I’m working on a law test / quiz prep and need a reference to help me learn.

1. What is the best way to describe the attitude of the New England Patriots’ organization about rules compliance?

2. Why do companies issue press releases when executives depart that indicate the executives are leaving to spend more time with their families? What are the ethical issues in issuing such statements if they are not true?

3. Would Immanuel Kant take issue with the philosophy, “Treat employees well because then stockholders will prosper?” Please explain your answer

4.Using the MLB steroids case as an example, explain how unethical choices by some players harms players who comply with the rules.

5.Explain why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prevents accounting firms to provide both auditing and consulting services to a single client.

6 Discuss the ethics of a borrower deciding to no longer make any payments to the lender under a mortgage contract. Be sure to include an analysis of any rationalizations and who are the stakeholders affected by this decision.

Your clients, Fred Frugal and Barney Bizarre, have been operating their business for the past five (5) years. The first year Fred and Barney were busy getting established and acquiring customers. Years two through five, however, proved very successful for Fred and Barney as they were able to expand their customer base, their revenue base, their employees, and their business assets. Unfortunately, a sudden, unanticipated downturn in the economy in this, their sixth year of operation, has caused Fred and Barney to lose a large portion of their customer base. They have spent money advertising with various media in an attempt to gain new customers, but their income from sales and services remains flat and declining. Likewise, their stockpile of financial resources is being rapidly depleted forcing them to contemplate downsizing and layoffs as the bills mount faster than they can pay them off

Deidre McFadden came to the offices of Webber & Associates seeking help in organizing her business, Fashion Angels, a toy-making enterprise focusing on dolls with multiple outfits. She wants to run the business and has few personal assets so is not worried about personal liability. Deidre’s aunt, Penelope, is elderly, wealthy, and adores her only niece. Penelope is willing to invest $500,000 to start the business, and Deidre has $10,000 to contribute on her own. Deidre expects to do all the work without compensation as it will take at least a year before Fashion Angels will make any profit. Penelope will sign any agreement terms, with one condition. Penelope is insisting that Deidre cannot leave the company, stating “I don’t want my money going to a stranger, it’s for Deidre.”

Deidre is looking for your advice as to the type of entity that would suit her best. “I don’t want my aunt to become the target for bill collectors if I fail. And to be honest, I really don’t want her interfering in the business because she can be quite aggressive.”

What advice would you give Deidre?

I need help with a Criminal Justice question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Eyewitness Misidentification

Jennifer Thompson & Ronald Cotton in the Picking Cotton: 60 Minutes Special

Eyewitness testimony is a big part of my criminal cases but it can be flawed. Procedures dealing with eyewitness, photo lineups, and in-person lineups have changed over the years because old procedures have been found to be flawed.

Should witnesses or victims be believed without testing and without investigation in criminal cases? Explain.

Do witnesses and victims ever lie in criminal cases?

In medical studies involving the testing of medicine a double-blind method of testing medicine is used in which the participants taking the medicine are not told if they are taking real medicine or a placebo. Doctors administering the drugs are also not told which whether the medicine they are administering is real or a placebo. 

Why do you believe the double-blind method is used in medicine?

1. Do you believe this procedure should be used with eyewitness identification in criminal cases? Why?
2. Based on events in 2018, do you believe Americans understand the issues surrounding due processes and criminal justice? Explain.
3. Do social media movements help or hurt due process and accuracy in our criminal justice system? Explain.