Business Law – October 2

Catalonia independence referendum from the rest of Spain, Quebec separation case,
how do we know the lists are valid, ascertain the vote and the result because it was
never reviewed,

1993 eastern Africa, referendum Eritrea from Sudan and Ethiopia, there was a civil
war, UN international legal sanction, one of the bottom 5 in corruption in the world,
use international law to separate due to civil war with Ethiopia, too many pirates

Catlan didn’t use international law they just used influence, no international
recognition, wasn’t worth stopping

Edmonton terror attack

Net Neutrality how is that justified , security, identification, when there is fear there
is more power given to the state, the problem with this is violation of our privacy
life, fear you give your powers to the state

CSE (CSIS) building , nuclear bunker,

When the state is granted powers they will step into your private life, facebook has
the copyright to everything and delivers all data to US government,

Computer system cant function if there is a nuclear attack, the internet was created
as a military application that will be safe if there is a nuke, then it transferred to a
public and consumer level, internet has changed to a different more complex and
dangerous

Section 1 of the charter on Midterm

Victoria secret was created for men, 90 stores in dubai,

victoria secret doesn’t hire men, there is no legislation, now they hire men, work and
serve the customers,

Applied to Hooters, all men are in the kitchen, is this allowed, moxies does this also,

Haircuts women pay more, men play less, there is new legislation of gender netral
hairvut

Legal Risk
All firms have risk assessments, they outsource it to other firms, and they work
close with the 1 firm
Legal Risk: Identified and managed potential events and consequences generating
legal interventions, lawyer needs to be involved

Johnson and Johnson banned product stops brain cells, Neutrogena also,

Constipation meds always use women

GM had a default part fought with their legal councel, VW deeial scandal

Steps
Need to identify legal risk
 Step 1: Functional area, who is responsible, boss never takes the blame, No
documents they have no evidence of the CEO wrongdoing, hallway type
conversations

Group of lawyers trying to persecute Bashar Assad, found a paper of him giving
instruction linked him to torture, they work for the government, organization don’t
do any studies so that they are not aware of the wrongdoing, the firms say they
weren’t aware and if due diligence or negligence cant be proved they are not in the
wrong

 Step 2: How they make decisions

 Step 3: Business relationship how do they function with others
 Step 4: Operations, how is it executed

GM steering wheel scandal, 900 million to settle criminal charges, 124 deaths
known, there could be other incidents that were not reported, it could have been
more

Whistleblowers are tainted nobody will hire them

How much do you test, what is a reasonable amount of testing, most people break
ethical conduct to be the first person in the marketplace, most business will break it
and deal with the repercussions and pay the fines

Evaluating the Risk

 The probability of loss
 The severity of loss
Probability and severity of the issue at hand

Make a Management Plan

 Avoid or eliminate the risk, remove or avoid the risk
 Reduce the risk by putting a disclaimer make sure people are following the
right procedures
Phones and testicular cancer, legal issue in Ottawa general hospital UK physician,
genetically who is the father,

Canada bans, semen donor hiv 5000 people in Toronto, 1 man 11000 donation
fathers to so many people in a city,

Transfer the Risk; by taking the product you assume all liabilities, bananas have a lot
of pesticides legal risk transferred,

Step 4: Implementing the Plan

 Implement the plan
 Monitor and revise the plan

GM settles for 900M because of a culture change toward safety and they couldn’t
damage them because they just went bankrupt

What is the schools responsibility from protecting students from a school shooter,
teacher could hide under his desk if he wanted to,