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Let’s put everything you have learned about contract law together. In 1995, Pepsi had a promotion where you could buy Pepsi products and collect points, which you could use to purchase Pepsi T-shirts, sunglasses, and for 7,000,000 Pepsi Points, a Harrier Jet Fighter! (be thankful you weren't a part of the marketing team at Pepsi back then). John, a 21-year-old business student saw the commercial and realized that in place of labels, consumers could buy Pepsi points for ten cents each. He did the math and quickly figured out that it'd take him $700,000 to buy the Pepsi points he needed for the Harrier Jet Fighter. Then, Leonard hit the phones and convinced five well-off investors to give him the $700,000. He sent his Pepsi Points into Pepsi. FOR THIS DISCUSSION What are John’s arguments that he should receive a Harrier Jet because a contract was formed (Look back to Week 4 for a discussion of offer and acceptance)? What would Pepsi argue in defense that there was no contract? Assume the court found that the commercial was a valid offer and John accepted the offer by turning in the Pepsi Points. What type of damages could John receive? Could he receive monetary damages? What type? What if he is seeking specific performance?

DEBT is big business in the United States (all over the world, actually). The purchase and selling of debt and the delegation of duties associated with debt investment have major legal ramifications.  Context This week we discussed assignment and delegation of duties. Read the article, Investing in Distressed SecuritiesLinks to an external site., discussing how certain hedge funds and investment funds specialize in buying “distressed debt.”  Questions What is distressed debt? What is the advantage of buying      distressed debt? What is the risk involved in      buying distressed debt? Donna owes $10,000 to Barclays      Bank.  Harvey Hedge Fund is buying Donna’s debt to Barclays Bank for      $8,000. Is Barclays Bank assigning its rights or delegating its duties? What is each party’s role (i.e.,      who is the obligor, obligee, assignor, assignee, delegator, or delegatee)      - your answer depends on how you answered Question 4. (hint: look at the      example from the readings re: Doug, Lydia, and Bruno) Assignment Logistics

Seller called Buyer on the telephone and offered to sell his used stereo. The buyer agreed to buy it without asking the price. The next day Buyer changed her mind and attempted to back out of the agreement. Do the parties have a contract? Analyze the question in two different ways: 1. The seller is a merchant and the buyer is a college student. 2. Both the seller and the buyer are college students (i.e. not merchants) How does your analysis change? What other information would you want to know to help inform your opinion? Make sure to analyze both scenarios under both the UCC and common law.

APA 7th Edition.    Although there are many forms of employment discrimination, age discrimination is increasing due to the aging of the workforce and the Baby Boomer generation. Google has faced two high profile cases related to age discrimination. Read the case Age Discrimination in the Workplace: Learning from Google’s Experience Age Discrimination in the Workplace: Learning from Google’s Experience - Alternative Formats In an APA-formatted paper of at least 4 pages, not including the cover page and references, discuss the following: How might leadership have contributed to a culture at Google that leads to age discrimination? Assess the suggested solutions for age discrimination on pages 8-9 of the case. What do you think is the most effective suggested solution and why? What else might employers do to proactively avoid age discrimination? Explain how employment-related discrimination of any kind is an ethical issue and how discrimination is related to corporate social responsibility. Use concepts from course materials and other research you conduct to inform your paper. Be sure to cite sources that support what you write. 

