Albert and Baker form a corporation and start their business as the Lending Store, Inc. They begin making mortgage loans. They lease a large office building and eventually hire twenty employees. After several months it becomes obvious that one of their more experienced employees, Mary Smith, has some personal problems. Ms. Smith is 60 years old and has a permanent disability that requires her to […]

enforcement as well as corrections personnel are constantly exposed to numerous forms of corruption.  They are confronted with less than ideal conditions or outside their comfort level.  Researchers have attempted to explain why these individuals succumb to corruption calling it functional explanation.  In other words, corruption is fundamental in society’s struggle to implement ineffective laws.  Many types of deviance violate the Code of Ethics these […]

Boy, the internet can be an ugly place, huh? I want you to think about defamation, invasion of privacy, and cyber harassment. On one side of the coin … people say, “I have free speech!” Really? Do you really have free speech to defame someone? To purposely say something false on the internet that you know will invade their privacy … hurt their business … cause them pain […]

The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and the FDA are two important agencies charged with protecting the U.S. public. As you read about these two agencies, compare them in terms of the scope of their respective influences and authority. The CPSC website gives information about its mission. Click About CPSC retrieved from http://www.cpsc.gov. Fee.org, the Foundation for Economic Education© (libertarian website), has an article criticizing the CPSC. Read “Let […]

Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has with her an umbrella which is the same brand Big Mart carries. When a Big Mart employee, Steve, sees her leave with the umbrella without going through the checkout lane, he asks her to come back into the store. Steve says that he thinks Karen is shoplifting the umbrella. Karen tells him that she has had the […]

Mike Phelps placed an order with Kurbeck Cars, Inc., for a specifically optioned 2012 Limited Edition Ferrari Coupe.  The order form described the automobile and the options Mr. Phelps wanted, included the purchase price, and provided for delivery to the purchaser “A.S.A.P.”  Phelps signed the order form in the place designated for his signature and gave the dealer a $10,000 check as a deposit.  This check was deposited […]

You are a member of a recently formed committee to deal with numerous complaints against police and correction officers in your town and are asked to determine if there is merit to these allegations and develop a protocol to address the current problem and prevent these practices from occurring in the future. The allegations are a vast amount that focuses on brutality toward citizens and inmates. There […]

Assignment 3: Annotated BibliographyDue Week 6 and worth 150 points An Annotated Bibliography is the result of a critical review of sources of information and the organization of those sources in preparation for writing the Research Project. The description and evaluation of sources allows students to choose specific sources of information that are most relevant to the topic. This evaluative process goes beyond simply collecting […]

Hughes purchased a new Lincoln Continental from Al Green Motors for $30,940 and made a down payment of $2,490. The balance due was financed through a local bank. Hughes took immediate possession but it was agreed that she would return the car to the dealership for normal new car preparations. On the way home, Hughes was in a car accident that, through no fault of […]

You are a team leader of a three person CSI unit called out to a double axe murder at 11:00 AM on August 4th. You arrive at the house at 92 Second Street in Fall River. The house is a single-family three-story home belonging to the Borden family. Andrew Borden is lying on the couch on the first floor. He has received 11 blows to […]