PPlease answer each of the following multiple choice questions and support each answer with a paragraph explaining why your answer is correct.
1. Guests of innkeeper Dave would be surprised to learn that inside the headboards of the beds are embedded recording devices. Dave, who has owned the inn for ten years, enjoys sitting at a console in the front office, tuning in to the private conversations of guests in the rooms. Once his devices picked up the words of a married man named Pete. Dave heard Pete confess to his wife, in response to her questioning, that he, Pete, had been molested by a priest when he was young. Dave repeated this gossip to mutual acquaintances, causing injury to Pete.
Can Dave be liable to Pete?
No, because the information that Dave repeated was truthful.
No, because the inn belongs to Dave and Dave has a privilege to enter the rooms of his property.
Yes, because a reasonable person would find the disclosure of molestation repugnant.
Yes, because Pete had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his room in the inn.
2. The model Mona, standing nearly six feet tall, weighs 150 pounds. Although she appears slender, she has earned significant praise in the media for being "sensible" and "reasonable" in her size, in contrast to other models deemed "too thin.” Journalist Dan uncovered a bit of dirt about the "sensible" Mona: ten years ago, as a teenager, Mona had weighed 105 pounds and was hospitalized for eating disorders. Mona has learned that six months ago Dan repeated this truthful story about her to a circle of journalists. No media announcements have emerged. Mona has asked you to advise her about a possible action against Dan alleging invasion of privacy.
You should advise her that she is:
likely to prevail, because the matter is not of legitimate public concern.
likely to prevail, because this disclosure is highly offensive to a reasonable person.
unlikely to prevail, because she is a public figure.
unlikely to prevail, because there has been no publication to the public at large.
3. The town of Laguna remembers the case of Deviant George, an old man who lived alone at the edge of town. A teenage girl arrived at the police station and claimed she had escaped from George's house, where she had been kept in a basement dungeon. She showed the police the house. When they entered, they found six other girls in the basement. George had kidnapped and sexually abused them. On the testimony of the girls, whose names were kept from the public, George was convicted and sent to prison, where he died. The town still talks about the trial. Last week the local newspaper ran a story about television actress Doris Daid, age 26. According to the news story, Daid had been one of George's victims. The story is true. The newspaper learned the information from civil court records; two years ago Daid filed a quiet, low-profile civil suit against the estate of George, and received a settlement from his limited assets. Daid is embarrassed and distressed by the newspaper story.
Which of the following statements best describes Daid's possible claim against the newspaper?
Daid has a strong claim for invasion of privacy, but a weak one for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Daid has a weak claim for invasion of privacy because the information that the newspaper revealed was a matter of public record.
Daid has a strong claim for invasion of privacy because the news disclosed is not a matter of public significance.
Daid has a weak claim for invasion of privacy, but a strong one for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
4. Donna runs a "business intelligence" consulting business. Her work consists of attempting to learn her clients' competitors' trade secrets and other informational assets kept from the public. In May, posing as a charities solicitor, Donna gained entry to the factory floor of Toys Inc., a manufacturer of children's toys, and surreptitiously took pictures of the top-secret Christmas line. Donna sold the information to Giant, Inc. which used this information for competitive advantage against Toys, Inc.
In an action by Toys, Inc. against Donna for invasion of privacy, Toys Inc. should:
prevail, because Donna engaged in fraud.
prevail, because Donna's entry to the factory floor was not privileged.
not prevail, because a corporation cannot bring an action for invasion of privacy.
not prevail even assuming Donna has fulfilled the elements of invasion of privacy, because Toys cannot prove that Donna's actions caused its losses.
5. Stephanie is a famous actress. Which of these behaviors would give Stephanie her strongest claim for "appropriation of the plaintiff's name or likeness"? Assume that Stephanie has not consented to any of them.
A struggling entrepreneur uses the name and photo of Stephanie on the packaging of his new line of squash rackets.
A start-up entertainment magazine prints a photograph of Stephanie storming away from her boyfriend in a restaurant, and captions it "Stephanie Flying Low!"
A starving novelist names one of his characters Stephanie. The character, a waitress with ambitions to sell a screenplay she has written, is manipulative and dishonest.
