Essays on Halbert

Introduction

A national organization operating in the United States has offices in all four time zones in the country. The organization wishes to complete an important and confidential project within the next three and a half months. The completion of the project will require the formation of a virtual team comprising of mostly senior managers and directors from all major business departments of the organization. For the project to be a success, a team charter needs to be created to direct the different team members on what is required of them. Also, since the team members will be working from ...

Question 1

Management information system [MIS] is an integrated system that helps the management with relevant information to plan and make decisions in order to run the business more effectively and efficiently (Becerra-Fernandez and Leidner, 2014 p.42). The core aim is to make raw data into useful information that helps in managerial decision-making. That being said, the functions of MIS are data capturing, data storage, data processing, data and information distribution, prediction or forecasting, planning, and control (Leon, 2008 p.328). Data processing is the process of gathering data from various sources; this may include customer touchpoints like stores and e-commerce sites, ...

Introduction

Employment at will doctrine enables an employee to ensure that a different employee is executed for any provided reason aside from an illegal motive or no reason without any legal capabilities. The same legal decision or no provided support by organizations allow employees to drop positions in jobs at any given time without any provided reason annulled of penalties that are considered legal (Halbert & Ingulli, 2012). Employees, with employment at good doctrine, have the capability to transform its terms as well as the policies of an organization without giving notice. Benefits, as well as wages, can be integrated at ...

Tactics for Implementation of the Strategic Plan

The major goal of the management is to steer the business toward the realization of well-defined targets, objectives, and measures. The central aim of the objectives, targets, and measures is to fulfill broader business goals of the company. In order to achieve its goal, the organization will employ a number of tactics. This will require effective communication with the company employees so that each one of them is asked to align his or her team and/or individual goals with the overall goals of the business. Besides employees, communication channels will be extended to other stakeholders such as the alliance ...

Lawsuits are common among competitor companies for false advertising of their advertisements on air. This is a violation of the Lanham Act that was enacted by Congress in 1946. This Act prohibits companies from carrying out activities such as false advertising, trademark infringement, and dilution of their products. This paper addresses two questions concerning the court case between Pharmacia, the complainant, and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, the defendant, on a product meant to help people quit smoking.

Question 1: On What Basis Does the Court Conclude That GSKCH likely Violated the Lanham Act?

Pharmacia is a company that makes Nicotrol, which is an inhaler that helps smokers to stop feeling the urge of smoking again. This company goes to ...

Business Law

Business Law - The three ethical frameworks discussed by Halbert and Ingulli (2012) include free market ethics, utilitarianism and deontology (rights and duties). Free market ethics focuses on the main objective of the business to be profitable. In this case, the manager has the sole responsibility to improve the value of investments from shareholders. Therefore, if the manager fails to run the company, he is answerable to the company owner. Money-making must also conform to the fundamental rules of the society. For example, there is a growing demand of oil all over the world, while there is renewable energy, ...

PLPA 200

Dear editor, The growing of citrus fruits is pertinent for obtaining one of the most luscious fruits in the world. Citrus, which originated from south East Asia, has edible juicy fruit and fragrant flowers. In the United States, citrus is produced in California, Texas, Arizona and Florida. Florida is the biggest producer of citrus fruits in America accounting up to 70% of the total U.S production (Halbert, Susan & Manjunath, 2004). Citrus greening disease reduces yields. Scientists recommend a genetically modified citrus fruit as an option to overcome the disease. The debate on growing of genetically modified citrus plant is ...

May I say that, the growing of citrus fruits is pertinent for obtaining one of the most luscious fruits in the world. Citrus, a plant, which originated from south East Asia, has characteristic edible juicy fruit and fragrant flowers. In essence, even when the conditions for growth of the plant is are not ideal, there may be still a citrus for everyone. In the United States, citrus is produced in California, Texas, Arizona and Florida. Of the aforementioned states, Florida is the biggest producer of citrus fruits in America accounting up to 70% of the total U.S production (Halbert, Susan & Manjunath, ...

