EXTERNAL ANALYSIS – POLITICAL AND LEGAL FACTORS

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Which of the following would a transport company monitor under the Political heading as part of a PEST analysis?

• Tracking systems to monitor driver hours/anti‐theft devices/developments in tyre technology
• State of the economy/oil price movements/a rise in interest rates
• Fuel tax/congestion charges in cities/plans to build new roads
• Predicted car numbers and usage/public concerns over safety

Constructive dismissal occurs when an organisation no longer needs an employee and therefore terminates their contract. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

• True
• False

Under typical employment protection legislation, which of the following would be classified as an ‘unfair’ reason for the dismissal of an employee?

• The employee was a member of a trade union
• The employee was guilty of misconduct
• The employee’s job became redundant
• The employee had a lack of qualifications or capability for the job

Consider the following statements: (1) A political system can be defined as ‘a complete set of institutions, political organisations and interest groups, the relationship between those institutions and the political rules and norms that govern their functions.’ (2) Nationalisation of an industry often involves government selling some of its assets in a bid to promote competition. Which of these statements is/are correct?

• (1) only
• (2) only
• Both
• Neither

Supra‐national sources of legal authority include:

• United Nations resolutions
• US legislation
• UK Government legislation
• UK High Court decisions

Data Protection legislation, such as The Data Protection Act in the UK, typically focuses on:

• issues concerning data held about incorporated entities
• rights of the individual with regards to withholding information about oneself
• the way data about the individual is to be obtained, used and stored
• aligning the information requirements between different countries

Which of the following are typical rights of individuals with respect to data stored about them in data protection legislation? Right ofsubject access – individuals are entitled to be told whether the data controller holds personal data about them.

• Yes
• No

Which of the following are typical rights of individuals with respect to data stored about them in data protection legislation? Right to prevent processing for the purposes of direct marketing.

• Yes
• No

Consider the following two scenarios (i) A wants to request his personal credit report from a credit file company for free, using typical data protection legislation. (ii) A receives a large amount of unsolicited (junk) mail. Using the data protection act, he wishes to have these marketing activities blocked. In which of these scenarios would typical data protection legislation support A?

• (i) only
• (ii) only
• Both
• Neither