Essay on legal and ethics in organizations

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Ethics in business will regulate the behavior which beyond government control and that is why some scholars have defined it to be the standards and set of values that are set by the organizations and controls the behavior of the workers within the organization. Furthermore, ethics will stipulate the actions of the business itself as per the constitution of the country. It helps in controlling the conduct of employees and all organizations in the business. Various codes of ethics have been developed by different government organizations like licensing boards and safety boards and help in governing various professionals in their daily activities (Cantor, Norman F. Trade secrets and confidential information, as well as proprietary information, are widely recognized as protectable interests of an employer.

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The body which governs this area keeps changing every now and then and thus we have various stipulations inside the law and in the essay, we will specifically address the point of disclosing confidential information. Non-compete agreement or the "covenant not to compete" contracts that deter an employee from disclosing organizational secrets to its direct competitor (Swanson, V. , & Power, 2001). Employers will always try their best to protect their information from being mishandled by the former employees they had in the organization. Workers after leaving certain organization can decide to reveal out some of the secret information from the former organization and thus creating a new position new organization on how to handle competition from that business. • It will prevent seriously and any kind of assault that would be used to victimize workers in the society.

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• Legal paternalism will prevent all people in general with the right regulations. • It creates benefits to the third people by preventing detrimental activities to the population. In law enforcement, the contract theory helps to justify the power the constitution laws contained in the constitution can be enforced. The imbalance held by the law enforcement is a part of this theory and makes the society to agree on the exchange for security (Meet David Perdue, 2014). Viewing contract law as part of a more general theory of individual entitlements that specifies how resources may be rightly acquired, used, and transferred is not new. And, of course, the actual historical development of these legal categories has not perfectly conformed to the conceptual distinctions that an entitlements approach suggests.

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But this approach has long been neglected as a way of resolving some of the thorniest issues of contract theory and doctrine. The bargain theory helps to mean that the bargaining is held by the two parties which have entered the agreement and thus based on what has been stipulated by the parties. For instance, what are the liabilities which each party has to take care of if the other breaks the agreement and thus according to Smith he said that the theory gave employers a strong point to negotiate than the employees? Even though the initial use of the theory was based on the power of getting good wages for the workers, it is applicable in case of an agreement made by the employers and employees in terms of working.

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tort law that involves the wrongdoings that one party does against the other party. Torts are the wrongdoings are committed against one party by the other, and this can result in one party going to the court and taking civil action against the other. We do have various types of tort categories but strict liability is the key in that it was developed to be used in cases of persons who had obtained financial gains from wrong activities and which required to be made safe from public exposure. This is the case of the case situation presented in this essay, disseminating the confidential information of one company to the existing competitors. Strict reliability will fail to be applied in scenarios where the intention of the immaterial.

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The contract will be applied in court to analyze the two sides of the presented case to analyze the side which its rights have been violated. From the contract, the two sides have the laid down laws to follow in treating the other and judgment will be based on this. Contract law has various aspects which are considered in main judgment like good morals, the cause of the action, defective contracts and reliance principle. All this are inclusive of various theories which can be applied in analyzing any ethical issue in an organization. The contract is made to ensure the parties which are fond of mistreating and taking advantage of the other don’t misuse them (Seaquist, & Coulter, 2012). This ensures that the one party doesn’t get favored when the law is followed.

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Contract bounded by law and other by wishes of the two parties is different and if the channel is changed in court when one of the parties breaks then justice may not be obtained and that why the court has to stick to the nature of contract when it is entered. This should happen when both parties have agreed the signed agreement is not based on the law. Conclusion In any contract, valuable considerations are vital. Firstly, it must be reinforced with an important consideration for it to be binding. d. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www. mindtools. com/pages/article/focus-model. htm Fredman, (1997). Stewart. M. , Jean. B. , John A. David Perdue for U. S. Senate. Retrieved April 28, 2014, from https://perduesenate. com/meet-david.

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