6. A disgruntled ex-lover of Stephanie's gives a long interview to T.V. Times, a television show, describing their defunct relationship in painful detail. He is not paid by T.V. Times, but he uses his appearance on the show to promote his self-recorded music.
Senator Box thought nobody was nearby while she and three friends, guests in her condominium, smoked marijuana using her elaborate water-cooled pipe. As luck would have it, however, the building's smoke alarm went off and the building was evacuated. A television news crew came to the scene, and Box's friend Ted was videotaped clutching the pipe. Ted told all who would listen whose pipe it was and what it was used for. Box suffered damages related to professional disgrace.
Her lawsuit against the television station for invasion of privacy should fail because:
there was no intrusion.
she experienced no injury.
the television station is not the proper defendant.
the gathering and dissemination were not unreasonable.
7. Tina is a famous golfer. Bois, a manufacture of golf carts, used Tina’s photograph in an advertisement for their golf carts. Although Tina does own a golf cart manufactured by Bois, she did not consent to the use of her picture. Tina brings an action against Bois for invasion of privacy. Tina will
prevail under the theory of false light
prevail under the theory of appropriation of name or likeness
prevail under the theory of public disclosure of private facts.
not prevail since she owns a golf cart by Bois.
8. The Connection is a local newspaper in a small town which publishes local information about births, graduations, marriages and deaths. The Connection published, in a recent issue, “Mary Higgins just gave birth to twin girls.” In fact Mary is not married and has not given birth. Mary has suffered ridicule and embarrassment because of the news reported by the Connection. If Mary brings a cause of action against the Connection she will
prevail as the statement was slander.
prevail as the statement was libel.
prevail under libel re quod.
not prevail if the Connection retracted the story.
9. Newman is a host of a national talk show. Newman is very controversial and specializes in exposing celebrities and politicians. Newman decided to exploit his notoriety by marking a series of CD’s entitled “The Lifestyle of the rich and famous.” The CD's were comprised of old interviews that he had given and an overview of his opinion of the person he interviewed. Newman, although he recorded every interview that he had ever done, never listened to the recordings. On the CD there was a statement made by Newman after he interviewed the vice president’s wife Allie Gorbie. He stated Allie Gorbie was a lesbian, and loved to be the man in her relationships. In fact the story was a complete fabrication. Newman made the statement after the interview because he was angry since he was not happy with the interview. Over 10, 000 CD’s have been sold. If Allie brings a cause of action she will:
not prevail since Newman did not know of the statement.
not prevail since the statement was an opinion.
prevail since she is a public figure.
prevail since the statement was published.
10. Lee, who had been a party in a bench trial before Judge Bright, was dissatisfied with the outcome of the case. After the trial was concluded, Lee held a press conference and told Reporter Judge Bright is a very unfair judge.” Judge Bright reads the article in the newspaper the next day. If Judge Bright brings an action he will
prevail under the theory of defamation.
prevail since the statement was published.
not prevail since the paper published the statement.
not prevail since the statement was an opinion
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17. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that student speech that appears in school-sponsored publications can be regulated and censored permissibly as long as the school’s actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns was created in which one of the following cases?
a. Tinker v. Des Moines School District
b. Morse v. Frederick
c. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
d. Bethel School District v. Fraser
21.
What statement best describes the response of the nation’s courts to the libel defense neutral reportage?
a. Nearly all courts have embraced it.
b. About half of the courts accept it.
c. Most courts have not adopted it.
d. No court has yet accepted it.
25.
Under the void for vagueness doctrine, a statute will be declared unconstitutional by a court if
a. there was a disagreement about its meaning among the legislators who adopted it.
b. it regulates a substantial amount of protected speech along with speech that is unprotected by the First Amendment.
c. a person of reasonable and ordinary intelligence would not be able to tell, from looking at its terms, what speech is allowed and what speech is prohibited.
d. a judge of reasonable competence and legal training would not be able to tell, from looking at its terms, what speech is allowed and what speech is prohibited.
29.
Criminal libel suits are
a. barred by the First Amendment.
b. a problem for publishers in some regions of the United States.
c. more commonly filed today than 25 years ago.
d. more common than civil libel suits.
