Reference no: EM1310143 , Length: 900 Words

Q. Pancakes & Syrup Facts

Maple Corporation is a manufacturer of breakfast products. Maple sells its products to wholesale distributors also directly to large retail chains. Maple's Real Maple brand table syrup is very popular due to its high content of real maple syrup. To boost sales of its pancake batter mix, Maple Corporation conditions the sale of its table syrup on the buyer's agreement to buy Maple's pancake mix. To get its customers to cooperate with this arrangement, Maple gives an extra 5% trade discount for each syrup/mix transaction. The pancake batter mix is not as popular as the syrup, causing retailers to experience oversupplies of mix. To induce customers to buy the oversupply, retailers have to offer deep discounts on the mix.
Legal Reasoning:
Illustrate type of arrangement is this? Illustrate law applies? Illustrate are the elements of the law? Is the Maple Corporation arrangement legal in your opinion? Explain why?

Ethical Reasoning:

Elucidate how does this agreement benefit Maple Corporation? Does it fairly protect Maple's interests?
Is this agreement fair to buyers of Maple's products?
Is this agreement fair to consumers in general?

Assume the fairness to each of the parties involved, is it ethical for Maple to continue with this arrangement? If not, Illustrate is the solution?

Assignment

Prepare a legal also ethical analysis in a Word document. Submit your analysis via the drop box titled "FIRAC 8: Final Exam." Due by midnight of the assignment due date (see your course schedule for the assignment due date). Make this your best effort, demonstrating that you have accomplished the course objectives. You are expected to go beyond the text in conducting your legal research for this assignment.

To receive full credit for this assignment:

1. Complete a legal reasoning analysis also ethical reasoning analysis in a Word document as instructed.

2. Answer each of the questions posed with a statement of your position also an explanation of Elucidate how you reached that position.

3. For your legal analysis, support your statements with facts from the problem, law from the text or other research, also/or examples to illustrate your point. Be sure to include the elements of the law also address each element. Use appropriate legal terminology correctly.

4. For your ethical analysis, be sure to point out also explain the potential harms to each of the parties involved (Maple, Maple's customers, consumers).