Richard A Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues

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Richard A. Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues
Wasserstrom discusses moral issues that arise when examining the lawyer-client relationship, focusing in particular on role-differentiated behavior among professionals. Providing a number of supporting reasons, he makes a case for a type of "deprofessionalizing" the legal profession that would counter the effects of the usual paternalistic and impersonal relationship between lawyers and clients.
-The adversary system only works if

• A) the opposing parties enter a restorative justice program.
• B) the opposing parties are represented by the same lawyer.
• C) each party has a lawyer who pleads the merits of his or her case and the demerits of the opponent's.
• D) each party pleads guilty.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

A financial allocation practice that designates overhead and indirect costs to related products and services, determined by the activities they necessitate.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost (both fixed and variable) to produce one unit of a product.

Traditional Costing System

An accounting method that applies indirect costs to products based on a predetermined overhead rate, without distinguishing between activities or processes.

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect manufacturing costs, encompassing expenses such as maintenance, utilities, and salaries not directly tied to specific units produced.