Business and Law
Dylan Ricker
Torts
5 real examples of a tort:
1. Trespass: people who own land can exclude others from entering the land.
2. Nuisance: consists in unlawfully doing an act or omitting to perform a duty.
3. Negligence: acts leading to injury are neither expected or intended.
4. Intentional: someone who intends to hurt someone else.
5. Mc. Donald's coffee injury.
Ethics/Morals
Examples:
In the movie Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg steals an idea from other students in campus and betrays his own best friend for his own benefits.
In the documentary Enron, they show how the company was full of corruption and greed was the cause of Enron's collapse.
Soda in School. We had to decide wether it was right to have junk food in school or just worry about how much money it makes.
Court systems
Court System Examples
Another example we studied was Enron Company. The company was full of corruption and after many cases the company collapsed.
Contracts
Copyrights
Example: Mark Zuckerberg took an idea from two other student but they didn't have a copyright in their idea of the website.
Patents
Criminal Rights
Example: In the documentary Enron, everyone who was involved with a case had criminal rights.