Introduction

The research seeks to identify ethical issues relating to advertising, marketing, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety. The paper takes a position against drug companies using Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) marketing. The paper also determines who currently regulates the compounding pharmacies regulatory scheme and what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should have done and if they should be given more say and power over compounding pharmacies. Again, the paper determines whether the use of Colberian intellectual property by PharmaCARE’s would be ethical in accordance with Deontology or not, virtue ethics and utilitarianism. The paper analyzes how PharmaCARE protects itself ...

Compare and Contrast Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis

Compare and Contrast Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis The damages caused by these conditions to these air sacs result into a difficulty in breathing which is experienced by people suffering from these conditions. The other similarity between these conditions is that they are both incurable. However, they can be maintained through medication. A person suffering from Emphysema or Chronic Bronchitis should begin from quitting smoking and other exposures to second hand smoking. Then, they should visit a medical facility to be prescribed appropriate medicines such as bronchodilators, supplemental oxygen and anti-inflammatories (steroids). This is the only recommended way through which they ...

According to Milton Friedman, every business has a responsibility of making profits and attaining the benefits with the available resources as long as it operates within the legal and ethical customs. Ethical jurisdiction maintains that every business should operate fairly without negatively interfering with the standard operation of other businesses and the society. Implicitly, any operations of the business should not inconvenience or harm the society or other businesses. BP Oil Mining Company succumbed to a huge accident that led to an oil leakage from the sea floor that saw many people affected, water life lost and a tremendous damage on the ...

ANALYSIS OF MARKETING APPROACH

ANALYSIS OF MARKETING APPROACH The report of the Economist (2012) has revealed that food and drinks companies, such as Nestle have been identified as the cause of the rising obesity rate all over the world. Nestle is the manufacturer of food products such as cereals, chocolate milk, infant formula, chocolates, candies, ice cream and yogurt. On the business side, Nestle has the responsibility to its shareholders to earn profit so it makes use of radical marketing strategies in order to sell its products globally to increase its sales. However, these sales techniques have caused an alarm to majority ...

Question 1: Competence, Skills, and Abilities

The employment-at-will doctrine permits employers to terminate their employees` contract regardless of whether there is a reason or not. That notwithstanding, the employee- employer relationship is not so cut and dry such that the employer can automatically terminate Jennifer`s employment contract. Jennifer is unable to pick up the basic job functions. As a result, on the basis of competence, ability, and skills, the manager`s action to terminate her as the first course of action would be easily understood. The employment-at-will Doctrine permits that Jennifer should be terminated without considering any preventive or disciplinary measures. Nevertheless, various exemptions to the ...

Introduction

Malta has a publicly funded health care system similar to the one used in the United Kingdom with free health care at the point of delivery for all citizens and registered long term residents. Private health care co-exist along with the public system on a “pay as you use” basis and is mainly used by foreigners and contracted private physicians. The Maltese Ministry of Health is responsible for oversight and regulation purposes besides spear heading campaigns in the health sector. According to Murray & Frenk, Malta has the fifth best health care systems on the world beating developed countries such as the ...

Statement of the ethical dilemma

The ethical dilemma in this case is tom’s consideration of whether or not to tell on the actions of Mary and Brenda. This is because on one hand, he considers the fact that Michael takes high pride on his job and would do anything to keep it running. Similarly, in the event that anything went wrong, the bottle shop would close down and they would be rendered jobless. On the other hand, he is sympathetic of Brenda’s situation as everyone is aware of the hardships that she faces (Jennings, 2010). She is a single parent with one kid ...

In the case of McSparran v. Larson, it can be observed that the actions of management of the corpotaion have led to high legal fees and damage of the reputation of the company. This is caused by the unacceptable behaviors of the management of the company. In addition to these two, the actions of the board have caused greater damages to the corporation. In the first place, the financiers of the corporation have lost trust in the corporation. Therefore, it will be difficult for the financiers to offer any financial assistance to the corporation since there is a probability ...