Deck 2: Shifting Legal Priorites for Business:

Question 1

World Investment & Trading, Inc., encourages its employees to build trust with its customers and other companies.A corporation that "outbehaves" its competition ethically

A)may outperform its competition financially.
B)most likely has fools for managers.
C)may succeed but is not likely to outperform its competition.
D)will undercut its profits and may not achieve business success.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Khalil and Jasmin sign a prenuptial agreement that provides for any dispute to be arbitrated according to Islamic law.When a dispute arises over the parties' marital property in Iowa, Jasmin files a suit in an Iowa state court to contest the arbitration provision.According to rulings in other states' courts in similar cases, the provision will most likely be

A)enforced.
B)rewritten to remove the Islamic law clause.
C)struck down as outside the common legal framework of our society.
D)suspended while the court considers an equitable result.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Devon, a senior at Central High School, participates in a social media forum on which he posts destructive, bullying lies about Beau, a fellow student.Beau's parent complains to Central officials.Under the First Amendment, Central can most likely

A)punish Devon for the posts.
B)transfer Beau to a different school.
C)require that all students' future posts be made on the school's public Web site.
D)post an official note calling Devon's posts "juvenile and silly."

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the pursuit of profits, Global Enterprises Corporation engages in what some observers consider to be bad corporate behavior.The worldwide explosion of information technology has led to a transparent global economy that makes socially responsible behavior

A)more important.
B)less important.
C)neither more nor less important.
D)both more and less important.

Question 5

Paoli asserts against River City a claim based on allegedly conflicting rights and protections stemming from the U.S.Constitution.In this case, the role of the United States Supreme Court is to

A)decline to review the claim due to the conflict.
B)defuse the conflict by eliminating rights or protections.
C)designate a lower court to make a decision.
D)determine the appropriate balance.

Question 6

Clark appeals a decision in his suit against Dona, grounded on rights provided in the U.S.Constitution, to the United States Supreme Court.The task of the Court to interpret and give meaning to those rights is made more difficult because

A)foreign laws affect the legal environment unpredictably.
B)government's role alters with each new election.
C)parties' expectations vary with each step in the judicial process.
D)society's perceptions and needs change over time.

Question 7

Jennifer, a sophomore at West High School, posts suggestive-but not pornographic or obscene-photos of herself on Facebook.The images do not identify the school and require "friend" status to be viewed.Jennifer intends the photos to be humorous, and this is how her friends understand them.Under the First Amendment, West can most likely

A)suspend or otherwise punish Jennifer for posting the photos.
B)require that Jennifer remove the photos but not punish her.
C)require that Jennifer remove the photos and punish her.
D)not punish Jennifer or restrict her posts.

Question 8

Sustainability-economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs-is directly addressed by

A)no U.S.statute or other nation's law.
B)U.S.federal environmental laws.
C)other nations' laws but no U.S.statute.
D)international law only.

Question 9

Capital Credit Company files a suit against Downtown Developers, Inc., and seeks, as part of discovery, certain electronic documents in Downtown's possession.Responding to this request will most likely be required if the documents contain data that is relevant and

A)accessible.
B)privileged.
C)recoverable.
D)text only.

Question 10

Ahsan and Imani want to obtain a divorce and divide their marital property according to the principles of sharia.Officially recognized sharia courts with the full power of equivalent courts within a judicial system to rule on issues of divorce and financial disputes between couples have been sanctioned in

A)Canada.
B)Great Britain.
C)the United States.
D)no Western jurisdiction.

Question 11

Sustainability-economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs-has been legislatively committed to by

A)no state statute or federal law.
B)at least one state-Oregon.
C)federal statutes only.
D)international law only.

Question 12

In Eastside Grocery Company's suit against Fresh Foods, Inc., Fresh seeks to recover the cost to provide copies of e-documents to Eastside.This cost could be awarded if

A)all of the parties used the e-documents.
B)Eastside's ability to pay is greater than Fresh's.
C)Fresh covered the cost, hoping to recover it later.
D)the court approved the provision of the e-documents.