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When an employee in Colorado sues her employer for sexual harassment, the state court judge applies federal law relating to workplace harassment because it extends protections to employees beyond th... ose provided by state law.  When an employee tries to file a discrimination complaint against her employer in Maine after she loses in a Vermont state court, the Maine state court agrees to hear the case.  An Arizona resident drove through New Mexico to visit his college roommate and is hit by a delivery truck. When the New Mexico state court hears the case, the judge only takes Arizona law into consideration, since that's where the plaintiff resides.  A federal judge refuses to hear a negligence case that includes a state-based claim in addition to a federal one. She cites the fact that federal courts can never have jurisdiction over cases that involve state laws. CONCEPT The Courts and the Legal Process 2 Since corporations are separate legal entities from their shareholders, which of the following is true?  Shareholders do not need to pay taxes on dividend earnings since corporations are taxed independently.  Under no circumstances can the protection of limited liability be removed from shareholders.  Shareholders are usually not financially accountable for the actions of the corporation, but neither do they own the assets of the corporation.  A corporation can only exist for as long as its original owners are present. CONCEPT Corporations 3 The CEO of Oil Company X is dismayed to learn that oil has been leaking from one of its off- shore rigs into the Gulf of Mexico for the last five years. In deciding how to proceed, the company identifies a range of stakeholders, considers how different courses of action would impact each stakeholder, and determines which core values each decision would satisfy. According to the Josephson's core values model for ethical decision-making, what should Company X do next? [Show More]

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