Business Simulation

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Business Regulation Simulation

Corliss Parker

LAW/531

March 15, 2011

Joseph Dillard

Business Regulation Simulation

Write a plan using the table you created in your Learning Team collaboration for a company such as Alumina, Inc., explaining how regulatory risks may be identified and managed through preventive, detective, and corrective measures.

Identify common torts and risks found in the simulation and in this week’s readings.

There is a new company called CD&D Alarms who specialize in in-home wireless security cameras for the elderly. Since the company is new, the first thing the company should look at is what liabilities are the company setting themselves up for. The company has to be aware of the law in the state of operation which is Michigan and what could potentially happen if the company was found liable for possible invasion of privacy.

The laws in thirteen states expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in "private" places. These states include: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Utah. In these states, the installation or use of any device for photographing, observing or eavesdropping actions or audio in a "private" place without permission of those being observed or listened to is a crime punishable by law. Some states also prohibit trespassing on private property to conduct unauthorized surveillance of people there. These states include: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Utah. In most of these states, the unauthorized installation or use of Hidden Cameras (those that are seen as violating ones 4th Amendment rights to privacy) is a felony offense (Brick House Security, March).

When CD&D meet with potential clients they must first disclose that the cameras are hidden so as not to totally disrupt the individuals’ privacy. The client has to give...