ACCU Management of The Conduct of Employees and Agency Law Discussion

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Required Text(s): 1. Jennings, M. (2018). Business: Its legal, ethical, and global environment (11th Edition). Cengage Learning, Boston, MA. 

Chapter 16: Management of Employee Conduct, Agency Law

Chapter 17: Governance and Structure: Forms of Doing Business, and Appendix F

Chapter 18: Governance and Regulations: Securities Law, and Appendix E

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Discuss potential liability a principle may have to third parties based on the actions of an agent.  What factors may limit this liability?
2. What general rights do shareholders hold in a corporation?  How do these rights vary, if at all, based on different classes of stock?
3. Explain the difference in a corporate merger and a corporate consolidation, and include in your analysis supporting examples.