1. Evaluate the situation in which Mason and Shepherd find themselves with respect to their existing employers. What legal and ethical issues do you see and how would you advise them to proceed? Mason's endeavor for the venture creation is strictly bounded by her employment agreement with ATS. That is to say, she will be in clear violation of the Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure and Development provisions, if she plans to pursue the venture within one year by utilizing the information and social network she gained from the company. So the first barrier she need to tackle is to prove this new business is not in competition with ATS at all. Also she cannot speak with any current customers of ATS. These limitations …show more content…
2. Evaluate the Non-Disclosure Agreement and its potential impact on venture capitalists considering an investment in Intlisoft. If you were a venture capitalist, why would or wouldn’t you sign? (Ge Tian)
If I were a venture capitalist, I would not sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). As a matter of fact, most of the venture capitalists would not sign such kind of agreements. Entrepreneurs sometimes request the venture capitalist to sign Non-Disclosure Agreement because they are worried about the security of their intellectual properties. As a result they are seeking protection from the NDA to comfort themselves in that way they think their intellectual properties are protected by law. However, this kind of thought is naive in reality. If venture capitalist signed NDA, it could put them under the risk to face prosecution. NDA will also severely limit the amount and type of transactions, VCs will have to reevaluate their portfolio; as a result their interests will be badly damaged.
Besides the potential risks and interests loss that might incur by signing NDA, there are some other reasons for VCs not to sign NDA. Nowadays, VC need to read thousands of business plan every year, if they hire lawyers to spend time reading thousands copies of NDA, they would not have extra money and time to do other things. The opportunity cost is huge. Furthermore, many entrepreneurs when they start their first company
UCM:CPSW called Robyn Smith from Cedar Creek Community School once the release form was received. CPSW told Ms. Robyn that there is no legal documents indicating guardianship. The child is currently living with his grandparents due to mother being homeless and completing her referrals. Also, this worker called the previous CPSW from Anoka. This writer spoke with Elisa Becher from Anoka. She stated that there is no legal documentions indicating guardianship as well. The worker reported that Ms. Kress has legal custody of Glenn and grandparents are helping Ms. Kress until she founds a home and takes care of her mental health referrals. Goal 1-2
The ALPES S.A. case deals with Charles River Laboratories (CRL) and their consideration of a joint venture proposal with an animal vaccine company in Mexico. The senior V.P. is preparing to present the proposal of a $2 million investment for the firm. The CEO, Jim Foster, is concerned with the associated risks that CRL would be undertaking if they accept this venture. Key issues of concern are; the partnership with a relatively small, family run business; having operations in Mexico, which could pose difficulties; maintaining CRL’s focus on U.S. expansion; and the proposed partner’s lack of funds to invest, which will leave CRL to bear the entire cost of the venture.
Renisha Gilmore is a 10th grader at Manassas High School and her favorite after school activity is going to the John Dustin Buckman Club. At the Buckman Club, Renisha is able to complete her school work, receive help if needed, and participate in a variety of activities. Along with these activities, Renisha also enjoys having internet access at the club.
In result of recent events, Scott Brink and Brendaly Sepulveda have been removed from AVP1. Scott Brink was removed for insubordination on 7/20 and Brendaly Sepulveda was removed for frequent absences effective 7/22. Which left the guard force at AVP1 with 5 open spot. I partnered with G4S recruiting and was able to conducted 6 interviews in 2 weeks. Which then resulted in AVP1 gaining 5 possible candidates, one of the recruits started training today (7/22). In effort to help with transition and training of officers, David Selan spoke with Joe Prula and he mentioned that AVP6 will only need 1 Officer after this Friday. Cameron is going to reach out to the AVP6 site leader, and ill re-assign shifts as needed. G4S is going to pay for
Nicole Woods was contacted and arrested while driving a confirmed stolen vehicle, KCSO C17030152, a 1999 gold Toyota Camry WA/BCW7886 - VIN-JT2BG22K3X0351101. Post Miranda and incident to arrest, Woods stated that she wanted to speak with police. Woods stated that her friend, "Donnie", gave her the vehicle to use. Woods stated that Donnie has been in possession of the vehicle for over a month, which is contrary to the KCSO report, which indicates that vehicle was listed as stolen on 6-18-2017. Additonally, a shaved key was located in the ignition of the vehicle, which Woods stated she used to start the vehicle. I later removed the shave key and noticed that it was heavily shaved down on boths sides, to the point where it was almost smooth without
SecureNet INC, a software enterprise that focuses on the e-commerce security, is trying to raise a first round of funding in October 2000. The company has been unsuccessful in attracting funding from venture capitalists, and raised a small round seeds from local investors in Virginia. In the following two month, SecureNet financed a $250,000 bridge loan from an Angel investor called Trio LLC. Trio has proposed to offer a $ 1.4 million a Series A funding of convertible preferred stock. Right now, Richard Goodson, the CEO of SecureNet must decide whether to accept the offer from Trio LLC, or come back to find other VC investors.
