You are the Senior Vice President of Operations of a large pharmaceutical company. You are in Bermuda on vacation.
 You are advised by your chief of staff that the chief technology officer may have intentionally and knowingly allowed certain chemotherapeutic products to be sold knowing that they contained only fifty percent of the active ingredient of the product.
 Do you contact law enforcement or conduct your own investigation?  Fire the Chief Technology Officer?
 Should HR be doing something? Should you terminate your vacation and return?
 Do you have any special responsibilities as V.P.? Should you call your Public Relations agency?
 Do you call a Board Meeting? Do you notify any other regulatory agencies?

Select a product you are familiar with or interested in.
Be sure the product has not already been discussed by other students.
What product liability issues arise for that product?
What measures can management take to prevent these product liability problems from arising?
How can management minimize legal risk involving the product?

Select a product with which you are familiar, or a product that captures your attention.  Describe some product liability issues that may arise with that product? What measures can management take to prevent the product liability problems from arising? How can management minimize legal risk involving the product?

Watch the Bullies on the Job video posted in the student materials. As indicated in the video, incivility on the job is becoming prevalent. As a manager, what preventative measures might you take to avoid potential torts within a business context, such as the ones identified in the video?

Consider your company or industry, or another organization with which you are familiar. For that organization, identify a tort liability that could arise in the organization. Indicate whether the tort is classified as an intentional tort or an unintentional tort.  Describe processes that could be implemented to alleviate the tort from occurring.