After reading The Jungle, many Americans were appalled by the lack of safety precautions and sanitary systems in factories. Dissatisfaction with food and drug regulation at the state level in the 1890s soon led to pressures to give the federal government the power to monitor and promote the quality of food. Thus, the Pure Food and Drug Act along with the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 passed, making meat shipped over state lines subject to inspection (Paulet). Though, while muckrakers were influential in bring about reform, many of the leading progressive reformers were women. Middle class women played a major role in the awareness of poor working conditions, child education, and
2. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The main method of transferring ownership interest in a corporation is by means of a hostile takeover. b.
* Also the theory of moral unity is applicable: where business actions should be judged by the general ethical standard of society, not by a special set of permissive standards. The government of India should not create rules against the management of the corporation. The general rules of business should have been applied. 3- The legal system does not work well in India. There are a lot of rooms for corruption.
The owner of the craft show could be liable for the accident of his employee under Vicarious Liability. Vicarious liability occurs when one person is held responsible for the negligence of another. Typically, this applies in an employment context, where the employer (master) is responsible for the negligent acts of the employee (servant) which occur within the context of the employment relationship. (Aaron Larson, Law Offices of Aaron Larson, October, 2003). Although
2) Discuss whether Enron’s officers acted within the scope of the authority. Enron’s officers did not act within the scope of their authority. The scope of authority only goes as far as the law will allow. When Enron acted dishonestly and unethically to benefit over its shareholder and members, they were no longer in the scope of their authority. 3) Describe the corporate culture at Enron.
This test was examined in the Carparo Industries Plc. v Dickman case. The defendant had an account audited that didn’t reflect a previous loss and debts in the bookkeeping records, instead, profits, putting the claimants in a belief that, the company in question is worth investing in. Afterwards, the claimants found out the audited account didn’t reflect exactly the true previous and current status of the company financial dilemma. Based on the principles of the three-part-fold, the House of Lords ruled against the claimant that: the defendant owes no duty of care to the claimant in such circumstances.
How far at common law or in equity can the beneficiary follow or trace trust property, which has come into the hands of another? This will be discussed in Lecture 15. 1. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES TO THE BENEFICIARIES A trustee is liable for a breach of trust, which arises
Hotel Rwanda Directed by Terry George Themes: Racism/prejudice • The main issue is between the Tutsi and the Hutu. This is explained to the journalist in the bar. His friend tells him that the Belgians decided who would run the country based on their height, skin colour, or the size of their nose. This shows us how ridiculous racial divisions are. The journalist reinforces this when he looks at a Tutsi and a Hutu woman and says “they could be twins.” • Colonel Oliver also expresses his disgust at the treatment of the Africans.
By not allowing same sex marriage it can cause psychological distress with those who are homosexual, and those who support it. Denying somebody a chance to be happy takes a toll. Imagine this; You and your fiancé want to get married right away but the hotel won’t marry you simply because of your origin or how you look. You feel alienated and the stress not only takes a toll on your body but also your mind. “The Stigma and harm caused by denying committed lesbian and gay couples the choice to marry fuels a vicious cycle.” (U.S. Study) Herdt primarily wants to inform us that denying people something they want causes not only anger, sadness and or misery, but also changes the way people think about the world that we as Americans live in today.
Lifting the veil of incorporation or better still; "Piercing the corporate veil" means that a court disregards the existence of the corporation because the owners failed to keep one or more corporate requirements and formalities. The lifting or piercing of the corporate veil is more or less a judicial act, hence it's most concise meaning has been given by various judges. Staughton LJ, for example, in Atlas Maritime Co SA v Avalon Maritime Ltd (No 1)29 defined the term thus: "To pierce the corporate veil is an expression that I would reserve for treating the rights and liabilities or activities of a company as the rights or liabilities or activities of its shareholders. To lift the corporate veil or look behind it, therefore should mean to have regard to the shareholding in a company for some legal purpose. "30 Young J, in Pioneer Concrete Services Ltd v Yelnah Pty Ltd,31 on his part defined the expression "lifting the corporate veil" thus: "That although whenever each individual company is formed a separate legal personality is created, courts will on occasions, look behind the legal personality to the real controllers.