Assignment 6-3: Case Questions and Problems

(Total = 60 points (10 points/Question))

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Read Chapters 20 and 21 in your text.

2. Complete the case questions and problems listed below.

3. Upload your answers by the last day of the course.

1. Corporations

a. List the characteristics of corporations.

b. Describe the legal process of incorporation.

2. Directors, officers, and shareholders.

a. Define and describe the roles and duties of directors, officers, and shareholders.

b. Provide a summary of a court ruling that applied one of the duties of director(s), officer(s) and/or shareholder(s). Provide the citation for the case.

3. Business Judgment Rule

a. Explain the liability of directors and officers and the business judgment rule.

b. Provide a summary of a court ruling that applied the business judgment rule. Provide the citation for the case.

4. Define the federal employee discrimination laws.

5. Employment Laws

a. Define six (6) laws governing the employment relationship.

b. Provide a summary of a court ruling that applied one of these laws. Provide the citation for the case.

6. Describe the three-step process to prove disparate-treatment discrimination in employment under Title VII.