ANTITRUST PROBLEM OR CONSUMER PROTECTION?
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The length requirement for the paper is 3000 words.Examine the legal context in which your company operates.Explain how business decisions are influenced by ethical frameworks.Examine antitrust and consumer protection legislation.The following five (5) companies have been in the news recently as a result of a consumer protection or antitrust issue. As the subject of your paper, choose ONE of the companies listed in the first column. To get you started, you’ll find source links in the table about the company. You’ll need to learn more about the organization, as well as the ethical standards and laws that apply to it.
Company Fact sources to get you started Comments/additional sources Southern Rail, U.K. (Consumer issue)
Little, S. (2018, January 16). Southern Rail voted UK’s worst train service for third year in a row. Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/southern-rail-uk-worst-train-service-2017-third-year-row-which-thameslink-great-northern-a8162516.html Additional citation for you for facts: Stauffenberg, J. (2016, August 18). Two girls hit as ceiling collapses on Southern Rail train. Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/southern-rail-train-ceiling-roof-collapse-commuters-two-girls-injured-hit-a7197541.html
For other issues, think creatively: explore employment, workplace safety (a subset of employment), tort of negligence (what duty is owed passengers?), defamation, —- remember this company is in U.K.
(Antitrust)
Google faces antitrust fine from EU over Adsense. (2019, March 15). Pymnts. Retrieved from https://www.pymnts.com/news/regulation/2019/google-antitrust-fine-eu/ Note this is EU antitrust law. Google is rich ground for finding other areas of law to discuss. Consider such topics as privacy, contract, defamation, intellectual property, employment
Rent-A-Center Business (Consumer)
Eiserer, T. & Smith, M. (2018, May 23). That couch you’re sitting on could land you in jail. WFAA. Retrieved from https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/that-rented-couch-youre-sitting-on-could-land-you-in-jail/287-556666587 and
Complaints and accusations of abusive collection practices pile up against Rent-A-Center. (2017, November 15). MarketWatch. Retrieved from https://www.marketwatch.com/story/complaints-and-accusations-of-abusive-collection-practices-pile-up-against-rent-a-center-2017-11-15
This is in Texas. You might take a look at possible prosecution of Rent-A-Center in California. Not clear this is all the same umbrella company, a franchise, or just common practices by same type companies in TX, but I suspect it is RAC. Take a look at the second article I listed in VA. Tons of issues here. For other the legal topics, consider contract, defamation, trespass, and other torts (research these) Apple (Antitrust)
Spotify v. Apple Vincent, J. (2019, March 13). Spotify files antitrust complaint over “Apple tax.” The Verge. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/13/18263453/spotify-apple-app-store-antitrust-complaint-ec-30-percent-cut-unfair
And
Lapowsky, I. (2019, March 13). Spotify’s Apple complaint cuts to a core antitrust issue. Wired. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-apple-complaint-warren-antitrust-issue/
For the other topics, look into Apple’s employment practices, contract practices, privacy protections, corporate social responsibility, ethical code, etc. Heritage Pharmaceuticals (Antitrust)
Associated Press. (2016, December 15). 20 states sue 6 makers of generic drugs, alleging conspiracies to manipulate prices. L.A. Times. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-generic-drug-antitrust-20161215-story.html This has morphed from a couple of drugs to a cartel of 300 drugs involved. See this one: Rowland, C. (2018, December 9). Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/investigation-of-generic-cartel-expands-to-300-drugs/2018/12/09/fb900e80-f708-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.69e8e9f9d684
For other areas of law, look into employment, contract, ADR, securities, intellectual property
When you’ve decided on a company, do some research and write an essay that covers the following elements. Use the APA style and topic headings.Identify the firm, the topic, and a well-crafted thesis statement in the first paragraph.Describe the corporation, its operations, and the corporate business environment in a few words. Spend minimal time on the company’s history, but provide enough information to establish a meaningful context. This should only be a paragraph long.For the company’s consumer or antitrust concern, research, define, and debate the legal challenges and regulatory environment. (In other words, what laws are involved?) Case law should be included.Frameworks and ethical dilemmas: Determine the company’s ethical quandary in relation to its antitrust or consumer problem. This needs to be condensed into a single statement. Consider two ethical frameworks in light of the company’s management decisions that lead to the current situation. One of these should be the ethical framework you identified as the company’s decision-making framework. The other should be a diametrically opposed framework that could have resulted in a different outcome for the organization.Other legal issues that concern the company’s operations include: Also, apply three (3) additional legal concepts (NOT antitrust or consumer protection) that we covered this term — and that are discussed in your text and compulsory readings — to the company’s business by explicitly defining and evaluating them. (Hint: Review the textbook’s legal themes and reference them in your analysis.) We covered a wide range of topics. Contracts, torts, product liability, bankruptcy, securities & stock trading, employment concerns, defamation, privacy, and alternative dispute resolution are just a few examples. Include examples of case law.)This study has taught you some general business leadership and management recommendations (not just for the company you have selected, but for running a business).Conclusion.List of referencesAdditional Advice:Consider the class discussions and the material, as well as the compulsory readings, articles you’ve read in class and how you can apply the content, and other scholarly sources.Write an analytical essay analyzing the firm, its practices, and the ethical dilemma it created. Make management recommendations based on the legal issues and concepts highlighted. RUBRIC: LENGTH: – See RUBRIC.RUBRIC lists the number of sources. 7 sources, at least 2 from the library, and none from excluded sources are required for an exemplary degree of performance.The APA 7th Edition structure for citations and references must be followed.Points will be deducted from papers that do not include proper in-text citations.Dictionaries, encyclopedias (including Investopedia), Wikis, and other similar websites, as well as generic quick-response websites on the Internet, are not suitable sources for your Reference list. Make use of your textbook, necessary readings, and other academic resources.Examine the Rubric for Grading.Use proper subheadings to organize your paper.Don’t write in the first or second person. The paper has to be written in the third person.Use contractions sparingly.All sources listed in the References section must be accurately cited in the paper’s content, and vice versa.
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