Category: Legal Issues

How would you respond to calls to share your company’s IP and under what circumstances? How would a Biblical worldview influence your decisions?

The companies that developed the vaccines and treatments in the covid pandemic provide very real-life, real-time examples of the questions of protecting patents as business assets while answering social responsibility concerns.

As the CEO of one of these companies, how would you respond to calls to share your company’s IP and under what circumstances? How would a Biblical worldview influence your decisions?

Consider, for example, the following:
Rowland, C., Rauhala E., & Berger, M. (2021, March 20). Drug companies defend vaccine monopolies in face of global outcry. The Washington Post.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A655745537/BIC?u=vic_liberty&sid=summon&xid=4321e4f8

D’Eminio, F. (2021, October 11). Moderna has no plans to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe. AP. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-united-nations-europe-d4aff7ddb273194b312354a57c244ce6

Washington Post. https://bi-gale-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/global/article/GALE%7CA680335867/3c02464fd736364ef628911fa70dea32?u=vic_liberty

What should the organization/provider do to prevent future issues or mitigate any future harm/damage to the patient or the organization?

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Using the scenario, identify the issue and indicate the regulation or best practice principle involved. How should the organization/provider respond to the issue?

What should the organization/provider do to prevent future issues or mitigate any future harm/damage to the patient or the organization?

What could the company have done differently:CEO should have been more involved in the decision-making process  Hostile environment for employees?

What could the company have done differently:
Before the scandal:
CEO should have been more involved in the decision-making process
Hostile environment for employees?

During the scandal:
Since the problems with the vehicles were known, leadership should have
made better decisions

After the scandal:
Produce more zero-emission cars
Win back the trust of its customers
Repair their brand in order to branch into other countries
Third party audits to ensure no rules are being broken and reports must be
made public

Consider and discuss the practical implications of the recommendations for the business, such as the challenges/process of
changing company culture, impact of hiring/firing decisions on
talent management and cost, company financial performance and
impact on customer/consumer confidence

Are there any risks associated with such government actions? Do the benefits exceed those risks and is Friedman right when he argues that neighborhood effects sometimes create business opportunities? How so? Can you think of any opportunities?

Neighborhood Effects

As informed by the following definition of neighborhood effects and video links (located below), please provide an argument as to whether (and, if so, to what extent) the state (meaning, governments) may justifiably enact laws seeking to prevent and/or regulate any impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Are there any risks associated with such government actions? Do the benefits exceed those risks and is Friedman right when he argues that neighborhood effects sometimes create business opportunities? How so? Can you think of any opportunities?

How did the Webb court distinguish the facts of Webb from those in what seems to be a similar case discussed by the court, which is the one brought by a police officer against the city of Newark?

Webb v. City of Philadelphia Case Summary and Analysis

 Answer the following 2 questions:

How did the Webb court distinguish the facts of Webb from those in what seems to be a similar case discussed by the court, which is the one brought by a police officer against the city of Newark?

Set forth your reasons as to whether or not the court reached the correct decision.

This project consists of a two-page, 1.5 spaced paper with 1-in margins.

Does Wal-Mart’s approach to whether it sells particular products relate to its ordinary business operations?

Trinity Church v. Walmart Oral Argument

Does Wal-Mart’s approach to whether it sells
particular products relate to its ordinary business
operations?

Even if Trinity’s propos al raises a significant
policy issue, does that issue transcend Wal-
Mart’s ordinary business operations?

In your work experience, to what extent have your employers (or those of your friends/colleagues) supported a “values-based culture”? Or is it all about the money?

Values-based culture

In your work experience, to what extent have your employers (or those of your friends/colleagues) supported a “values-based culture”? Or is it all about the money? In responding to that question, share an example (a story) where an employer-supported an ethical culture, and/or one where it failed to do so. do not disclose the name of the company at issue or any confidential information.

For some context, read the following columns by Jeffery Siglin, who wrote on business ethics for the New York Times.

Describe and analyze proposed Law #1 applying each moral theory. Summarize the issues and restate the conclusions you’ve reached under both laws (what advice you are giving and why).

Business Ethical Analysis

Describe and analyze proposed Law #1 applying each moral theory.

Describe and analyze proposed Law #2 applying each moral theory.

Summarize the issues and restate the conclusions you’ve reached under both laws (what advice you are giving and why).

Who were the stakeholders in this incident? What should have been done to prevent this disaster? What responsibilities did Exxon have to future stakeholders? How did Exxon react to the disaster, and did they act responsibly before, during, and after this disaster?Analyze this law or case law and address whether this change in the law seemed to improve the moral climate or ethical standards of society.

Unit 6 Discussion
Businesses have created a variety of environmental disasters throughout history. As the world becomes more industrialized, the potential for disaster increases. For this Discussion Board, you will explore the Exxon Valdez oil spill to see how it influenced the discussion of a company’s duty to environmental stakeholders.

Click on and read the Alaska Oil Spill Commission Report: (See Reference Below).
Alaska Oil Spill Commission. (1990). Spill: The wreck of the Exxon Valdez. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/oil-spill/docs/alaska-commission-report.pdf

Answer these questions:

Who were the stakeholders in this incident? What should have been done to prevent this disaster? What responsibilities did Exxon have to future stakeholders? How did Exxon react to the disaster, and did they act responsibly before, during, and after this disaster?Analyze this law or case law and address whether this change in the law seemed to improve the moral climate or ethical standards of society.

Be sure to Cite your references.

What can be done to improve it, what are the causes, who does it affect most, how does it affect prisoners and the criminal justice system.

Overpopulation in Prison

What can be done to improve it, what are the causes, who does it affect most, how does it affect prisoners and the criminal justice system. Need an annotated bibliography as well using some of the sources can provide.