37.
Which of the following was not a reason the Supreme Court used as a rationale in the New York Times v. Sullivan case?
a. A ruling for Sullivan would imperil the civil rights movement.
b. The case was really a seditious libel action.
c. The nation has a long-standing commitment to free and robust debate.
d. Public officials must expect criticism.
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8. Capital goods are treated as _______ goods and, therefore, _______ GDP.
A. final; included in
B. final; excluded from
C. intermediate; included in
D. intermediate; excluded from
9. Which of the following transactions would be included in the GDP of the United States?
A. Coca Cola produces soft drinks in England.
B. Honda produces cars in Ohio.
C. McDonalds sells hamburgers in Russia.
D. Ford Motors produces cars in Mexico
10. In the year 2006, Pete Rich purchases a painting done by Rembrandt in 1642 for $20 million. He also pays a one percent commission to the auction house that sold the painting. What is the contribution of this transaction to GDP in the year 2006?
A. $0
B. $200,000
C. $2 million
D. $20.2 million
11. The four categories of final users of GDP are:
A. businesses, firms, governments, and the foreign sector.
B. households, the Federal Reserve, governments, and the foreign sector.
C. businesses, corporations, firms, and farms.
D. households, firms, governments, and the foreign sector.
12. Total spending on final goods and services in an economy must equal total:
A. profits.
B. production.
C. revenues from all transactions.
D. investment.
13. Consumption spending includes spending on:
A. durables, nondurables, and services.
B. stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments.
C. capital goods, residential housing, and changes in inventories.
D. goods and services by federal, state, and local governments.
14. Spending on new capital goods, new homes, and the addition of unsold goods to company inventories is included in:
A. consumption expenditures.
B. investment.
C. government purchases.
D. service spending.
15. Government purchases include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. social security benefits paid by the federal government.
B. the construction of a new court house built by a county government.
C. the salary paid to an elementary school teacher employed by a local public school district.
D. the purchase of new military hardware by the U.S. Army.
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Chloe likes to read Latin American fiction: Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, Carbajal, you name it. Though she prefers longer novels than shorter ones, she sometimes has trouble telling books apart. In particular, she is indifferent between any two novels that have the same number of pages. But she also is indifferent between two novels when the difference in the number of pages is greater than ten (> 10) and less than twenty (< 20).
(a) Is Chloe’s strict preference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
(b) Is Chloe’s indifference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
(c) Is Chloe’s weak preference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
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Chloe likes to read Latin American fiction: Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, Carbajal, you name it. Though she prefers longer novels than shorter ones, she sometimes has trouble telling books apart. In particular, she is indifferent between any two novels that have the same number of pages. But she also is indifferent between two novels when the difference in the number of pages is greater than ten (> 10) and less than twenty (< 20).
(a) Is Chloe’s strict preference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
(b) Is Chloe’s indifference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
(c) Is Chloe’s weak preference relation complete and transitive? Explain or give a counterexample.
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Identify a large company to be your mentor company to analyze and formulate its global marketing strategy.
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Cross Border Alliances Collaborative agreements with foreign companies in the form of strategic alliances or joint ventures are widely used as a means of entering foreign markets. They are also used as a means of acquiring resources and capabilities by learning from foreign partners. They are used to put together powerful combinations of complementary resources and capabilities by accessing those resources and capabilities of a foreign partner.
The Case Study below provides an example of a strategic alliance that Walgreens participated in with Alliance Boots. What was this partnership designed to achieve and why would it make sense for a company like Walgreens?
Case:
Read the case below and answer the questions that follow. Walgreens pharmacy began in 1901 as a single store on the South Side of Chicago, and grew to become the largest chain of pharmacy retailers in America. Walgreens was an early pioneer of the “self-service” pharmacy and found success by moving quickly to build a vast domestic network of stores after the Second World War. This growth-focused strategy served Walgreens well up until the beginning of the 21st century, by which time it had nearly saturated the U.S. market. By 2014, 75 percent of Americans lived within five miles of a Walgreens. The company was also facing threats to its core business model. Walgreens relies heavily on pharmacy sales, which generally are paid for by someone other than the patient, usually the government or an insurance company. As the government and insurers started to make a more sustained effort to cut costs, Walgreens’s core profit center was at risk. To mitigate these threats, Walgreens looked to enter foreign markets.
