Assignment 2: Legal Problems Managing a Small Business Part I
Read the scenario and the questions that follow. Identify the legal issue(s) and apply legal concepts and possible arguments for each question. Prepare a solution for each question using laws, cases, examples and/or other relevant materials. Identify potential ethical issues and propose a solution for each issue. Support your answers with information from the textbook and at least two outside scholarly sources.
Assignment 2: Legal Problems Managing a Small Business Part I
Read the scenario and the questions that follow. Identify the legal issue(s) and apply legal concepts and possible arguments for each question. Prepare a solution for each question using laws, cases, examples and/or other relevant materials. Identify potential ethical issues and propose a solution for each issue. Support your answers with information from the textbook and at least two outside scholarly sources. By Week 3, Day 6, prepare a 5 to 8 page paper that identifies the legal issues and potential solutions and answers all questions presented, supported by relevant legal authority. Properly cite all sources using APA format.
This assignment requires application of the concepts learned in Weeks 1 – 3 and is worth significantly more than previous assignments.
Scenario
After being laid off from the construction firm where he has worked for 20 years, Dad started his little handyman business. With a downturn in the economy, Dad found that people repaired things instead of replacing them, so his services were always in demand. Chad worked with his father (Dad) in the afternoons and on the days he didn’t have classes in construction management at the university, since his father needed some help with the growing business. Chad enjoyed the work and it paid well, so he suggested they form a partnership and call it Dad and Chad Expert Handyman Service.
Although Dad prefers cash, a new customer paid for some plumbing work with a check for $330, made payable to Dad and signed by the customer. Dad takes the check to the bank after he completes the services and finds that the bank had issued a stop payment on the check.
Chad orders 15 windows from a wholesale dealer. The dealer comes out to measure for the windows and they agree on white vinyl insulated low-E with half screens for all windows. Since the windows were special ordered, Chad paid for the entire shipment. The windows arrived two…





