Bule 303 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Government in the Sunshine act - ️️Requires that any government meeting must be open to the public and that the government musts give advanced notice of the agency meeting Freedom of information act - ️️Allows citizens to access information about the government at anytime Legislative control - ️️can abolish, modify, or de-fund an agency as well as investigate and freeze enforcement. Sources of Law - ️️Constitution statutes Common law Agency regulations Judicial Require...

What type of business uses permalancers? Benefits? - ️️Small businesses may try to keep workers and independent contractors, because agents (employees) are liabilities to businesses What are exceptions to employment at will? - ️️Wrongful discharge (termination in violation of contract or employment statute), contract or implied contracts, whistleblowers, Agen Independent Contractor - ️️Person who contracts with another to do something for him/her, but who is not controlled by ...

Utilitarianism - ️️An approach to ethical reasoning in which an action is evaluated in terms of its consequences for those whom it will effect. A "good" action is one that results in the greatest good for the greatest number of people. A business' responsibility and ethical uncertainty -- May v. Chrysler Group, LLC - ️️An employee sued Chrysler for failing to take action to stop harassment in the workplace. The investigation showed that the company had taken sufficient effo...

statutory law - ️️the body of law enacted by legislative bodies (as opposed to constitutional law, administrative law, or case law) persuasive authority - ️️any legal authority or source of law that a court may look to for guidance but need not follow when making its decision natural law - ️️the oldest school of legal thought, based on the belief that the legal system should reflect universal ("higher") moral and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature breac...