Two Coworkers at Oracle Came Up with an Idea for Renting

question 64

Multiple Choice

Two coworkers at Oracle came up with an idea for renting software over the Internet. Oracle's top management liked the idea and set up a special division called Channelware devoted to taking the idea and making a new product. The ability of the Nortel top management to create this new division and assign employees to it is a result of their having which of the following?

• A) conceptual power
• B) legitimate power
• C) coercive power
• D) referent power

Identify and explain the Dormant Commerce Clause and its implications for state regulation.

Understand the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause.

Recognize and articulate the right to privacy as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Understand the concepts of procedural and substantive due process.

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