CCT206H5 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Internet, Intellectual Property
12 Oct 2018
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CCT206H5
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
CCT206 – Law, Technology, and Culture
Week 1, Class 1
Homework
Post recent photo of themselves, name, program, and hobbies in a MS Word file
Biggest Weakness when studying Law
Uninformed about current laws/rights
oLawyers don’t give clients all the information
Also about experience and representation/reputation – credibility
Tension with ethics (United Airlines case)
oProfit making strategies instead of ethical
United Airlines Case
4 passengers offered compensation for relinquishing their seats to employees
oNo volunteers – increased compensation
oStill no volunteers; manager randomly chose people for involuntary removed from the
flight
Randomly chosen by computer
Problems:
oRemoved a doctor who needed to rush for a patient
oUnited has the legal rights to remove any passenger from its place
Unethical
Profit – plane should not have been overloaded in the first place
Airline business normally overbooks flights due to cancellations – legal
justification
oScare tactics (like parking tickets) threatening with jail time
Even though they legally can’t do anything
oShare price plummeted after this event
Power of social media – public can see for themselves what actually happened
Despite CEO trying to lie that it’s the passenger’s fault
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Cost CEO his bonus – financial penalty
oAs a CEO, always check the facts, don’t make blind accusations
oA better solution would be to once again increase the compensation – everyone has a
price
The lawsuit cost more money than the compensation would have been
After this incident, United has increased the minimum compensation offer
Internal vs. External law
Internal law is embraced/acknowledge by internal workers (ex. company) but not necessarily by
external people
oRules should be consistently reviewed
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Document Summary
Post recent photo of themselves, name, program, and hobbies in a ms word file. Uninformed about current laws/rights: lawyers don"t give clients all the information. Tension with ethics (united airlines case: profit making strategies instead of ethical. 4 passengers offered compensation for relinquishing their seats to employees: no volunteers increased compensation, still no volunteers; manager randomly chose people for involuntary removed from the flight. Problems: removed a doctor who needed to rush for a patient, united has the legal rights to remove any passenger from its place. Profit plane should not have been overloaded in the first place. Airline business normally overbooks flights due to cancellations legal justification: scare tactics (like parking tickets) threatening with jail time. Even though they legally can"t do anything: share price plummeted after this event. Power of social media public can see for themselves what actually happened. Despite ceo trying to lie that it"s the passenger"s fault.
