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In an actual or express contract all the terms are explicitly stated. In a quasi-contract, the terms are not clearly specified, therefore “…in order to prevent one party from being unjustly enriched at the expense of another, the courts impose contractual obligations on one of the parties as if that party had entered into a contract.” (Kubasek, p.312 ) The court sees this case as lkjaseljkgfLKJa quasi-contract because the plaintiff (Reisenfeld) is not a party to the contract between Network…

In the summer of 2007, Mattel voluntarily recalled 19.6 million toys globally (Thottam, 2007). There were two major recalls between August and September that combined to make the biggest recall of the company’s history (Story & Barboza, 2007). One reason for the recall was defective magnets, a result of Mattel’s design flaw; they placed industrial strength magnets that could easily come loose and pose a threat to any child or infant (Story & Barboza, 2007). The magnets could be swallowed and…

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What I’ve learned after reading two different articles on two different companies is that things haven’t changed that much in the last hundred of years. While in America, there are standards that have to be met to ensure the safety and wellness for the workers. In other countries, their regulations for factories are more lenient, resembling to the conditions of the Gilded Age with an exception of not being as extreme. Bigger corporations like Apple and Nike are having their goods produced in…

Individual Paper: Labor Relations The article, “NLRB’s Joint Employer Attack”, appeared in the Wall Street Journal in 2015. This article explained that the National Labor Relations Board issued a new ruling that dramatically changed the way businesses have to handle joint-employer relations. It also stated that this was necessary to encourage collective bargaining. The information disclosed in the article has many applications in regard to human resource management. It especially relates to…

policy, ZIC continues to reimburse their insured, Goldman Sachs (Goldman) for the cost incurred as result of the default work performed by subcontractor, PNA (formerly Glassalum) hired by general contractor, Turner…

Federal law prohibits workplace discrimination and enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Those laws are passed by congress and signed by the president. U.S. Labor Department investigation of Paul Johnson Drywall Inc. aggress to pay $600,000 in back wages, damages and penalties. Paul Johnson Drywall Inc. classified their workers as member/owner instead of employees, which denied them of basic worker protection provided to employees (Department of Labor, (DOL) 2014). In…

All households that have been identified by UASs as having straight pipe discharge is potential household for conducting socioeconomic study. We will use a simple random sampling method to select the interview respondent so that each social actor (in this case each household) in the neighborhood will have equal probability of being interviewed. Depending on the number of households, we will interview 20 -30 percent households that has straight pipe. We will also include about the same number of…

factories would be threatened to follow the human rights policies. Either from the perspective of suppliers’ factories or H&M’s perspective, they both concern about revenues and profitability, they can adopt a win-win strategy. Those exporting and subcontractor factories receiving incentives for better ethical behavior will influence the others, and the rest will follow the example of the good one, in this way, As one of the most highly influential in the industry, H&M should take a look at…

Managing supply chain is critical for a company. Mattel’s complex supply chain involved in making a toy makes it different to manage the whole process of production. Its supply chains involve suppliers (raw materials), contractors (manufacturers), subcontractors, and retailers. In order to prevent negligence of safety standard on its suppliers and contractors, Mattel should effectively integrate and manage its whole supply chain. Control Control refers to a regulation of activities and…