LM 5 Part I Hide Folder InformationInstructions Businesses across the U.S. have started to focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (now being rebranded as Inclusions and Belonging) in the workplace as one of their primary business strategies.  We do not have a chapter in our textbook that covers this topic specifically, but because the initiative drives many strategies and goals in employment, I thought we should be prepared to enter the workplace knowing really what DEIB means and how it can be used by employers to advance their companies. Please complete the following assignments by Friday of this week and place your responses in the appropriate Dropbox or Discussion Thread!  Also, I have attached a DEIB PPT slide set that covers basic terminology. Part 1:   Students are to watch the following two Ted Talk videos:    ; .    Post your reflection on the top 5 takeaways from each video in the associated Dropbox -- LM 5 Part 1.   LM 5 Part 2 Hide Folder InformationInstructions Part 2:  Complete the following activities are record your scores. Privilege Survey Activity (add up the total number of boxes you have checked, and then report that Score in Dropbox) Harvard IAT Exercise (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Study?tid=-1) (Race Test only – Report your score, i.e. Strong, Moderate, Slight, Neutral in Dropbox) Part 2 of the Module 5 homework is designed as a self-assessment.  One of my favorite quotes is from the author James Baldwin, who once said "Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."Remember that there are no "good" or "bad", or "right" or "wrong" answers.  These exercises simply reflect your personal lived life experiences that are related to the time and place you have lived and situations that were not withing your control but would have likely impacted your life in some way. (IVE got divorced parents that do not speak to each other) Due on May 31, 2024 11:59 PM AttachmentsPrivilege Exercise Instructions.docx (13.23 KB)Privilege Exercise.pdf (44.65 KB)Download All Files LM 5 Part 3 Hide Folder InformationInstructions Part 3: Students should write a 3 – 4 paragraph reflection after watching the videos below on (1) what they learned about unconscious biases and how it affects people’s actions and decision making in general, (2) what they learned about their own unconscious biases, and (3) steps they can take to keep unconscious biases from affecting their actions or their words. Students should know that their individual responses will not be seen by anyone other than the instructor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6nncquib9A (PBS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFbvBJULVnc (Anderson Cooper/ CNN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDPTVEqkGa4%20 (Starbucks Training Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykcpqSpVZo (IAT Test on Millennials) Hide Folder Information Instructions Watch and summarize these three videos. Current Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jK0gyQCoTs (Belonging: A Critical Piece of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml52Brr7AeA (Don’t Take the Exit on People: A Diversity and Inclusion Approach) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgwnvZcBR4 (How We Can Reshape Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Together Hide Folder Information Instructions Read the attached powerpoint and answer the following questions: Name 5 major organizations that support affirmative action and the business strategy of DEIB. Identify 5 reasons why self-identified major business organizations are committed to DEIB strategies in the workplace. Explain the essential workplace skills that these businesses have identified as being connected to an understanding of DEIB. Describe two studies that confirm the positive impact of diverse teams on decision making, innovation, and meeting customer needs. Due on Jun 1, 2024 11:59 PM AttachmentsInclusive Excellence Lecture.Business Case for ... (4.59 MB)Download All Files Video Summaries Chapter 6 Hide Folder Information Instructions Chapter 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXqkEQa-jbs (Race Discrimination at Work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDwVtGofMDo (Examples of Race Discrimination at Work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBMJVXaRQx0 (Personal testimony) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHR4h2lvt8 (The Crown Act) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIx131aaY6A (What is colorism) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHbtM9463c (Doll Test) ) Mississippi Burning Article Analysis Hide Folder Information Instructions Questions for the Mississippi Burning article: 1.         What are the basic facts of the case? 2.         What scenes in the movie have been fictionalized, according to the author?  3.         Do you think it is appropriate for films about historic events to take dramatic license and “change” or “make up” facts? 4.         What happened to the real defendants in this case? Due on Jun 7, 2024 11:59 PM Attachments4334.Mississippi Burning article.2024.doc Mississippi Burning Movie Critical Paper Hide Folder Information Instructions Use the attached rubric to frame your Critical Paper.  Your analysis of the movie should be approximately 2 - 3 typed pages and should address the following questions in an essay format, NOT question an answer format.  Be sure to use many examples from the movie and the course materials to support the answers that you give to these questions.  Your answers need to be well supported (as opposed to generalizations or opinions) in order to receive full credit for the assignment. Due on Jun 10, 2024 11:59 PM Attachments 4334.Mississippi Burning.critical paper.2024.docx (13.54 KB) Download All Files please read the directions for each of the 3 LM parts carefully so that you fully complete each section), I have also included a few extra videos below for you to view and summarize as another extra credit opportunity.  You will see that all of these presentations on topics related to evolving DEIB work were given post-pandemic.  I hope you will find the topic enlightening and keep an open mind if you have heard that DEIB is a negative thing, because the workplace is not driven by politics and votes, but by the bottom line.  At the end of the day, your personal views and decisions outside of the workplace are your own and this material is not designed to be a change agent.  Change of personal beliefs and perceptions only happens when individuals are confident, secure, and open to new ideas.  That is for you to decide.  However, as business educators, we have a responsibility to prepare you for the culture you are about to enter, and this is a business strategy that is not a fad, because an appropriate application leads to significant bottom line success.  One of the top qualities employers are looking for today is for the ability to work with a variety of diverse people whose personal backgrounds and experiences can be very different, if not foreign, to our own lived life experiences to date.

