The fact that Apple sued Samsung is very controversial. People often question whether Apple had a motive for suing Samsung or if the company genuinely thought Samsung had copied features from their product.

Samsung was found guilty for infringing five Apple patents on August 24^th, 2012 and has to pay more than $ 1 billion in damages. Why did Apple pursue the legal matter before the release of the iPhone 5? People are questioning if Apple’s motive behind suing was to make consumers want their product over Samsung’s Galaxy S 3. This could be the case as Samsung is Apple’s biggest competitor, and their court victory was announced shortly after the release of the Galazy S 3.

Although Samsung is considered the number one smartphone, their sales will have a slight decrease in the world not because of the legal matters but as a result of the new iPhone 5. Samsung’s products are still in demand, and I believe will continue to be despite the US legal set back.  Samsung was only found guilty in the US, specifically California, which is Apples home territory. Was this decision bias? I think so, as there have been several other cases around the world regarding this issue, and have been dismissed.

Samsung will continue to develop their products and build on their past success with newer products that will “wow” customers and of course meet their needs. Thus, Samsung’s sales will continue to increase throughout the years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/28/apple-rot-starts-with-samsung-lawsuit-win

http://www.itwire.com/2012-06-01-13-40-03/browse/c-level/56376-so-what-did-samsung-copy

As Gadhafi renounced terrorism in the late 90’s, sanctions fell, thus many companies wanted to get involved with Libya.  Aissa worked at SNC, an engineering firm, and wanted to generate more business opportunities. Within a few years, Aissa eventually signed multiple contracts that were worth a total of $1 billion in Libya. Many people question how SNC obtained most of the contracts when there were many companies interested? The answer is bribery.

After investigating Aissi’s actions during the last few years, $56 million in mysterious payments were uncovered. A number of payments were made to Gadhafi’s son, Saadi. As Saadi’s security guard states and proves, “When Saadi needed money, Aissa was the one I spoke to” (Smith, Waldie 2). These payments went as high as $100,000 he also added. Thus Aissa’s actions were unethical and against the code of ethics as he was paying off Saadi for the business opportunities received.  Aissa benefited from his actions because he received recognition from the entire company, as he was promoted to vice-president in 2007, earning $1.74-million in 2010. Bribery continues to be a big problem throughout the world as companies are suffering and are pressured to do well. Through this pressure, companies are ignoring their ethics by doing whatever they can to get ahead.

~ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/snc-lavalins-man-in-libya-and-his-ties-to-gadhafis-son/article4202839/

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