Legal Issues

I. INTRODUCTION In an online news article, Elien (2009) reported that 14 percent of Canadians feel they have been discriminated against in the workplace during the past year. This is based on a survey conducted by Ipsos Reid, which included 50,000 interviews with workers from all over the globe during July and August, including 4,100 Canadian employees. This is the largest employee survey ever conducted until now and findings showed that the level of discrimination reported in Canadian workplaces...

The justice system may be described as a set of legal and social institutions, which enforce the laws of a society, directed at establishing morality in the relevant society.  The criminal justice system may be described as an aspect of this justice system. The goal of the criminal justice system is to ensure that criminals are deterred from committing crimes.  Criminal Justice operates through five major components which are 1- Local Law Enforcement, 2- Court trial, 3- Court Case, 4-...

Shaylas mom, Mary Smith filed lawsuit demanding 25, 000 in damages against Tamaras Parents and pool owners Owen and Dolly Jones breach of duty and negligent supervision after Mary Smith broke her arm when she dove into the pool. 36-1681 Pool enclosures Requirements Exception, Enforcement states that any body of water intended for swimming eighteen inches or more depth and wider than eight feet at any point, shall, 1. Be fully enclosed by wall or fence or any other barrier at least five foot high...

There are some legal requirements that a company should ensure that it follows them the reason is that if it fails to comply with these legal requirements concerning the employees, it will be prosecuted in court and it ends up losing a lot of money which it would not have lost. This paper looks at some issues that arise with the company when it fails to comply with the requirement of the law while dealing with employees. It also looks at some of the principles, laws and statutes that the company...

Various definitions have over time been applied in the definition of the term conflict of interest. The underlying argument involves breach of trust and loyalty between two parties especially by professionals.  Generally, organizations flourish when their stakeholders pursue a common goal that guides their decisions and activities. As such, they require those they depend on to be independent, unbiased and impartial. When there are occurrences that conflicts these fundamentals, then the possibility...

There are various legal systems and traditions which originated in the past century, the common law and the civil law traditions. These notions are used to differentiate two legal systems and approaches to the law. The common law tradition refers to the legal systems that have assumed the historical English legal traditions (Merryman and Perez-Perdomo 1969). This is the system upon which the legal system of America and Great Britain are based as well as most of other Commonwealth and former Commonwealth...

One of the growing problems facing society today is the problem of juvenile delinquency. Unlike decades ago, children were generally very obedient and respectful to their parents, teachers, and society in general, but children today are actually deviating from these accustomed values. This new generation of young people are becoming more exposed and inclined to use addictive substance, to participate in riots, to roam the streets, and to steal and violate the laws. Like any other social problem,...

There have always existed regular clashes between business motives, which have come to be linked to the money or profit drive, and ethical and moral considerations which are deemed no less important in business circles. From time to time, it has been found that many people will try to trample underfoot the ethical requirements of an organization or of a work practice just to achieve their business goals. This essay discusses one such case involving two competing firms, all of which decides to use...