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LC Bus Ch1, Ch2
LC Unit 1,ch 1 and 2: People in Business, Consumer Conflict
Question | Answer |
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Business | Any organisation set up to provide goods and services to its customers |
Commercial business | Those businesses that have profit as their primary motive |
Private sector business | Owned and controlled by private individuals who invest capital and hope to receive a share of annual profits |
State-owned business | Owned by state e.g ESB |
Non-commercial | A business who wants to provide service to society not currently being supplied by government e.g. Dublin Simon |
Stakeholders | People involved in or affected by a business's activities |
Entrepreneurs | Individuals who think up new ideas, use their initiative to turn them into reality, and take both personal and financial risks of running a business |
Investors | Invest money into a business |
Suppliers | Providers of raw materials or other essential support services to business |
Employees | Workers who bring range of skills and expertise to a business |
Government | The state who invests heavily in infrastructure in order to create a positive economic environment |
Competitive relationship | Tends to pit one stakeholder against another. |
Co-operative relationaship | Both parties working towards shared goals for their mutual benefit. |
Interest groups | Pressure groups which promote interests of their members through lobbying, campaigning and protests. |
Legislative solution | Involves applying the provisions of a relevant law or agency set up by law to resolve an issue |
Non-legislative | This negotiation may only involve the conflicting parties, or may be facilitated by an independent 3rd party |
Mediation | An agreed mediator intervenes when both sides are at an impass and suggests proposal to move things on. |
Arbitration | independent 3rd party listens to both sides and makes a decision. |
Conciliation | 3rd party helps conflicting parties to reach a mutually agreeable solution, but they don't impose a solution |
Contract | Legally binding agreement between two or more parties which is enforceable by law. |
Offer | Proposal which can be oral, in writing or by conduct, which becomes legally binding when accepted |
Acceptance | Accepting original offer unconditionally and unqualified (not changing anything) |
Consideration | Something of value must be exchanged between the parties (money value of an enforceable contract) |
Consent | All parties must enter into the contract of their own free will |
Intention to contract | Making a contract must be deliberate or intentional. |
Capacity to contract | All parties must have the legal capacity to freely enter into a contract. |
Legality of purpose | Contracts involving illegal activities are not enforceable by law |
Legality of Form | Some contracts must be written in order to be legal e.g.mortgage |
By Agreement | Parties agree to end the contract |
Frustration | Something unforeseen and beyond the control of either party prevents a contract from being carried out |
Breach | One of the parties fail to fulfill their side of the contract. It is the breaking of a condition of the contract |
Damages | When a condition is breached then the aggrieved party can sue for losses suffered as a result of the breach. |
Specific Performance | Court orders the contract to be carried out as per agreement |
Rescind | Contract is cancelled and parties revert to the position that had existed before the contract was signed |
Warranty | Statement in contract, if warranty is not honoured then damages can be awarded but the contract is not broken |
Relationships between the stakeholders | Relationships between stakeholders can be co-operative, competitive and have conflict. These relationships can be dynamic (change over time) e.g. two firms can be in competition but help each other on some issues such as distribution. |
What is the Law of Contract | A contract is a legally binding agreement between two parties. A contract can be made orally, in writing or by conduct. |
What are the elements of the law of contract? | Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Intention to contract, Capacity to contract, Consent to contract, Legality of form, Legality of purpose |
Explain four methods by which a legal contract can be terminated. | Performance; Agreement; Frustration; Breach of contract. Explanations are needed for each. |
What are the remedies for breach of contract. | Remedies depend on whether a condition or a warranty has been broken. Remedies can be Rescind (cancel) the contract; Sue for damages; Specific performance (the terms of contract be carried out as originally agreed). |
The main stakeholders are: | People involved in or affected by a business's activities: Entrepreneur, Investor, Employer, Employee, Producer, Consumer, Service Provider, Interest group. |
Illustrate the factors that a business needs to consider when communicating with it s various stakeholders (SH). | Appropriate Language, SH- consumer, flat packs / Confidentiality, SH-employee, meeting to terminate instead of email / Cost, SH-manager, virtual meeting / Urgency (destination), SH-supplier, phone or text / Feedback (Accuracy, Record), SH-Govt, formal. |
Non-legislative methods of solving consumer conflicts. | Consumers and shop try to resolve conflict by themselves or with the help of others, but without reference to te laws of Ireland or any legal agency: 1. Negotiation 2. Consumers Assoc of Ireland (interest group for consumers). |
Legislative methods of solving consumer conflicts: | Need to know what each of the following is/does: 1. Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1990. 2. Consumer Information Act, 1978. 3. National Consumer Agency, The Director of Consumer Affairs. 4. Small Claims Court. 5. Ombudsman |