Coyote vs. ACME is written in the idiom of a legal document that has been delivered to the court in Tempe, Arizona, complete with a case number and everything. It is Harold Schoff who has been hired as counsel by Wile E. Coyote. Schoff systematically describes the sad history of the poor coyote's regrettable decisions to rely upon the less than dependable products designed, manufactured and advertised by ACME. In his own expression, Schoff claims 85 separate occasions in which ACME has been negligent by selling items to Mr. Coyote that has caused severe bodily harm as a result of the defective quality of the ACME products, or due to inaccurate advertising. Much of the legal brief is dedicated to describing these incidents.
Business Research Misrepresentation In the court case United States v. Dokich, case No. 08-2850, appealed and sustained on July 21, 2010, Melvin Dokich defrauded many investors for millions. Dokich sold stock for a fraudulent company named Efoora Incorporated. Efoora made claims of conducting research for developing diagnostic tests for HIV, mad-cow disease, and blood glucose levels. Efoora’s claims of research and testing was feloniously supported, and staged, by inviting potential investors and customers to Efoora’s headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Along the way however, the way in which the characters lived changed as well. During Kracha’s time, money struggles dominated his life. During his efforts to obtain stability, he worked on the railroad, then moved to the steel mills, where years later, proceeded to open and own a butcher shop, then finally ended up back at the mills. His interests were not in updating and owning a home; rather, they lied in drinking, cheating on his dying wife and leaving three children on the backburner. Mike, however, was committed to his family and did not like the idea of keeping boarders to obtain more money for he didn’t want his wife, Mary, to overexert herself.
The purpose of the SOX Act in response to the fraudulent and misleading activities of large corporations such as Enron, Health South, Xerox, Global Crossing, and almost one thousand publicly traded companies. Fraud is defined as “a dishonest act by an employee that results in personal benefit to the employee at a cost to the employer” (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011). The afore mentioned companies and many others committed fraud when they willingly published false and/or deceptive financial statements making their companies look like they were making huge profits, therefore causing their stock prices to soar and enticing the public to by more and more shares of their companies. Unfortunately, when the truth came out, the fraudulent actions of a few resulted in the loss of almost $5 trillion of stock market value and an undetermined amount for stockholders. Because of this fraudulent action, Congress had no choice but to intervene and pass legislation that would curtail this illegal
Wal-Mart workers filed 30 counts of unfair labor practice with the National labor Relations Board (NLRB). The representations alleged “widespread and egregious attempts by Wal-Mart to silence e workers who have been calling for a change of course at the company” (Our Wal-Mart files over 30 New Counts of Unfair Labor Practices Against Wal-Mart for Attempts to Silence Associates, 2013). These example show that of a US organizations that still continue to abuse labor practices both within our country as well as internationally. Although at times these companies have faced tarnished images, these businesses continue to reap profits while executives and stock holders swim in the benefits. Some common items that we buy that are made in sweatshops are shoes, clothes, coffee, and
This conflict usually led to dehydration or starvation which led to the depression of losing a loved one. The farm owners exploited farmers in believeing that the job availability in California was significant by mass advertising their need for work and not having enough jobs for everyone migrating to California. Once the Joad family arrived in California, they realized that job availability was hard to come by and even if they found a job, making a living was going to be harder than they thought with the wages offered: “An’ they ain’t much work. An’ wages is comin’ down all a time. I git so goddamn tired jus’ figgerin’ how to eat.” John Steinbeck witnessed the struggles of American people during the Great Depression and wrote about his observations and research in The Grapes of Wrath.
Instead of teaching full time at the school he just taught par time and worked part time at the bar. Once he got laid off from the school his wife left him and left him a note saying “ you are a failure, you will never make any money, and you will never go anywhere in life”. That note was his inspiration throughout the film and every time he would get his ass kicked, have a rough game, or felt like he couldn't do something he looked to the note and always rose up stronger. The biggest difference for me from the book to the movie was that in the book his dad taught him everything he knew and helped him in the NFL, and in the movie his dad did not help him at all and even told Vince that he didn't think is was a good idea to go to the teams tryouts. The only person who really taught him something in the movie was his teammate who played the center position.
Gasland Review There is an inconvenient truth on the film Gasland; a dramatic film based on the harmful effects of drilling for natural gas, or as it is referred to, fracking. The film follows Josh Fox, a rural homeowner from Pennsylvania on his quest across the country to document the effects of drilling for natural gas on the environment and the surrounding people living in the area. Fox’s film explodes with a biased smell as he interviews only those with bad experiences with the fracking process through showing his famous flammable water tricks, claiming the fracking process destroys the natural water wells and lacks specific facts throughout the film. One of the most decorated moments in the film is when a homeowner is able to light his tap water literally on fire. It appears to be a slam dunk for Fox.
In the movie Chavez said something that was basically like what kind of man can pick food all day but yet cannot pick food for his own family. Think about it that’s true Chavez is working hard all day in the sun while he can barely maintain his living style with low money, while the people who are bossing him around and don’t do anything get paid for what? For yelling at the farm workers what to do? Chavez just knew everything that him and the other farmworkers what they were doing and how they were being treated just wasn’t fair it wasn’t justice. Chavez made a huge impact for the working class.
The earning of the workers even after inflation have risen by just a small margin, making the living standards of the workers low, some of them unable to even provide for their families while others stay with their parents even after employment. Other workers have faced and met their death at their places of wok for lack of proper precautions especially those working under dangerous conditions like construction sites. Exploitation has moved to a whole new level where safety standards have been totally disregarded and workers have been left t work in conditions not suitable to work in. The safety equipments that the firms invest in are cheap and unsafe which they acquire so that their profits margins remain high. They on the other hand cannot fail to work because they have people looking up to them to provide and support.