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BUS 404 exam 1/63 Accurate Q’s and A’s
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BUS 404 exam 1/63 Accurate Q’s andA’s
Ethical fundamentalism or absolutism - -people look to central authority or
set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making (religious, political)
-Utilitarianism - -cost vs benefit or pain vs pleasure
-moral actions are those that produce the greatest benefit for the greatest
number
act utilitarianism: does act generate more pleasure than pain?
rule utilitarianism: establish rules where sometimes benefit does not
outweigh cost.
-Deontology and Immanuel Kant - -actions must be judged by the motives
behind the actions (with a goal of just results)
must: must be universal and act only as you expect others would in that
situation
-Ethical Relativism - -what ever the individual believes is right or wrong is
what is ethically right for that person. Decide for youself.
-Situational Ethics - -looks at specific situations of person involved
-Social Ethics (3) - -Social Egalitarians-society should provide all members
with equal amounts of goods and services regardless of their relative
Distributive Justice- stresses equality of opportunity, not results
Libertarians- market based outcomes, against redistribution of wealth.
-emotivism - -Hurray for X so X is good!
-cultural relativism - -majority rule. If everyone is doing it, I can too
-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS - -time limit from date of that the claim arose to
the date of filing complaint with the court. If too much time has passed, the
case may be time barred/ dismissed.
-Steps of Civil litigation - -1) issue causing claim happens
2) pre litigation demand for reimbursement is sent (typically in writing)
3) other party could refuse to respond or pay
4) complaint is filed with clerk of civil court
5) complain is "served" to defendants by plaintiff
, 6) Discovery- gathering evidence
7) pre-trial motions to stop case
8) selection of jurors
9) jury trial (12 jurors, 9 required to reach decision)
-Summon - -one page "cover" to complaint that tells defendant that have
have a set period of time to answer with court
-failure to answer results in default judgment
-defendants may also file a counter-claim, suing the plaintiff
-may also filing a cross complaint that draws a third party in and blames
them.
-Deposition - -oral sworn testimony taken outside of a courtroom. Recorded/
transcribed with both parities and lawyers and ask questions
-INTERROGATORIES - -written questions requiring written answers
-SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM - -request for documents/ things
-request for examination - -When the physical or mental condition of one
party is in question, the opposing party can ask the court to order a physical
or mental examination by an independent examiner.
-motion to dismiss - -lawsuit was not filed in time, properly served, filed in
right court or jurisdiction, or defendant is not subject to personal jurisdiction
of the court.
-Demurrer - -"so what". there is no recovery for alleged actions
-SUMMARY JUDGEMENT MOTION - -judges decision on a matter of law if
material facts are not in dispute
Deprives you of your ability to go to trial
-Motion to compel - -if other side is misbehaving/ not playing by the rules,
you can ask the judge to order the other side to "play fair"/ compel them to
do certain things.
-Voir Dire - -Ask questions to prospective jurors to determine bias or
prejudice.
-unlimited can be dismissed for cause
-small number dismissed for peremptory challenge (dont have bias but you
just dont want them)
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