Uber Enters Tomibia Case

In this case City of St. Paul v. Uber, 450, N.W. 2d 623 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990) an officer who was with the Minnesota Police department of St. Paul, for eighteen years, had been working the early morning night patrol. While out on patrol he had witnessed a driver, in a pick-up truck at approximately 2:15a.m. in a particular part of town that was known to be where people would pick up prostitutes.

In modern society’s day and age, we still have many types of transportations that helps us complete some of our daily needs. You can drive, grab a bus, take a train or even get a quick workout and walk. However, as society progressed and wages increased, people start spending money on other ways to get around instead of driving themselves such as Uber: an app that allows other people to drive you places for a small fee depending on its location. Uber may be cheaper than having your own car but it isn’t always very reliable or convenient. Having your own car provides a reliable source of transportation. Although insurance and maintenance can be pricey; Uber is a relatively cheap and easy system of transportation, although it can be unreliable.

Uber and Volkswagen are both very important and revolutionary companies that have shaped the world in their own individual ways. Although they are successful, they both have interesting start up stories and have run into the law on multiple occasions. Law has had a powerful impact on the how both companies have created their business model and made expansions to better each company. In the novels Wild Ride by Adam Lashinsky and Faster, Higher, Farther by Jack Ewing the authors go through the company’s stories and also the legal challenges that they had to face along the way and that they are still facing to this day. It is clear that the law gets in the way of these companies plans, and has gotten major employees of these companies in a lot of trouble for the illegalities that they committed. Many major companies get sued by employees and customers because they try to make money off of them. In many of the cases we can examine if it is worth it for the company to fight all of these cases individually or to group the similar ones together and make necessary changes to the company to satisfy the employees and customers. Even with some of these issues going on and many counter-arguments, both Uber and Volkswagen have handled their situations with the law very well to keep the companies moving forward.

You abruptly question “Is it really safe to drive with someone whose personal fuel guage is empty?” yet how do you know that non-Muslim drivers have eaten or rehydrated throughout the day? Many Uber drivers are living off less than minimum wage and may not have had a nourishing meal or a full night’s sleep and may be balancing driving with another job. Every time we are in the public domain, we are trusting people’s professionalism, yet how many are assessed for having optimum health on a daily basis?

A key fact presented in the article is that the surge multiplier is basically a black box because no one outside of Uber actually knows how high prices will go, or

Uber as a business have conducted and implemented many harmful tactics and policies. The primary issue that Uber has been deemed harmful are Uber taking and requiring all drivers to accept the percentage cuts. In addition, the higher percentage cuts will be deduct from each earned revenue the driver obtain while driver for Uber. This is a very harmful tactics

There are now more than 50,000 Uber cars driving around New York City. As the use of these ridesharing services continue to rise, so, too, does the potential for crashes; therefore, the government has stepped in to regulate certain aspects of ridesharing services. Although these regulations may be helpful in reducing the number of Uber accidents that occur, it may be less effective in addressing some of the other dangerous issues that can arise. The prevalence and some examples of these issues are listed below.

Uber is ridesharing smart phone application that connects drivers to passages and is an alternative option to the taxi industry. The core of the company’s business model revolves around lawbreaking, which enables it to have a competitive advantage in this industry through the use of noncommercial cars with drivers who lack the special driver’s licenses and/ or permits required by regulators. Both Uber’s upper management and lawyers are responsible for building a culture of illegality.

Dane is the Disposal Lead, Robert is Facility Manager. I need to know the role you are playing? You have to take one of those lead tasks (i.e. Warehouse Improvement or Inventory Accountability).

Uber was given the green light in Des Moines in 2015 and has since then taken off and has become the

One of the biggest issues that Uber faces at the moment is the stack of lawsuits. Uber needs to adopt a zero-tolerance stance for violation of the anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, and anti-retaliation policies no matter the level or performance of the violator. Uber also needs to adopt a more thorough background check process. Uber has had a problem with its ethics recently. Companies such as Airbnb and Lyft have clear values which they try to model in their business activities daily. One way that Uber can address these concerns is by creating a good set of core values. To do this Uber will need to rewrite their core company values to “reflect more inclusive and positive behaviors”. Uber should work with an established and respected company

With new Presidential leadership, Uber has faced major political challenges with the restrictions and emphasis on illegal immigration. Furthermore, the restrictions on illegal immigrants have affected the support drivers of Uber as many of the drivers were illegal immigrants (Anand, 2017). Consequently, when the current president imposed the travel band many Uber drivers that were outside the United States were unable to re-enter the country (Anand, 2017). As previously noted, Uber has faced many political challenges regarding its failure to require the Uber drivers to have background checks. Furthermore, there has been allegations of untrustworthiness of its drivers, which many have faced some type of criminal charges (Anand, 2017).

First of all I would like to thank Professor Lamb for creating a safe environment to speak openly about our own experiences about drugs and alcohol. Once upon consulting my field instructor earlier this semester, she had posed the question… “Are you just sitting in it?” The “it” referring to my anxieties since my father is an addict. As I reflect on this semester, I believe there were a few times that I was “just sitting in it,” but as I heard some colleagues open-up it instilled a sense of courage and relief that I was not alone. I appreciate that you, Professor Lamb, created a safe and non-judgmental space to share our thoughts, feelings, comments, questions, etc. Thank you for giving us assignments that were not just “busy work” and that challenged us to get comfortable with the uncomfortable.

“It’s a simple experience and a much more pleasant way to get a ride than stepping onto a busy street and waving at oncoming traffic” (Stone, 2014, p. 53). It is convenient for both the employee and customer to arrange a ride, which makes Uber preferable. Additionally, the employees of Uber are given more benefits than the employees of taxi companies. For example, Uber issues an iPhone with the Uber software, free gear to secure it to their windshield and an hour of orientation (Stone, 2014, p. 52). It is this simplicity that appeals to people seeking employment. They are also using a platform that is accessible to many of their customers, because, as of 2015, “64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind” (Smith, 2015). Since their focus is on luxury, innovation, and results, they have transformed the public transportation system in their favor.

Taming of the Shrew is a Shakespearean comedy about the relationship between the characters of Petruchio and Katherine.The main plot focuses on how Petruchio wishes to, and succeeds, marry Katherine -- who is known for her harshness-- and how Petruchio commands dominance over the “shrew”. Unfortunately domestic violence is the focus of the characters interactions but in order for one to enjoy the comedy, readers have to work to see from the “point of view of the abuser – that is they must minimize the violence and, at the same time, justify its use” (Detmer).