BUS-340 Module 2 Problems: Chapters 5 and 6

BUS-340 Module 2 Problems: Chapters 5 and 6

Ethical and Legal Issues in Business - Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Criminal Law, and Torts

Grand Canyon University

Text book: Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and e-Commerce Environment (15th Edition)

Using the Module 2 readings, course website links, the GCU Library, the Internet, and/or other sources of literature as needed, complete the following problems:

1. Chapter 5 – Problems and Problem Cases: Problem 13
2. Chapter 6 – Problems and Problem Cases: Problem 11

Responses should not typically exceed 200 words for each problem and should contain citations from relevant sources if applicable.

Complete the problems for each chapter first by stating the question(s) you are addressing, then by stating your responses. All problems and answers should be turned in on the same page/document.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the GCU APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

Problem 13

Garelli Wong & Associates, Inc. (GW), a provider of accounting and financial personnel services, created a database containing confidential client tracking information. The Firm took steps to maintain the confidentiality of the information and thereby obtain the competitive advantage that the information provided. GW and a corporation that had later acquired the firm sued William Nichols, a former employee of GW and the successor corporation. The plaintiffs alleged that Nichols used some of the confidential information in the……………………………………………….

Problem 11

At the time of the events described below, California’s statute dealing with a deceased celebrity’s right of publicity read as follows: “ Any person who uses a deceased personality’s name, voice, signature, photograph, and likeness, in any manner, on or in products, merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of products, merchandise, goods, or services, without prior consent from d[the legal owner of the deceased personality’s right of publicity] shall be liable” to the right of publicity owner………………………………………………………..