1. in mediation, the mediator proposes a solution and makes a binding decision resolving the dispute. true or false? explanation

2. an expert witness is a person who is directly involved in the events concerning a lawsuit.

true or false (explanation)

3. the party who is bringing (filing) the lawsuit is the plaintiff or petitioner.

true or false (explanation)

4. bizapps hosts a web site that advertises its software products, features upgrades and patches for its existing products, and accepts orders from customers throughout the world. cassie, who owns and operates holiday vacations, inc., a travel agency in wyoming, orders from the web site a copy of bizapps’s price control software. price control is designed to businesses obtain the best prices for their products and services. when price control is found to have a defect in its calculating program, bizapps offers a patch on its web site to fix the problem. cassie has already lost profits because of the miscalculating defect, however, and files a suit against bizapps in a wyoming state court. can the court exercise jurisdiction over bizapps? why or why not? explain

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?