Legal Encounter One The biggest liability issue that NewCorp will face with Pat is over a claim of wrongful discharge. This will be based on NewCorp’s personnel manual that states that employees will be placed on a corrective action plan to improve performance before termination. No correction plan was given to Pat by his boss before being discharged. Pat will also be able to argue that in receiving the NewCorp personnel manual, an implied contract of employment was agreed upon based on the policies contained in the manual. The fact that he was discharged shortly after the school board meeting in which he shared views contrary to those held by some of our senior management should have no basis on any legal proceedings.
The first group of people passed him in a car and said, “that man has a curious way of holding his head” (line 2) the next group stated that he would never amount to anything.The guard at the station in stanza three didn’t say a word, but took a double-take at the traveller and stared. The judgement these people made on the traveller was probably innocent, and they never assumed he would here them, but he did, it effected him and he tried to change his ways because of it. I relate his reaction to their comments to the stares and whispering an obese person get when they walk into a restaurant—we don’t think they hear or see us but they are very aware of the attention. In line 7 the man states that people will stare as though he is odd even though they are on the same train, to the same place, the only difference between him and them is that he merely “studied maps” (line 10). When one “studies maps” it could be because they are on a journey, or they are homeless, looking for the next place to stop.
Regular conflicts and disagreements have been seen in the meetings and there is no integrator to resolve these conflicts. Intergroup conflicts have been common due to goals incompatibility and task interdependence. For instance, Ralph Parker from Signal Processor Design team thinks there is no need for any digital signal processors or any strategic alliance with other companies for purchase of components whereas Dan Stella and Monica from Manufacture and Design team thinks otherwise. Power and influence is used each time to reach decisions. Hence it is a political organization.
Based on the legal encounter, it seems as if the unsatisfactory performance/corrective action plan was not followed in this case. Pat was not put on a corrective action plan and he was not explained what things were not working out. We are unaware of his job performance since he was not put on a corrective action plan and it seems as if his job performance was not mentioned during his termination meeting with his supervisor. Due to Pat being an at-will employee, he can be terminated at any time for any legal reason. If NewCorp is stating that his job performance was unsatisfactory, it must be documented.
Explore 2 or 3 moments when Priestley makes the Inspector’s presence on stage powerful. In Priestley’s playwright ‘An Inspector Calls’, he shows a number of moments where the Inspector seems to have a powerful presence on stage. For example when the Inspector says “Stop!” while the family are squabbling over whose fault it was over the death of Eva Smith. All of the attention is focused on the Inspector at this point which gives him the powerful presence on stage. On page 55, the whole Birling family are squabbling over whether it was Mrs Birling’s or Eric’s fault that Eva Smith died.
My thought on this is that the lawyer is feeling sorry for Bartleby. The lawyer believes that the refusal means that something has disarmed him. It is more of a confusing for the lawyer because he knows what the potentials of the character, the lawyer even starts to blame himself for Bartleby’s refusing to do anything. Bartleby never leaves the office so the lawyer begins to watch him carefully. Why is the lawyer so concerned about the change in his behavior?
First of all, he is lazy and doesn’t do any school work. This is shown in the scene when Tom is talking to the principal about why Russell Beckman is failing his history class, and Tom explains, “He hasn’t done the work he’s supposed to” (19). This shows that Russell doesn’t do the assigned work and does whatever he wants to do. Also, Russell has been known to be very violent throughout the novel. Haruf Illustrates a violent scene when Russell said something offensive to Victoria, and Tom pulls him out of class to talk to him about it.
Hitler deliberately expressed his hate toward Jews and gave ample warnings, as it was all written down in his autobiography “Mein Kampf”. In 1935, the introduction of the Nuremberg Laws stripped German Jews of their citizenship and civil rights. Jewish rights were steadily restricted, as in many cases Jewish political and intellectual leaders were the first to be sent to concentration camps. The Night of Broken Glass, on November 9, 1938 lead to the death of approximately 100 Jews, while other 30,000 were sent to concentration camps. Jewish businesses along with almost every synagogue in Germany were damaged or completely destroyed.
Up to this chapter Christopher’s story had began to fade out and It had hit a dead end. This chapter is more of a ‘get out jail free card’ than an actual planned chapter. We get to find more out about Christopher’s condition in this chapter too and how insecure and scared he is about meeting or talking to new people. When he first meets Mrs Alexander he tries to ignore here because he cant do ‘chat’ and describes it as ‘boring’. Like I said before, this chapter is mainly to bring the story back to life.
Here the faculty and staff do communicate with each other and the persons in leadership. When communicating, it is completely off topic. No one is setting common goals for the school or even worried about the well-being of the school. Instead, the school officials are discussing irrelevant factors. They are speaking about personal matters that do not reflect instruction or anything that has the school’s best interest at mind.