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SUBJECT: Legal Environment of Business
Having briefly reviewed contents of chapters 17, 42 45 please explain which one interests you the most and why?
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17.1 Explain how email contracts and text contracts are formed. Electronic mail , or email , and text messaging $, or texting $, are two of the most widely used methods of communication. Using email and text messages, individuals around the world can communicate instantaneously with one another. In many instances, email and texting are replacing telephone and paper communication between individuals and businesses. Many contracts are now completed by via email. These are referred to as electronic mail contracts $, or email contracts $. Contracts formed using text messaging are referred to as text contracts $. Email and text contracts are enforceable so long as they meet the requirements necessary to form a traditional contract, including agreement, consideration, capacity, and lawful object. Traditional challenges to the enforcement of a contract, such as fraud, duress, intoxication, or insanity, may be asserted against the enforcement of email contracts. Email and text contracts usually meet the requirements of the Statute of Frauds, which requires certain contracts to be in writing, including contracts for the sale of real estate, contracts for the sale of goods that cost $500 or more, and other contracts listed in the relevant Statute of Frauds. The use of email and text communication is often somewhat informal. In addition, an email or text contract may not have the comprehensive formality of a paper contract that includes the final terms and conditions of the parties' agreement. The terms of the parties agreement may have to be gleaned from several emails or texts that have been communicated between the parties. In such case, the court can integrate several emails or texts to determine the terms of the parties r agreement. 42.1 Describe how law and ethics intertwine. Ethics and the law $ are intertwined. Sometimes the rule of law $ and the rule of ethics demand the same response by a person confronted with a problem. Example Federal and state laws make bribery unlawful. A person violates the law if he or she bribes a judge for a favorable decision in a case. Ethics would also prohibit this conduct. Sometimes, however, the law demands certain conduct but a person's ethical standards are contrary. Example Federal law prohibits employers from hiring certain undocumented workers. Suppose an employer advertises the availability of a job and receives no response except from a person who cannot prove citizenship of this country or does not possess a required visa. The worker and the worker's family are destitute. Should the employer violate the law and hire this person? The law says no, but ethics may say yes. And in some situations, the law may permit an act that is ethically wrong. Example Occupational safety laws set minimum standards for emissions of dust from toxic chemicals in the workplace. Suppose a company can reduce the emission below the legal standard by spending additional money. The only benefit from the expenditure would be better employee health. Ethics would require the extra expenditure; the law would not (see Exhibit 42.1 ). Exhibit 42.1 Law and Ethics In the following U.S. Supreme Court case, the court examined the lawfulness of Wal-Mart knocking off another company's product design. In 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $ to coordinate the enforcement of the federal environmental protection laws $. The EPA has broad rulemaking powers to adopt regulations to advance the laws that it is empowered to administer. The agency also has adjudicative powers to hold hearings, make decisions, and order remedies for violations of federal environmental laws. In addition, the EPA can initiate judicial proceedings in court against suspected violators of federal environmental laws
