Research Proposal on "DWI Is Placed in a Precarious Legal"

Quoted Instructions for "DWI Is Placed in a Precarious Legal" Assignment:

"PLEASE FOLLOW EXCACTLY"

Phase 2 Discussion Board

Deliverable Length: 400-650 words

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.

In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

Post your comments to at least two other postings. Each comment must be at least 200 words in length. Use the 2X2 matrix to comment (i.e., two things you liked about the posting, and two things the student could have included to improve the posting including errors or excluding erroneous information). You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

Points Possible: 75

Date Due: Monday, Dec 08, 2008

Objective: Recognize the principal legal and ethical issues facing managers.

Apply ethical frameworks to business situations.

Use effective communication techniques.

Submitted Files: Discussion Board

Score: N/A

Instructor Comments: Instructor Comments: Hello class here are some main issues that could be addressed to meet "course expectations", be sure to also use course book concepts: :////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..