the fact that the due process rights of children and adults are essentially the same. Essentially‚ it is a trial process in which a court determines whether or not the allegations contained
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