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LAWS 20000D: Business Law - Assignment #2

Prepared for

Frederick Koch

Professor, Pilion School of Business

Sheridan College, Hazel McCallion Campus

Mississauga, ON L5B 0G5

Prepared by

Hadeqah Ahmed, 991 606 783

Madhurima De, 991 599 679

Nada Mansour, 991 571517

Avjinder Sekhon, 991 607 925

Kamal Ibrahim, 991596016

Due Date: November 22, 2021

Date Submitted: November 22, 2021

Part One: Statement

The statement “I no longer fear Hell, I took a course with Professor [Smith]” is not only offensive towards the professor but the University itself. We all get that everyone has their own freedom of speech but a statement like this can cost someone else their entire career and I feel that that is what is going to happen with Professor Smith. So since a University student felt that Professor Smith was not the easiest teacher it doesn't mean that he shared that with everyone by posting it online where people can easily share a post with just one tap of a button. A situation like this could have been totally avoidable if the University student decided to act like a mature adult and talk it out one on one with Professor Smith himself. Say if the post regarding Smith had been shared hundreds or thousands of times the University itself would have to get involved to find a way to fix this problem and that could put Professor Smith’s career at stake because now if another student feels that way their also going to make a post about it and then all of a sudden there's hundreds of students talking about how this professor teaches like this and how he might not be the best. The fact that the student compared Professor Smith’s teaching to hell means that now Smith must find out where he went wrong and what made the student think that the course was “hell”, he also has to compare the university student who made the post to other students and see whether he was giving it his all or was he slacking most of the time. That is because students tend to blame professors for not teaching the course properly when in reality it's actually the students fault for not paying attention in class, not doing their reading, not completing homework and then not studying for a test/exam. By the student posting the statement ,he disregarded the teacher’s hard work and dedication. That post can lead to a lot of negative feedback considering the fact that it is a negative statement.

What the student could have done, he could have written a positive criticism about how the course is so hard and how he needs additional help from either the professor or his classmates. Unfortunately, this Facebook post that was made by the student could possibly cost him failing his course. There are a lot of online teachers that can help people with their courses and guide them to the right path. Thus,

Moreover, the student had violated the university policy. Every university has a code of conduct, which can include, no cheating, no use of hurtful language, etc. Thus, the student violated the conduct as he had caused harm to a person in the university community by posting a negative statement on facebook. As a university student, you are expected to meet beyond expectation and apply knowledge learned from class into different scenarios (not related to class or homework discussions). Instead of going directly to the professor and clearing his issue, he went straight to the Facebook page and caused false accusations upon his qualification as a professor. The student could have avoided all these issues if he had asked to help or asked for guidance as to why his professor made the midterm like that.

Thus, in this case, the student is in the wrong, due to A) making a defamatory statement on facebook, and B) violating the policy of the university.