Essay on "Legal Ethics Civil Rights Act of 1964"

Quoted Instructions for "Legal Ethics Civil Rights Act of 1964" Assignment:

Scenario:

Congratulations! You have just been hired by Diversified Worldwide Industries (DWI), Inc., as the Vice President of Risk Management. DWI is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, and has over 150 offices in 30 countries. DWI is incorporated in the State of Delaware; its ships are flagged by Liberia and the Bahamas.

The Corporation's principal activities are grouped into the following areas:

ENVIRONMENT: Water and water treatment, waste management;

OIL & ENERGY: Exploration, production, transport, refining, wholesale marketing, alternative fuels research;

COMMUNICATIONS: Telecommunications, Internet, audiovisual activities, publishing and multimedia;

LEISURE & RECREATION: Hotels, casinos, cruise ships;

REAL ESTATE: Builds homes and manages properties in active adult, age-restricted communities;

FINANCIAL: Brokerage for capital market investments in Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and emerging markets;

MANUFACTURING: Produces, distributes, markets, exports and imports spirits and wines.

Your duties as the VP for Risk Management will require that you develop knowledge and expertise in all areas of business law, consult with corporate and outside counsel on legal matters, and advise the board as to available options to reduce or minimize the risk and liability of DWI in its ongoing activities.

Assignment Details:

Read these landmark cases:

Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. U.S.

(http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=379&page=241)

Katzenbach v. McClung

(http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=379&invol=294)

These cases upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as being a constitutional exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The leisure group of DWI owns and operates several hotels and casinos, one of which is "The Queen of The Nile" casino, on the Mississippi River waterfront in New Orleans. This Egyptian themed hotel and casino is quite popular with Arab-Americans and visitors who are citizens of nations in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Recent events in the Middle East have led to an increase in anti-Arab sentiment, and several fringe groups have actually resorted to violence against persons who appear or are believed to be of Middle Eastern decent and damage to properties they own or frequent. In recent weeks, DWI and the hotel have received threats against the property and its guests via mail, phone, and e-mail. In response, DWI has circulated a memo to employees advising them of the threats and has increased security patrols on the premises. Last night, one or more snipers shot at arriving and departing guests who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent; two guests and one employee were injured and there was damage to several doors and windows near the hotel entrance.

Additional threats against the hotel have been received, threatening bombings and additional violence unless DWI stops allowing persons believed to be Arab-Americans or others of Middle Eastern descent to stay at or visit the hotel property; several employees have claimed to be sick and have failed to appear at work this morning; Arab-American groups and others are threatening a boycott of DWI products and services worldwide if the company acquiesces to the blackmail.

Discuss the legal and ethical considerations raised by this situation and make a recommendation to the Board as to what actions DWI should take.

Be succinct and state the "purpose statement" and preview or list the topics to be discussed in the "Open" of the submission or you will loose points(NO research data or citations go here.). In the "BODY" is where we give the research data and citations that support your allegations, assertions and tells how it applies (integration) to your company (DWI). We must "integrate" research data at that very moment it is introduced into the DWI scenario in order that your "audience" can follow your logic. A proper "conclusion" should wrap-up main (researched) issues to be used by you (V.P.), to give the foundation for your recommendations to DWI executives.

HINTS:

When using government agencies explain what they do before writing any information about them.

Agencies: Dept. of Homeland Security, FBI, (OSHA)=Occupational Safety & Health Admin., Nat'l Guard, S.W.A.T., U.S. marshals, and the ATF.etc..///LAWS: Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Patriot Act, Title 18, U.S.C. Section 245 "Federally Protected Activities", Polish Alliance v Labor Board, Case studies= Atlanta Hotel v United States, Katzenback v McClung; 14th Ammendment="protection of Individual rights to a public establishment.//////Terms: vicarious liability, negligence, "respondeat superior", criminal law, civil law.., ethics audit, ethical philosophies..etc..

WE MUST KEEP YOUR O/V SCORE AT OR BELOW 25%