In conjunction with this week's learning about contracts, please read the following appeal case and watch the video of the commercial.   Leonard v. Pepsico (88 F. Supp. 2d 116 - Dist. Court, SD New York, 1999)  Leonard v Pepsico, Inc. Pepsi Jet Commercial You are meeting with your marketing team and want to be sure they are on point with the new product campaign.  Create a presentation explaining:  an offer an advertisement the differences between the two including applicable contract elements  highlight what went wrong with the Pepsi commercial consider ethical theories from Chapter 2 Week 1 that Pepsi followed and should have followed  This assignment will be presented in a narrated PowerPoint presentation that will be no less than 5 and no more than 7 slides.  Your final slide (not counted into the minimum/maximum total will be your sources) Assignment checklist: Have I answered all the questions with support from the module resources and scholarly research? Does my submission meet the assignment requirements (number of slides)? Have I provided in-text citations and source information in APA format including a working URL on my source slide? Have I reviewed the rubric before submitting the assignment? Have I checked my presentation to be sure it plays seamlessly? **PLEASE ONLY USE RESOURCES FROM WHATS LISTED BELOW FOR PART 2 1.From the following textbook from Saylor Organization Resources The Saylor Foundation -CC BY NC SA - Foundations of Business LawLinks to an external site., please read Chapter 8 - Introduction to Contract Law, pages 288 - 301 Chapter 9 - The Agreement, pages 315 - 327 Chapter 10 - Real Assent, pages 346 - 371 Chapter 11 - Consideration, pages 382 - 371 Chapter 12 - Legality, pages 411-422 2.Please watch the following Law Shelf videos: Building Blocks of Contracts The OfferLinks to an external site. Building Blocks of Contracts: The AcceptanceLinks to an external site. ConsiderationLinks to an external site. Sales of Goods and the UCCLinks to an external site. 3.Concept Study Chart - Common Law and UCC Contracts Concept Study Chart Contracts.docx

