The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 27, Problem 9BCP

(a)

Summary Introduction

Case summary:The company D made a product CC. The companies C and D had one-third of the market share in the product CC and agreed to fix the price of the product. After a few years, person R became the president of D and decided to influence other competitors to rejoin the conspiracy. After an investigation by US Department of Justice, the court convicted R for conspiracy and for the violation of section 1 of the Sherman act.

To find: The justification for the enhancement of the punishment of R on the basis of his position as a supervisor or a manager.

(b)

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The company D made a product choline chloride. Both companies C and D had one-third of the market share in the product and agreed to fix the price of the product. The person R became the president of D and decided to influence other competitors to join the conspiracy. After an investigation by US Department of Justice, the court convicted the R for conspiracy and for the violation of Section 1 of the Sherman act.

To find: The unethicalness in the decision of R and other competitors.

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The company D made a product choline chloride. Both companies C and D had one-third of the market share in the product and agreed to fix the price of the product. The person R became the president of D and decided to influence other competitors to join the conspiracy. After an investigation by US Department of Justice, the court convicted the R for conspiracy and for the violation of Section 1 of the Sherman act.

To find: The way R might have behaved ethically.

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