Dina Papadopoulos is a journalism student at Metro University. Since her goal is to become an investigative
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Dina Papadopoulos is a journalism student at Metro University. Since her goal is to become an investigative reporter, she joined her university's newspaper-the Metro Squawker-as a writer. Jiang Lee, another student at the university, occupies the position of Treasurer on the Student Union. The Union received several anonymous allegations that Jiang was spending the Student Union's money for his own benefit. Carl Polano, an art history major and the President of the Union, carried out an informal investigation of Jiang. Although Carl has no experience in financial matters and although he did not have access to all of the relevant documents, he became convinced that Jiang was indeed stealing money from the Union. Carl then called Dina, as well as three members of the Student Union, to his dorm room to talk about the matter. Carl presented his evidence and accused Jiang of financial misconduct. The other members of the Union insisted that the issues would have to be raised during the next Student Union meeting. Dina, who has some experience with financial fraud, came to her own conclusion that Jiang was almost certainly guilty. The next issue of the Metro Squawker contained her report in which she called upon Jiang Lee "to resign from the Student Union and refund the money that he has stolen." Jiang has sued for defamation. Discuss the case.
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Managing the Law The Legal Aspects of Doing Business
ISBN: 978-0133847154
5th edition
Authors: Mitchell McInnes, Ian R. Kerr, J. Anthony VanDuzer