Contracts Analysis Case Study
Case Overview
Marshall Petersen and his wife, Gloria, began visiting the Sunday school class being taught in Huntsville, Alabama, about six months ago. Marshall is not a Christian, but with the encouragement of his wife, who is a believer, he says he is beginning to explore the faith. This relationship eventually culminated in a business arrangement in which Marshall's small, local health food products business begins purchasing Muscadine grapes your family's produce company sells. This relationship results in a regular business arrangement with orders being placed every month. Despite often being late with the payment for the shipments, there was never any penalties or interest being charged and the prices and shipments were kept consistent.
However, a disruption in the agreement eventually manifested in which Marshall asked that the delivery person, an adolescent son, to sign a contract that guaranteed the same rates and availability of the product. The contract is potentially problematic however since the young man was legally an adult, nor an official represented of the company. Yet, after a spike in the product's demand became apparent, Marshall has chosen to attempt to enforce the contractual agreement anyway. There are two basic aspects to this case analysis, one from a legal standpoint and one from a moral and ethical perspective.
While the legality of the contract that Marshall is attempting to uphold is questionable at best, the more pressing issue is how to deal with the issue in a moral manner that represents the values a Christian business man would hold...
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