Business practice

sued in a U.S. court for pollution caused in another country (Guardian). California’s Unfair Competition Law prohibits any business from unfair, unlawful, and fraudulent practice. If a business practice tries to deceive the public, violates any statue, regulation, or rule, or has a misrepresentation of fact, actual and reasonable reliance and resulting damages, then the business is non-compliant with this law. This law is designed to protect both competitors as well as consumers. Occidental Petroleum

and prevent cyber crime online. Consumer protection law refers to regulation by the government of transactions and dealings between individuals and businesses. These laws cover a variety of subjects including product liability, fraud, unfair business practices and

The consumers are average citizens engaging in business deals such as buying goods or borrowing money to gain satisfaction. Generally, consumer transactions include purchases of goods or services for personal, family, or household use and these are presumed fair because it is assumed that buyers and sellers are in equal position to bargain. This premise may not always hold true because the fundamental thought process of individuals is to make benefit by any methods. The methods may be reasonable

reported (anonymously) that a large number of executives are filing false expenses claims and that this is considered standard practice as ‘everyone’ is doing it. An accusation that is not only a legal and ethical issue, but will also be detrimental to ‘Happy Endings’ business operations if true. This report will primarily define the issue and existing business practices, along with any influential factors, supported by management theories. Followed by a comprehensive analysis of the issue utilizing

Is a multinational corporation doing business in a developing country obligated to pay its employees (contracted or subcontracted) a living wage? Today we live in a globalized society; in the recent times world has became a single magnificent globalized village but blinded by all the success we sometimes ignore the cost of turning into a global society. Powerful multinationals have played a huge part in globalizing us and much of the development in recent history can be attributed to these huge

brief review of case study Zie Retails, a retail company established in Australia since 2000, has experienced the difficulty due to economic crisis. In 2012, some retail stores across Tasmania and West Australia have been closed down in the meanwhile some locations across New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia has been merged. Therefore, the numbers of store staff and customer service staff have been decreased. Moreover, their service price and fee have been increased because of facing with

History Apple, Inc. has positioned itself as the world’s most profitable technology company in the world through its innovation and business practices. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Inc. in 1976, to develop and sell personal computers. The vision was to change the way the world viewed computers by making them small enough for people to have in their homes or offices. It is widely reported that Jobs and Wozniak started by building the Apple I in Jobs’ garage. The Apple

was California’s Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus & Prof. Code 17200, et seq., which is in place to protect consumers by forcing commercial banks to use fair competing environment. This law allows for action against any fraudulent or unfair business practice that causes harm to consumers.2 Second cause of action states that Wells Fargo violated the California Customer Records Act Civil Code Section 1798.80, et seq. Wells Fargo violated consumer “personal information,” protections described by Civil

Abstract This paper serves a purpose of examining the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and using such measurement to compare the cultural values of Canada and the United States. It will look deeper into the cultural dimensions, business practices and business etiquette. This paper will also provide information of both countries and where they stand on the dimensions and the reason why. Hofstede decided that when two people interact with each other within an organization, culture characterizes their

In 2015 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was in a difficult position. The once formidable competitor in multiple facets of the personal computer market had seen its strong profits turn negative and its debt totals rise. The company was finding it difficult to compete across multiple markets due to a number of factors. The most important of which was a series of weak product offerings, which created a larger gap in the quality of AMD’s products when compared with the competition. AMD had once held large