BLAW #4

Coporation

A ____ is an artificial person, or legal entity, created under state law

improper reverse discrimination, which violates Title VII

A black and a white employee committed the same offense. The black employee was disciplined but not fired, the white employee was fired. The Supreme Court held that this treatment was

??? NOT is necessary for a corporation to be recognized legally and must be obtained by all limited partnerships

A certification of incorporation from the government

Dissolved

A complete termination comes about only after the partnership has been ____ and its affairs have been wound up.

an association of two or more persons to carry on a business as co-owners for a profit

A general partnership is

a written agreement or an oral agreement or an implied agreement that can inferred from the conduct of the parties doing business

A partnership can begin with

sole proprietor

A person doing business for himself or herself is a(n)

a form of sexual discrimination

A sexually hostile work environment is

a person begins to do business for herself

A sole proprietorship comes into existence when

operation of law or by oral agreement of the parties or by written agreement of the parties

An agency may be established by

a principal

Bubbly Soda Company hires Carlo to work on Bubbly's shipping dock, checking outgoing loads and dispatching Bubbly's drivers. With respect to Carlo, Bubbly is most likely

Cody is a member of a protected class

Cody believes that Delta Corporation has discriminated against him on the basis of gender. Cody files a suit against Delta under Title VII. To establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination, Cody must show that

are personally liable to the partnership's creditors

General partners in a limited partnership

the power to do whatever is reasonable and customary to carry out the agency purpose

Implied authority consists of

individual owner of the proprietorship

In a sole proprietorship, profits are taxed to the

the business

In a sole proprietorship, the owner is

provides the agent with authority

In an agency the principal

Lloyd's greater seniority only.

Lloyd and Milly are employees of NuTech Corporation. They have the same job. Under the Equal Pay Act, NuTech can legitimately pay Lloyd more than Milly on the basis of

because e-mails are being transmitted on company time and property

Many employers monitor the e-mail their employees send and receive at work. The courts have held that this practice is legal:

a fiduciary duty

Partners in a partnership owe each other

prohibits pay discrimination on the basis of sex

The Equal Pay Act

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The agency given the power to file suits against employers and unions believed to be violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is the:

CORRECT - all of the other choices are required

The duties of a principal to an agent do not include

Equal Pay Act of 1963

The first federal law that specifically addressed equal employment issues was the

board of directors

The governing committee of a corporation is the

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The most important antidiscrimination employment law is

shareholders

The owners of a corporation are called

the bylaws

The rules that regulate and govern the internal operations of a corporation are known as

oral or written expressions of the principal or the principal's conduct

The scope of an agent's authority is determined from the

Principal

Through an agency relationship, the agent becomes a representative of the

fifteen or more workers

Title VII applies to employers with

the corporation's articles of incorporation are filed with the appropriate officer of the state

To create a corporation

the principal and agent must agree to form an agency

To establish an agency relationship

ratifies the agency

When a principal accepts the consequences of the activities of a person who had previously not been the principal's agent, the principal

suspending a pregnant waitress because she might not be appealing to the diners at a café and denying a pregnant reporter an assignment to a dangerous country because of her condition

Which of the following are examples of illegal discrimination under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?

CORRECT - all of the other specific choices are correct

Which of the following could lead to the dissolution of a partnership

compensation

Which of the following is not a duty owed by the agent to the principal

a limited partnership must have at least one general partner

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true?

privileges against self-incrimination

Which of the following statements about a corporation is true? Corporations are not entitled to constitutionally protected

express authority

____ consists of oral or written instructions given by the principal to an agent

pertnership

a ___ is an association of two or more persons to carry on a business as co-owners for profit

oral agreement; implied agreement

A partnership can begin with either a(n) ____ or a(n) ____.

gratuitous agent

A person who volunteers with no expectation of being paid for her services is a(n)

actions by the principal lead a person to believe that the presumed agent has authority to act on the principal's behalf

Agency by estoppel means

is not prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Discrimination on the basis of sexual preference or sexual identity

hire and fire which ever workers they wished

Historically, the common law permitted employers to

will become a creditor of the corporation and will enjoy the same rights of recovery against the corporation as any other creditor

If a shareholder supplies needed material to the business then he

may have civil rights acts that protect additional classes of employees not covered by Title VII

Individual states and cities

may not participate in management of the business

Limited partners are investors who

Acted with malice or reckless indifference.

Mold & Dye Corporation is a private employer involved in a Title VII employment discrimination suit. Punitive damages may be recovered against Mold & Dye only if the employer

preferential treatment of a protected class

Reverse discrimination is

Quid pro quo harassment.

Rona is Stu's administrative assistant and both work for TriCounty Labor Inc. Stu tells Rona that for sexual favors, he will give her an excellent performance review and recommend a raise. This is

CORRECT - all of the other choices may be included

Sexual harassment does not appear to include

winding up

The ____ of partnership affairs involves completing any unfinished business and then collecting and distributing the partnership's assets.

insure the agent against losses suffered during the course of authorized transactions

The principal's duty to indemnify the agent means the principal must

all of the other choices are protected

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects all of the following classes from employment discrimination except:

state law

Today a corporation must be created according to

required to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee's religious practices

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act's prohibition of discrimination based on religion, an employer is

the country where a person is born or the country from which his or her ancestors came

Under Title VII, national origin refers to

CORRECT - all of the other choices are correct

Under the Equal Pay Act, men and women may be paid different wages if

CORRECT - all of the other specific choices are correct

Whom of the following must follow a corporation's bylaws in conducting corporate activities