Exam 16: Management of Employee Conduct: Agency

Discuss the theories for employer liability on accidents caused by employees falling asleep when returning home from work.

Which best describes the role of an employee handbook?​

Unless protected by a statute,an agent for an unincorporated association has full liability on contracts entered into on behalf of that association.

Brian Weyland was an agent for Clothes Horse,Inc.,a clothing manufacturer.Weyland's job was to find new designs and bring them to Clothes Horse for production.Weyland found a new style in women's tops that he felt would be a top seller.Weyland obtained licenses from the designer and began producing the tops through a company of his own,Wey-Out Designs.Weyland:

Firing an agent does not end apparent authority.

To bind the third party,restrictions on an agent's authority must be:

As you contemplate the purchase of a computer that has been a store demonstrator,the manager of the store says,"Look,take it.If it turns out to have problems,I'll take it back." Would the store manager have the authority to make this promise?

If the act of an agent is ratified:

Express and implied authority together are called real authority.

Principals are liable for the acts of independent contractors if:

A pizza deliverer who is in an accident while en route to deliver a pizza for a restaurant has:

An unincorporated association is a group that acts as an entity but has no legal existence.

Principals and agents have a fiduciary relationship.

Courts view non-compete agreements against the employees and for the employers.

A principal cannot ratify an act of an agent retroactively.

Professor Nate Crenshaw has been the focus of numerous student complaints to the dean of the College of Business for his behaviors in class,including profanity,screaming at students,ordering students out of the classroom for chewing gum,and making students stand during class when their answers are wrong.The dean has been hesitant to take action,knowing that Professor Crenshaw has tenure.The dean also felt Professor Crenshaw's behavior was obnoxious,but not harmful.Joe Culross was in Professor Crenshaw's class one day and got an answer to a question wrong.Professor Crenshaw struck the student; he fell to the ground and experienced a concussion.Which of the following statements is correct about Joe's rights?​

Implied authority is the extension of express authority by custom.

The Restatement of Agency has been adopted in all states.

The intentional torts of agents are never the responsibility of the principal.

Russ Belmont is a staff accountant at a bank in the downtown Phoenix area.Belmont is sent to various branches throughout the state to do audits and has an accident while en route to one of the audits.Which of the following statements is true?