Punitive damages

cause great psychological pressure to the victim, and it often leads the victims to suicide and other serious consequences (Davison and Stein 598). The existing laws lack a powerful means of punishment, and those laws are inadequate to cope with the damage caused by cyberbullying. Society needs tougher laws to restrain cyberbullying; cyberbullying should be classified into the criminal offense when necessary. This essay will briefly review the definition and the phenomenon of cyberbullying,…

billions or wipe the life savings of families (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015). Despite the high cost of the crimes, it is rarely prosecuted because there is not fear surrounding it like there would be around robberies or other crimes where the damage is more visible (Martinez,…

In the Western history economic sanctions are common instruments of pressure on countries that are trying to pursue an independent economic and political course. Sanction is an attractive tool for politicians to solve international disputes, because they result in much lower costs and loss of lives, as opposed to the war. Most of the historic sanctions against Russia were declared unilaterally by the United States, but in recent years Europe began to take a more active role, although United…

catching and punishing these violent crimes. Consequently, common or street crimes are what come to mind when one thinks about crime. For most people, the fear of physical harm and pain is greater than that of financial scams. This is so because the damage caused by street crimes is noticeable and are easily detected compared to white-collar crimes (Barak, 2012). Furthermore, crimes of the poor are overrepresented in the mass media. Contrary to popular believe, white-collar crime is real crime…

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regarding sexual harassment so as to have a basis for her case. But since she already quit the job, she needs to look for government agencies such as the EEOC who will investigate the claim and once they have sufficient evidence may take the necessary punitive measures against John. The first action involves filing a complaint with the agency that is done in writing and has to be done within required time limits of filing. The second step involves interview of the witnesses by the agency to…

assured if they raise a genuine concerns under this policy they will not be at risk of punitive action being taken against them. However this doesn’t not cover people who maliciously raise an issue that they know not to be true. An employee can make a disclosure based on the following: A criminal offence, breach of legal obligation, miscarriage of justice, danger to the health and safety of an individual, damage to the environment, fraud or corruption, or trying to cover up any of the previous.…

Some police departments use physical standards to legally discriminate against female candidate and this should not be allowed because even if it’s legal discrimination that’s still discrimination. Men are always going to be physically stronger than women that’s how they are built. Some examples of test that discriminate against women are test the involve upper body strength like pull ups, outdated test that have been used for years but have not been updated and “obstacle courses or tests…

Now that Stark vs. Ford Motor Co. has been resolved it is important to review both the ethical and business implications resulting from the decision. In particular, was Indiana’s law just in the judgement of this case or should it be different? I believe Indiana law was reasonable in distributing remedies for contributory negligence because there was material evidence unlike in Whitted vs. General Motor Corporation. In this case, a man whom was in a car crash was injured because his seatbelt…

that are white-collar crimes. When a person commits a property crime this is damages to someone’s property. An injury to a person’s body is a person crime. Larceny is committed by blue-collar people. Retail businesses have loss prevention related to shoplifting. Shoplifting is a serious and rampant crime. Employee theft I prevalent crime in any type of business that is out there. There is vandalism wrongful property damage any business can recipient of vandals (Lau, Johnson, 2014). Technology…