The Cowtown Casino Management

You are fresh out of graduate school, and you take a management job with Cowtown Casino Management (CCM). CCM builds, manages, and sells rural casinos throughout America. CCM has contracted with Big Builder (BB) to build a casino. CC and BB have done business for years, and the contract is done over the phone, with an agreement to reduce the contract to writing later. BB builds casinos quickly, often within a matter of months. BB later emails you what it calls the written contract for the casino. You scan the document, and you see some things that concern you. Among other things, the document states that if gambling becomes illegal, BB’s duties are deemed satisfied, and will still owe BB a minimum of half the contract price. The document further states that if BB is late finishing the casino, BB will owe CC 25% of the agreed-upon lost profits for every day the casino is late. These terms are different than prior contract terms between CCM and BB, and you don’t recall agreeing to change those terms. You remember enough from this course to know you need to contact CCM’s attorney. Identify all the issues, and your perceived strengths and weaknesses of those issues, that you want to discuss with the attorney. Also, discuss any ethical issues raised in this scenario Discussion 9 You just finished your MBA, and you are now a new vice-president of Handsome Hair (HH), a chain of discount hair salons. You have received several complaints from customers about hairstyles they recently received. The complaints were launched in May which is HH’s busiest time of the year. Some customers bitterly complained to their stylists about the hairstyles that they received, that their stylists walked off the job. Some stylists refused to work for a few days until customers calmed down. As a result, other customers complained about not being able to get their hair done at all. Also, some salons that had stylists walk off the job were able to meet their appointment obligations with other stylists. Report to Penny President, the president of HH, concerning all possible legal liability HH may face and damages HH might have to pay.