Answer the following questions using 150 words or more. 1. After reading the required reading for week one, what do you believe is the relationship, if any, between "fair" and "law"? Does one influence the other? Does public opinion play a role in how the courts (especially the U.S. Supreme Court) interpret the law? If so, does public opinion help employers predict how the law may or may not change? Explain. 2.  According to Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Magid (2015), there are some significant differences between civil and criminal law that are critical to an understanding of the roles and functions of law, especially as they relate to this course. The civil law to which I refer is different from the civil law legal system, which is one of the two great law "families" or classifications of legal systems. What is the Civil Law System? What is the primary distinction between common law and civil law legal systems? Why is the United States a "common law country"? Reference Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., & Magid, J.M. (2015).  The legal and regulatory environment of business  (17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 3. Please explain how whistle blowing is "very unethical and a  good indication of a bad worker such as trust or dedication to the company".  Is this your opinion of Sherron Watkins, the employee that blew the whistle at Enron? According to Halbert and Ingulli (2012), Sherron Watkins, the Enron corporate whistle blower is the prototype for such whistleblowers, taking her concerns "up the hierarchy" reporting her superiors instead of to the government or the media. The question raised about her method of blowing the whistle is that it is a difficult position for a corporate insider "who chooses to blow the whistle and asks whether SOX, which is the federal law designed to prevent future Enrons, adequately addresses the quandary of employees like Sherron Watkins" (Ch. 2). Do you believe there is a legitimate concern about the "quandary of employees like Sherron Watkins"? What would you have done if you were in a situation similar to Ms. Watkins? Reference Halbert, J.D., T. & Ingulli, J.D., LL.M. E. (2012).  Law & ethics in the business environment  (7th ed.) New York: Cengage Learning, Co. 4. In this learning activity, the research director of PharmCo, a midsize pharmaceutical company, tells top management of an important new discovery. After years of effort, one of the company's research teams has discovered a drug that will reverse pattern baldness, the leading cause of male hair loss. The potential for profit from such a drug is enormous, but the director cautions that two of the eight principal researchers on the team believe that the drug may also increase the possibility of potentially fatal cerebral aneurysms in a very tiny percentage of users. Using the text, chapter 2 of Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Magid (2015), how would you respond to the following? If follow-up animal stu ...

1. Answer the following questions using 150 words or more.
1. After reading the required reading for week one, what do you
believe is the relationship, if any, between "fair" and "law"?
Does one influence the other? Does public opinion play a role in
how the courts (especially the U.S. Supreme Court) interpret the
law? If so, does public opinion help employers predict how the
law may or may not change? Explain.
2. According to Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Magid
(2015), there are some significant differences between civil and
criminal law that are critical to an understanding of the roles
and functions of law, especially as they relate to this course.
The civil law to which I refer is different from the civil law
legal system, which is one of the two great law "families" or
classifications of legal systems.
What is the Civil Law System? What is the primary distinction
between common law and civil law legal systems? Why is the
United States a "common law country"?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
3. Please explain how whistle blowing is "very unethical and
a good indication of a bad worker such as trust or dedication to

2. the company". Is this your opinion of Sherron Watkins, the
employee that blew the whistle at Enron? According to Halbert
and Ingulli (2012), Sherron Watkins, the Enron corporate
whistle blower is the prototype for such whistleblowers, taking
her concerns "up the hierarchy" reporting her superiors instead
of to the government or the media. The question raised about
her method of blowing the whistle is that it is a difficult
position for a corporate insider "who chooses to blow the
whistle and asks whether SOX, which is the federal law
designed to prevent future Enrons, adequately addresses the
quandary of employees like Sherron Watkins" (Ch. 2). Do you
believe there is a legitimate concern about the "quandary of
employees like Sherron Watkins"? What would you have done if
you were in a situation similar to Ms. Watkins?
Reference
Halbert, J.D., T. & Ingulli, J.D., LL.M. E. (2012).
Law & ethics in the business environment
(7th ed.) New York: Cengage Learning, Co.
4. In this learning activity, the research director of PharmCo, a
midsize pharmaceutical company, tells top management of an
important new discovery. After years of effort, one of the
company's research teams has discovered a drug that will
reverse pattern baldness, the leading cause of male hair loss.
The potential for profit from such a drug is enormous, but the
director cautions that two of the eight principal researchers on
the team believe that the drug may also increase the possibility
of potentially fatal cerebral aneurysms in a very tiny percentage
of users.
Using the text, chapter 2 of Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and
Magid (2015), how would you respond to the following?

