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Assignment 2: The Gig Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Due Week 5 and worth 220 points<\/strong><\/p>\n Uber is largely hailed as the advent of the gig economy, which is the idea that people will not work for any one employer, but instead will work on projects for any variety of companies desiring their services. While creating a new type of entrepreneurship for individuals, it raises a host of new legal questions for companies around the law of agency.<\/p>\n An investment firm has asked you to evaluate Uber\u2019s legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n Write an interoffice memo in which you:<\/p>\n 1. Summarize the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n 2. Analyze the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n 3. Identify the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n 4. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: <\/strong>Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.<\/p>\n Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Your news brief or memo should include a heading, summary statement, background and recommendations.<\/p>\n The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Analyze and apply the concepts of ethical decision making, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility.<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Analyze and evaluate the employment-at-will doctrine and the statutory protections afforded employees.<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Analyze and evaluate laws and regulations relative to product safety, liability and representations.<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.<\/p>\n Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic \/ organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 220<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Assignment 2: The Gig Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Below 70% F<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 70-79% C<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 80-89% B<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 90-100% A<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Weight: 25%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Did not submit or incompletely summarized the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Partially summarized the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Satisfactorily summarized the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thoroughly summarized the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Weight: 30%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Partially analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Satisfactorily analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thoroughly analyzed the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Assignment 2: The Gig Economy Due Week 5 and worth 220 points Uber is largely hailed as the advent of the gig economy, which is the idea that people will not work for any one employer, but instead will work on projects for any variety of companies desiring their services. While creating a new type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n \n <\/strong><\/p>\n \n <\/strong><\/p>\n Unacceptable<\/strong><\/p>\n Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n Proficient<\/strong><\/p>\n Exemplary<\/strong><\/p>\n \n 1. Summarize the main principles of agency.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n 2. Analyze the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n