The District Court found that company management regarded Wilson as disabled when in fact he was not and terminated him as a result of his perceived disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The court rejected the company's contention that Wilson was laid off during a reduction in force necessitated by business conditions. During the trial, Wilson's attorneys pointed to an e-mail Phoenix's president Robert Hurst sent to an associate stating Wilson "qualifies for ADA designation and we will have to consider accommodations." But when Wilson requested a larger computer screen and help with typing, his requests were denied. While the court did not rule on the issue of whether the company violated Wilson's ADA rights by failing to provide accommodations, this case shows what employers should not do when trying to determine if an employee is disabled.
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The changes they made didn’t affect the business of their place of employment. They refused to change their appearance back to “normal” in order to keep their jobs. They both filed for unemployment compensation and were denied based on being terminated for misconduct. The difference between the two cases is that Apocada dyed her hair and Attired had a visible tattoo. Application to Client’s Facts: The facts in both cases could not be proven that personal appearance affected the sales of the business.
Schenck v. United States (1919) Facts of the Case: When America entered WWI, Congress passed the Espionage Act of 1917, which said that during wartime obstructing the draft and trying to make soldiers disloyal or disobedient were crimes. Charles Schenck, who served as general secretary of the Socialist Party, was vehemently against the war. He mailed thousands of pamphlets to men who had been drafted into the armed forces. These pamphlets said that the government had no right to send American citizens to other countries to kill people. As a result, the government charged Schenck with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment.
Look at what occurred with Ward Churchill. Mr. Churchill was terminated from his tenured teaching position at the University of Colorado for academic misconduct and plagiarism. The misconduct occurred when Mr. Churchill fabricated several historical facts, including the concept that United States Army distributed blankets to Native Americans that were infected with small pox. The plagiarism charge involved several essays and book chapters that were published by other individuals at earlier dates. In one case, Churchill had originally given appropriate credit to the original source.
It was an American Political scandal and a conflict in the 1970’s and also led to the resignation of president Nixon. When president Nixon was running for re-election, there was burglary in the office of Watergate. They learned that the burglars were part of a plan Nixon had, and that the white house held proof. When the held the proof finally rise, congress pressured Nixon to tell them everything. But the proof was then destroyed, eliminating any links from the burglars to the president.
This Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was established in 1977. This act is a United States federal law, it is widely known primarily for two of its main requirements. The first one called Trade Act, addresses accounting transparency requirements that were under the Act of Securities Exchange of 1934. The other one concerns bribery of foreign officials. The Trade Act intended for the Attorney General to give guidance concerning the branch of justice's enforcement guidelines with respect to the Act to possible exporters and small businesses that are not able to obtain specialized counsel on facts related to the foreign corrupt practices.
IRS Controversy: What's the potential fallout? Yes, this news story goes in-depth and breadth. It goes around the controversy of the IRS saying that the IRS has ineffective management" led to IRS tea party targeting. "Despite repeated calls for cooperation, the agency failed to be completely truthful in its responses to the Committee during its nearly two-year long investigation of this matter, and in testimony before the committee," they wrote (Condon, May). While under the investigation the IRS has led Congress to believe that after lawmakers question the IRS over the undue scrutiny the agency put on conservative groups that filed for tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections, they'll want to take action -- to hold people accountable and eventually consider legislation to amend any systemic problems that led to this kind of political discrimination.
In 1970, the Watergate scandal introduced the struggle between the executive branch and the legislative branch.There had been commotion over illegal activities committed by Republican President Nixon and his staff which was kept secret from Congress. After years of investigation, Nixon was found guilty. This highly unpopular scandal led to the resignation of Nixon. In the cartoon, President Richard Nixon and Senator Sam Ervin are shown arm wrestling which portrays the battle over the president’s right of executive privilege. The cartoonist is trying to make a point that the executive power and congress are having a struggle or fight whether the president should have the authority to keep certain information secret from the other branch of
Business Research Ethics RES/351 May 28, 2012 Negussie Nega, M.A., DM What unethical research behavior was involved? In 2002 Citigroup Inc. was part of a lawsuit where analyst released biased information concerning stocks to the investors causing many individuals to lose money. The memo stated the analyst was reluctant to release the information because they fear a backlash from the investment bankers. The unethical behavior in the article was that several securities firm violated a basic ethics code when the research department doctored number that misleads the investors. The investors purchased stock based on tainted research.