Business Law Discussion

Discussion 4You are a warehouse manager for Wow, What a Widget (WWW). Your
boss calls you in the middle of the night about an incident that just
occurred. She wants to know what WWW can expect as a result.
One of your employees, Carla Careless (CC), went out drinking with
some friends Saturday night. She thought it would be fun to wrap
up the evening by sneaking into the warehouse with her drinking
buddies for some drunk forklift races. CC sneaks in her friends
about 2 am. Let the games begin!
One of the races included driving pallets full of packages through
an obstacle course in the warehouse. Unbeknownst to everyone,
even CC, one of the pallets had packages that were mistakenly
delivered to WWW. Those packages contained automatic weapons
and explosives.
One of the driver’s wrecks with just such a package on a pallet, and
mayhem ensues. The package explodes, causing a fire, and a lot of
damage. CC calls the police and fire departments. She also freaks
out, and she forbids anyone from leaving.
Discuss with your boss what legal and ethical issues WWW can expect
to deal with such that these may be discussed with the corporate
attorney.
Discussion 5
You are the Human Resources manager for Gregarious Garage (GG), a
company that makes garage doors. The president of GG, Billy Boss (BB)
emails you to tell you about an incident that happened over the
weekend.
Holly Hopeful (HH) was working Sunday, trying to make some extra
money. HH worked every day that week, and was tired, but she
decided she would work, anyway. Due to her being tired, her hand
slipped while she was cutting a door, and she sliced her hand on a
blade.
Word gets out about HH’s injury. Monday morning, HH’s friend
and coworker, Jack Jumpy (JJ), refuses to work on the machine. BB
is irate at HH for getting hurt and costing GG money. BB is also
angry at JJ for not working, because nobody else except HH and JJ
can run that machine. BB sacks both the employees and he emails
you to tell you they are terminated immediately.
You remember talking to HH and JJ when they asked for your help
in contacting a local union for employee representation. BB does
not say this, but you suspect BB is using the injury as a pretext to
get rid of HH and JJ for trying to form a union.
Reply to BB about the legal issues you see in his handling of this
incident.
Discussions
Weekly discussion posts are your opportunity to engage with the classmates and to better develop a
mastery of the week’s material. As such, there are typically two discussions per week throughout this
course. Week 1, however, includes an introduction discussion, and Weeks 4, 5, and 8 include only one
discussion.
Each discussion is worth 20 points.
Initial Post
One initial post is due by 11:59 pm CT Thursday of each week.
While the quality of your writing is more important that the quantity, you should anticipate that your
initial post will consist of several paragraphs discussing the week’s topics. Additionally, your discussions
will require you to do some outside research to support the claims you make in your initial posts. You
must use at least one outside source to support the claims made within your initial post. When referencing
an outside source (i.e. not your textbook or assigned readings), provide a citation at the end of your post in
APA style. Extensively quoting or paraphrasing the readings is not acceptable. Rather, you should use
information from the course material to develop your own perspectives, thoughts, and original analyses.
Response Posts
You are required to respond to two peers per discussion. All responses to both posts are due by Sunday by
11:59 p.m. CT, except for Week 8, in which the responses are due by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. CT.
Peer responses to others’ posts should be well developed, fully explaining the response to the classmates’
posts. Responses should add to the conversation and take it further; simply posting “I agree” or “good job”
does not help develop ideas. Complete sentences and proper grammar/syntax are expected. Rules of
capitalization and punctuation should be followed. Abbreviations (OMG, LOL, etc.), use of emojis, and/or
emoticons are not permitted in discussion posts and responses.
Ground Rules for Discussion
While you may, at times, disagree with your classmates, please do not be disagreeable. Use respectful
language and provide evidence to back up your opinions. Cite and reference all sources properly according
to the most recent edition of APA style.
“Must Post First” Requirement
You must submit your own original posts before you will be able to view your classmates’ posts. A
complete, original post is expected at initial submission. This means that initial posts should not be edited,
deleted and resubmitted, or otherwise altered after submission. Students who attempt to violate the “must
post first” expectations may receive a zero for the discussion.
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