Instructions We have discussed privacy and patient rights at length. Consider the following scenario. A celebrity patient is admitted to the hospital. Your friend Jennifer is a nurse on the floor where the male celebrity patient is staying. All of the nurses are going out of their way to work on that floor. The patient’s records and privacy must be treated like those of any other patient. The hospital has strict protocol, and only the nurses and staff involved in his care and treatment are permitted to work that floor and interact with that patient. Jennifer has always been a big fan of the celebrity. The next time she is working her shift, she takes him his dinner. When she enters the room, he is sleeping. He is hooked up to an IV and standard monitoring machines. He is also bandaged due to his wounds from a car accident. He looks pretty beat up but is recovering nicely. Jennifer decides to take a picture with her personal cell phone that she snuck in. This is for her personal use. She does not intend to sell, post, or distribute the picture in any way. After she takes the picture, she heads back to the nurses’ station, and she and the other nurses gather around the computer. She glimpses what looks like the celebrity’s medical records, but she is not sure. She does know that some of those nurses do not work on her floor and are not, therefore, authorized to view the records. She also remembers there was a note on the celebrity’s chart about an error on the medical history, but she knew the day shift would address it. She wraps up her shift and heads home. She decides to stop at her local diner and have a late night coffee and snack. When she walks in, she sees the local diner is packed with entertainment reporters hanging out to get the scoop on the celebrity’s condition. She giggles to herself as she quietly drinks her coffee since she is involved in treating him, and no one there knows. She pays for her coffee and snack and leaves the diner. The next day, she is getting ready for her noon shift and turns on the television. She is startled to see an update on the news about the celebrity and HER cell phone picture splashed on the TV. There are also private details about his injuries and medical records in the news story. When she goes to grab her phone from her purse, her stomach sinks when she finds her phone is gone. She must have left it at the diner by accident, and someone there picked it up and distributed her private photo. When she goes to work, the hospital administrator is outraged and threatening to fire anyone involved in this violation. A full investigation is launched. The celebrity is discharged within a week, and Jennifer thinks this horrible incident is behind her. The next month, she receives a summons for a lawsuit. The celebrity is suing her for distribution of the picture. The image was traced back to her cell phone, and he is alleging her photo of him while incapacitated has damaged his career because his attractive appearance is a large part of his brand. He is also suing her for defamation since the medical information given to the public was false. Jennifer is panic-stricken. She goes into work to try to get her life back to normal and is immediately escorted to the administrator’s office. She is told she is fired for violating the hospital’s patient privacy regulations and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act law. She is told that since she violated policy by distributing private medical details of a patient to the public, the hospital will not defend her in any civil lawsuit. Jennifer instantly tries to explain she had nothing to do with the leaking of information or distributing the photo, but the administrator will not listen. She is escorted out of the building. In this assignment, you will describe the following issues: §the legal obligation healthcare providers have to protect private health information and to maintain accurate medical records including information regarding the purpose of maintaining correct information within medical records and who is charged with ownership of medical records, §the celebrity patient’s legal argument surrounding the release of his private health information and the inaccuracy of the information released, and §a legal defense of Jennifer, who is being accused of mismanaging health information. Your defense should be based on legal theory and not just your opinion or feeling. In order to respond to this case study, you will need to research at least two legal cases that demonstrate both the patient’s and the provider’s privacy rights and obligations regarding medical records and private health information. Briefly explain the issues of the two cases you cite, and describe their outcomes. How do the cases relate to the above scenario? Do you agree with the court’s decisions in the two cases? Why, or why not?

Reflect on these business challenges and share what you believe to be the best ethical framework for a business operating in today's world. CSR is a philosophical paradigm but it is very broad. For your answer here focus on a specific framework such as deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, ethics of care, etc., that we have studied this term, that provides a specific structure for making a decision in a given circumstance. (Look back to Week 1 Lesson in particular.) What is your recommendation of an ethical framework for a business to be both ethical and successful? How does your recommended framework guide decision making?

eview The EEOC and Filing a Charge of Discrimination video. Also review U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionLinks to an external site. website. Visit the EEOC’s NewsroomLinks to an external site. webpage and find a press release for a legal proceeding that was filed by the EEOC and settled. Then address the following questions: BUS670: Week 5 The EEOC and Filing a Charge of Discrimination TranscriptDownload BUS670: Week 5 The EEOC and Filing a Charge of Discrimination Transcript Describe the facts of the case and the type of discrimination or violation of employment law that occurred. Use the EEOC’s Discrimination by TypeLinks to an external site. webpage to briefly define the type of discrimination or violation of employment law that occurred. For example, if an employee were discriminated against because of their age, you would provide a concise explanation of what age discrimination is. Discuss how the business organization in the case could have avoided adverse legal action. Consider both legal and ethical solutions.

research the employment laws for the state that you reside in. These can usually be found on your state’s Department of Labor website (visit the U.S. Department of Labor State Labor OfficesLinks to an external site. webpage if needed for a list of these). Federal law provides the primary source of regulations that apply to employee rights, wages, benefits, and working conditions. Another major source of employment law comes from state law. While states must follow federal law, each state has its own set of laws relating to fair employment and workplace safety. However, these protections can vary greatly from state to state, as some are more “worker-friendly" than others. Some states may also offer worker protections through a Human Rights Office. Then address the following questions: Briefly describe additional employment laws or rights that your state has in addition to federal law. Discuss whether you believe the employment laws in your state provide more benefit to workers or businesses. Explain why. To support your answer, you may need to compare the employment rights in your state to a state which has different laws. In your opinion, are state employment laws necessary to provide fair working conditions (wages, benefits, safe environment, etc.) for employees? Or do these regulations create an undue burden on employers? Explain your answer.