Essays on AEI

- Abstract of the case

Dates: Reargued January 9,10,11,12, 1911; Decided: May 29, 1911.

The objective of the case was to ascertain whether the actions of the defendants amounted to a restraint on the ‘interstate commerce in tobacco’. Drawing precedence to a previous ruling against Standard Oil Co., the court was of the opinion that the company has violated the provisions of the Antitrust Act, 1890 on two grounds, by restraining interstate trade of tobacco and by monopolization of the tobacco business. The court reaffirmed that the actions of the American Tobacco Company was against the public interest as it involved ‘combinations’ that attempted to restrict competition. The court was ...

Introduction

In early 1970s many states containing the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) were all declared sovereign. In order the emirates of Gulf to bid to modernized political structures they were first to acquire the title of state. The state of Bahrain was among the GCC emirates. Therefore it provided one of the complementary cases since in their process of forming the state it interacted with serious issues relating to tribal political governing, popular participation and civil society. As a result, there was introduction of administrative reforms in Bahrain in the early 1920s. This was the time and peak of British was ...

1.0 Introduction In the 1980s, serious corporate scandals were witnessed forcing scholars, researchers and other stakeholders to wonder whether the existing regulations were adequate to maintain the stability of companies. The need to reconsider the manner in which companies are regulated was further enhanced by an increase in the number of corporate scandals between 2001 and 2002. Due to corporate scandals involving highly esteemed companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen made regulatory agencies among other stakeholders to come up with regulations that would be affective in curbing such scandals. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed in 2002, and the ...

Shown below is an interesting list of companies with equally interesting issues they have faced in the last 10 years from Forbes Magazine ( 2008). What is interesting to find here is the depth of corporate and personal unethical cases involving people of relatively high educational standings and social standing. The alarming frequency and magnitude of these unethical practices are staggering to say the very least, and yet there seems to be a large scandal waiting to be uncovered every day. This century marks the recognition of dealing with complex business and ethical issues as a priority of corporations around the world. ...

Charles Murray, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), published the subject article: “Should the Obama Generation Drop Out?” (December 2008). He postulates that the current concept of a degree being a necessary qualification to get many jobs is misguided. Murray’s premise is that many jobs do not actually need a person with a degree. He cites what he suggests Obama should include in his every speech; what Murray refers to as “a battle cry”: “It’s what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it.” Using pathos to persuade his readers, ...