1. What is Marilyn’s responsibility to her present employer regarding her knowledge that several employees are planning to seek positions with the new company?
What is your evaluation of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA)? Would you sign this as a venture capitalist? Why or why not?
1. If you were representing the Company in this case, what argument (facts and reasons) could you make that the confidentiality agreement had a legitimate business purpose and was applied appropriately to Martinez?
This paper examines the case study about Sarah Burke. A case study analysis form was completed and symptoms were identified. Identification of certain diagnostic criteria were interpreted and clarified for the exhibiting individual. Illumination of criteria for proposed diagnosis lead to the discussion which resolves the risk factors and clinical features associated with the diagnosis. Recognition of certain symptoms and criteria brought to light other possible comorbidities. Cumulative risk theory, as well as, the diathesis stress model were investigated for possible involvement in the Burke disorder development. Multidimensional factors related to the onset and maintenance of her symptoms are deliberated; as well as, how her culture played a role. In the end, a conclusion is given about suggested pre- and post- treatment, overall benefits of those treatments, and prognosis outlooks.
The case of Kathryn Mc Neil deals with the issue of separation in the workplace regarding the nonperformance of a single mother whose work was suffering because of the tremendous additional burden of raising a child. The case was written in 1994 but in the intervening years significant decisions have been made by the law (in the US) protecting the rights of the single mother. The debate is no longer exclusively about professionalism versus corporate responsibility but the new phenomenon of a third gender in the workplace.
Today, employees can be considered as the greatest strength of the company. They are the ones who help build the reputation of the company, it is their job to ensure the success of the business, which is why it is very important to keep them satisfied. A recent statistic shows that an American worker has an average of eight jobs in his career (Rudman, 2003). This stat shows how difficult it is to retain a core strength of a company. In this essay, an analysis of a case study is made. The case includes at first, a discussion between Chip Brownlee and Arch carter, the CEO and lead director of Galvatrens respectively. During this conversation, they discussed a lawsuit that a former employee sent to the company for being wrongfully relieved of his duty. Also in the case study after investigation the board of Galvatrens and their CEO made a meeting in order to tackle the problems and know what really happened. In this essay, it will explain the main ethical dilemmas in the case study, and according to these dilemmas a comparison will be made between utilitarian, libertarian, deontological and virtue ethics perspectives. Finally, as a form of an ethical point of view will be used to be the best solution to solve the dilemma of the recommendation.
Colonel Lilly founded Eli Lily and Company in 1876, because he felt there was a lack of high quality medicine on the market at the time. He also felt the most medicines on the market were ineffective in the curing of ills. In the case “Review Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly and Company”, describes the issues surrounding Eli Lily and Company venture capital arm by showing the struggles the company went through in establishing a corporate venture capital fund. It takes you through the choices that were made keeping in mind the benefits to Eli Lilly and Company as well as keeping the Venture Capital arm separated from the company. This allowed Eli Lilly and Company to benefit from its investments, and kept the
How would you describe the ethical dilemma confronted by the managers at the law firm?
After the interview, Mark is faced with an additional ethical dilemma, the knowledge of other workers working in the plant under different names. Now, the human resource specialist must face, whether the plant should stop hiring temporary illegal workers and run into staffing problems, or continue hiring these workers and face legal allegations by breaking the law.