Walgreens found an ideal international partner in Alliance Boots. Based in the UK, Alliance Boots had a global footprint with 3,300 stores across 10 countries. A partnership with Alliance Boots had several strategic advantages, allowing Walgreens to gain swift entry into foreign markets as well as complementary assets and expertise. First, it gave Walgreens access to new markets beyond the saturated United States for its retail pharmacies. Second, it provided Walgreens with a new revenue stream in wholesale drugs. Alliance Boots held a vast European distribution network for wholesale drug sales; Walgreens could leverage that network and expertise to build a similar model in the United States. Finally, a merger with Alliance Boots would strengthen Walgreens’s existing business by increasing the company’s market position and therefore bargaining power with drug companies. In light of these advantages, Walgreens moved quickly to partner with and later acquire Alliance Boots and merged both companies in 2014 to become Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. is now one of the world’s largest drug purchasers, able to negotiate from a strong position with drug companies and other suppliers to realize economies of scale in its current businesses.
The market has thus far responded favorably to the merger. Walgreens Boots Alliance’s stock has more than doubled in value since the first news of the partnership in 2012. However, the company is still struggling to integrate and faces new risks such as currency fluctuation in its new combined position. Yet as the pharmaceutical industry continues to consolidate, Walgreens is in an undoubtedly stronger position to continue to grow in the future thanks to its strategic international acquisition.
Note: Developed with Katherine Coster.
Sources: Company 10-K Form, 2015, investor.walgreensbootsalliance.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1140361-15-38791&CIK=1618921; L. Capron and W. Mitchell, “When to Change a Winning Strategy,” Harvard Business Review, July 25, 2012, hbr.org/2012/07/when-to-change-a-winning-strat; T. Martin and R. Dezember, “Walgreen Spends $6.7 Billion on Alliance Boots Stake,” The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2012.
1. What was the partnership with Alliance Boots designed to achieve and why would it make sense for a company like Walgreens?
2.. What are some of the challenges that Walgreens is now facing with the merged entity?
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(The second number indicates the chapter from which the question was taken (e.g., 3.1 means it is the third of ten essay questions and the answer to the question can be found in Chapter 1. )Depending upon the requirements of the question, your response to each should be a minimum of five sentences.)
Chapter 11-15 Essay Questions
1.11 Describe the typical steps followed in a grievance case.
2.11 Grievance arbitration procedures are often very costly and time-consuming. What are some of the alternatives to this process in the union sector?
3.12 Give a brief overview of how participation programs evolved in the union sector from the 1970s on.
4.12 How do labor leaders and unions generally view employee ownership?
5.13 What factors contributed to the growth of public sector unions and public sector collective bargaining in the 1960s?
6.13 Describe the reforms that have taken place in public education in the late 1990s. Discuss the reasons for these reforms.
7.14 Briefly describe how codetermination works in Germany.
8.14 What are some of the factors that make it difficult for unions to coordinate their efforts across national borders?
9.15 What are some of the key components of the current U.S. labor policy?
10.15 Describe the key features of the new labor policy advocated by the authors.
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Instructions: Answer any ONE of the following essay questions. Your response should be in essay format. Write as much as possible telling me who, what, where, when, and why. Use complete sentences and multiple paragraphs; 3-5-7 total. Your response is worth up to 20 points.
Discuss American foreign policy in the 1970s under President Richard Nixon. What was his strategy for the Cold War? Did he do things different or were his efforts similar to his predecessors? Was he successful, why, or why not? How did the American people react to his policies? Be detailed and provided examples.
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Discuss the debate over Global Warming during the 1990s. What is meant by Global Warming? What exactly is the debate? What are the arguments from each side? Who is winning this debate? How does this debate affect the American people? Be detailed and provided examples.
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Discuss the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001. What were they and who led them? For what purpose were these attacks coordinated? Who did they U.S. ultimately determine was responsible for this act? What was the U.S.’s response to the attacks? Was the U.S. successful, why, or why not? Be detailed and provided examples.
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