BLAW 2200 - Chapters 5 - 7

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BLAW 2200 Chapters 5, 6, 7

1.

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that focuses on what constitutes right and wrongbehavior.

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2.

Ethics is not concerned with the philosophical basis for morality.


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3.

Ethics is not concerned with the fairness or justness of an action.


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4.

Business ethics focuses on ethical behavior in the business world.


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5.

Businesspersons who would choose to act unethically may be deterred from doing sobecause of public opinion.




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6.

A business firm's profits may suffer if the firm acts unethically.


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7.

Duty-based ethics may be based on religious precepts or philosophical reasoning.


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8.

Under the principle of rights theory, one person's set of values is as "right" as another's.


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9.

If an action is ethical from an outcome-based perspective, it is always ethical from a duty-based perspective.


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10.

In ethical terms, a cost-benefit analysis is an assessment of the negative and positiveeffects of alternative actions on individuals.




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11.

Establishing which duties take priority over others determines a firm's views on corporatesocial responsibility.


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12.

An ethics program can clarify what a company considers to be unacceptable conduct.


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13.

Corporate ethical policies and programs must be integrated throughout the firm to be

effective.


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14.

In the interest of preserving personal freedom, the law codifies all ethical requirements.


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15.

The minimal acceptable standard for ethical behavior is compliance with the law.




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16.

An action may be unethical but legal.


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17.

A business firm can sometimes predict whether a given action is legal.


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18.

To be ethical is to "do the right thing" but it does not otherwise "pay."


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19.

The roles that women play in some foreign countries may present some difficult ethicalproblems for firms doing business internationally.


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20.

Bribery of foreign government officials is both an ethical and a legal issue.




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21.

Tort is a French word for "court."


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22.

The purpose of tort law is to provide remedies when legally protected interests have beeninvaded.


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23.

To commit an intentional tort, one person must intend to harm a certain other person.


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24.

Tortfeasor is the term for a person who commits a tort.


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25.

Consent is a defense to an allegation of assault, but not battery.




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26.

False imprisonment is a tort only if the confinement or restraint is justified.


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27.

One cannot recover damages for severe emotional distress absent a showing of personalinjury.


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28.

An oral defamatory statement must be communicated to a third party to be actionable.


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29.

An individual's right to privacy includes the exclusive use of his or her likeness.


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30.

An unauthorized scan of a bank account cannot be an invasion of privacy.




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31.

An i ll egal search can be an invasion of privacy.


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32.

Normally, fraud occurs only when there is reliance on a statement of truth.


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33.

Unintentionally causing a party to break a contract may constitute wrongful interferencewith a contractual relationship.


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34.

Bona fide competitive behavior can constitute wrongful interference with a contractualrelationship.


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35.

An artisan's lien is a defense to a charge of trespass to personal property.




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36.

If a person believes that he or she is entitled to certain goods, the tort of conversioncannot occur even if the belief is mistaken.


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37.

Disparagement of property is another term for appropriation.


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38.

An Internet service provider cannot be held liable in tort for disseminating his or her own

defamatory remarks.


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39.

There are no statutes regulating the use of spam.


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40.

Federal law permits the use of unsolicited commercial e-mail but prohibits certain types of



spamming activities.


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41.

If one person's act harms another, there is no liability unless the actor intended the harm.


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42.

To determine whether a duty of care has been breached, a judge asks how he or shewould have acted in the same circumstances.


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43.

An ordi nar y person standard determines whether allegedly negligent conduct resulted in abreach of a duty of care.


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44.

Business owners have no duty to exercise reasonable care to protect i nv itees.


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45.



The degree of care to be exercised in a situation can vary with a person's profession oroccupation.


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46.

If no harm results from an allegedly negligent act, there is no liability.


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47.

Under the theory of negligence, the duty of care requires one person to come to the aid of another in "peril."


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48.

In theory, causation in fact is limitless.


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49.

Under the theory of negligence, harm must be foreseeable to be considered the proximate

cause of an injury.


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50.

A person assumes all risks associated with any activity in which he or she participates.


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51.

Self-defense is a defense available in an action based on a negligence theory.


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52.

A superseding cause is an intervening event that imposes liability on a defendant forinjuries caused by the intervening event.


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53.

Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, both the plaintiff's and the defendant'snegligence are taken into consideration.


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54.

The doctrine of res ipsa l oquit ur applies if an event causing harm does not normally occurin the absence of negligence.


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55.

Under a dram shop act or a social host statute, liability can be imposed without proof of negligence.


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56.

The extreme risk of an activity is a primary basis for imposing strict liability.


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57.

Under the doctrine of strict liability, liability is strictly based on the "obvious" fault of thedefendant.


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58.

One of the requirements for a suit based on strict liability is a failure to exercise due care.


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59.

One characteristic of an abnormally dangerous activity is that it involves a low degree of risk.


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60.

A person who keeps a wild animal is always strictly liable for any harm that the animalinflicts.


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