3. If follow-up animal studies of the new drug do not show
significant side effects, would it be ethical for the company to
tell the two researchers to keep quiet about their concerns?
Is it ethical to put animals at risk to test the drug's safety?
Many poor men in the world will be unable to afford the new
drug if PharmCo sets the price too high.
Is it morally right for PharmCo to maximize its profit even if it
means that many men will have to remain bald?
Does your answer change if the drug cures rheumatoid arthritis?
AIDS?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
5. You have spent the past four weeks away from work serving
as a juror in a case deciding whether a pharmaceutical company
should be held liable for the heart attack of a woman who took
its painkiller, Oxxy-1. The lengthy case has taken a toll on your
professional career, and you have many unanswered questions
as jury deliberations begin (Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, &
Magid, 2015).

4. Where does your duty lie in serving on a jury?
Are you protected against adverse employment action by your
firm for missing work to serve on a jury?
How do you reconcile the woman's prior heart palpitations from
years ago with her recent attack? Was her heart already
compromised before she began taking the painkiller Oxxy-1?
Why didn't the pharmaceutical company withdraw the painkiller
from the market at the first sign of a problem?
How does our court system protect the rights of society and
business?
Is the case on which you are serving as a juror being
adjudicated in a state court or in a federal court? How do you
determine which cases fall under the jurisdiction of the federal
courts, and which cases should be heard by state courts?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
6. In this learning activity, you are the president of a large
corporation which is in the business of manufacturing, among
other things, chemical products used to eradicate termites. You
have just reviewed a confidential report, prepared by one of
your top scientists, questioning the effectiveness of the product
and the claims your business has been making to homeowners,

5. pesticide treatment firms, and the general public. You have
heard rumors that a lawsuit will be filed shortly against your
corporation claiming that this product is ineffective. Building
upon your reading of chapter 3 of the text, Reed, Pagattaro,
Cahoy, Shedd, and Magid (2015), respond to the instructive
questions below.
Who should you turn to for advice?
Should you destroy the report?
In which court can a lawsuit be filed?
If you lose the lawsuit at trial, can you appeal?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
7. In this learning activity, you, as the vice president for sales
of a company that manufactures and sells commercial carpet,
you notice an alarming increase in the number of customers
filing complaints with your company service representatives. Of
particular importance is the number of complaints that involve
claims in excess of $10,000. Because these large dollar amounts
can lead to lawsuits being filed, you want to investigate what is
causing the increase in complaints and how your company can
be processing these complaints to avoid burdensome litigation.
Using your knowledge learned from reading chapter 5 of the
text, Reed, Pagattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Magid (2015), respond

6. to the following questions:
What steps should you take to discover, in the most accurate
and efficient manner, the reasons customers are filing
complaints?
What is the distinction between mediation and arbitration?
Should your company's sales contracts include a clause that
requires the parties to attempt resolution of dispute by
mediation? By arbitration? By some other mechanisms?
If your company's sales contracts did include a dispute
resolution (other than litigation) clause, when can the courts
still be used?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
8. After working as a consultant for the "We Can Help You"
firm for seven years, you recently received a promotion to
manager. In this new role, you report to a partner and are
responsible for various consulting teams. You now create these
teams in collaboration with the partner. These teams typically
consist of four to seven consultants with a senior consultant
serving as the team leader. Teams are organized or adjusted as
the client demands dictate. As a new manager, you are
becoming increasingly aware of conflicts among team members
and disputes between the teams and clients (Reed, Pagattaro,

7. Cahoy, Shedd, & Magid, 2015).
What is the difference between a conflict and a dispute?
What steps should you take to discover, in an accurate and
efficient manner, the reasons conflicts and disputes exist?
Should your consulting firm's contracts with employees contain
a dispute resolution clause? What about the firm's consulting
agreement with clients? If so, what system of dispute resolution
should be included?
What is the potential benefits to a business of alternative
dispute resolution over litigation in this situation?
Reference
Reed, O.L., Pagattaro, M.A., Cahoy, D.R., Shedd, P.J., &
Magid, J.M. (2015).
The legal and regulatory environment of business
(17th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.