Duty of Care in Supermarkets

This article discusses the concept of duty of care in supermarkets and the responsibilities of upper management. It explores a case study of an accident in a supermarket and the breach of duty of care. The article also highlights the importance of maintaining a safe and secure environment for customers.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week 6.............................................................................................................................................3
Week 7.............................................................................................................................................4
Week 8.............................................................................................................................................5
Week 9.............................................................................................................................................6
Week 10...........................................................................................................................................6

Week 6
A)
It is one of the major duties of supermarket’s upper management to take care of those all
people who visits within the supermarket, in which this supermarket was also responsible to take
care of Barbara. Basically, she has slipped because of some grapes in the section of pet-food, so
that her ankle has break due to that accident. This accident of Barbara is not presenting a good
image of supermarket, because this supermarket has not properly followed the safety and
security act. According to safety and security act of Australia, every business, venture or
organisation responsible to provide safe and secure zone to different people in its authorised
area. If Egeeay supermarket was proper followed this act, then Barbara has not faced no that
accident. There are administration body of supermarket was completely responsible to protect
Barbara, because she is regular shopper at this supermarket. There was store manager of this
supermarket was not played its role in proper manner. According to the store policy, there was
manager store responsible to check the floor in every 15 minutes to make floor neat and clean.
But on that time, manager not properly checked floor in the supermarket’s pet-food section, and
that’s why Barbara has slipped on the floor due spread grapes on the floor.
B)
In the case of Barbara, there are management authority of supermarket has completely
breached that duty of care. There was store manager could have cleaned those spread grapes on
the floor. That’s why store manager should always maintain supermarket’ floor neat and clean in
the future, so that no any single person has faced incident like Barbara. This topic is very
necessary to be discussed because, many times people faces very big health issues also after get
slipped on the floor. Currently upper management within many organisations has penalised their
employees, if they conduct mistake as store manager of Egeeay supermarket. According to
business law, there are supermarket completely breached duty of care.
C)

According to the case study, there are supermarket and its store manager completely in
the fault, because there was store manager fully responsible to maintain such environment in
supermarket where each and every visitor can feel safe and secure. But finally, that Barbara’s
incident has happened, and this incident has opened the actual reality of supermarket ethics
standards. According to the business ethics, each business or company should be maintained a
safe and secure zone for all people which visits in their authorisation area. Otherwise they can
face issues like Barbara. There are upper management of Egeeay supermarket need to proper
order to it’s all employees including store manager for always making supermarket’s floor neat
and clean. By taking this step, management will be able to make Egeeay supermarket favourable
place for all people.
Week 7
Yes, there are Brown is completely able to file a case against the retailer and underwear
galore in the Australian consumer court, because currently he is facing heath issue due to mistake
of the retailer and underwear galore. Both was responsible to maintain proper quality of those
woollen underpants which has purchased by Brown. Basically, when a product has manufactured
in a manufacturing plant, on the time existing production manager responsible to ensure that
quality of manufactured product is good or not. On the other side, manufacturing company of a
product is always able to proper pack that newly manufactured product for delivering that
product to customer with the best quality. In the case of Brown, we can see that there is
packaging of Woollen underpants not much effective, because Brown has purchased these
underpants, then that was not in the favourable condition.
On the other side, there are retailer and galore also equally responsible for making safe
and secure those underpants to perfectly deliver them to customers. But they were also not
performing their role professionally, that’s why Brown got that type of products which was not
favourable to consume. In this situation, Brown is able to make claim in against company in the
consumer court. Basically, a business within Australia is always responsible to not provide such
products and services to customers which can negatively affect the health of customers. In this
case of Brown, there are he is suffering from small health issue after wearing such underpants
which has not good packaging. There are retailer and underwear galore should be taken this

responsibility to support Brown in this condition. Otherwise, he has full right to claim against
both in the respective court under Australian consumer law.
Basically, according to consumer law of Australia, each and every customer who has
harmed by a business is able to make claim against that business in the consumer court of
Australia. In this situation, currently Brown is able to take huge advantage through the Australian
consumer. For complaining against a business, a consumer always needs to have appropriate
information about policies of consumer law. So that, there are Brown should be gained proper
knowledge of consumer law of Australia, because this is the only way to make claim against the
retailer and underwear galore by properly following legal procedure of Australia. There are
Brown will definitely win this case within the court, because according to the case study, he is
completely harmed by the retailer and underwear galore. Currently Brown has full right to buy a
product with proper quality within Australia, but he has not got the quality underpants from the
retailer and galore, because both was not taken care of this product. That’s why Brown can make
claim against the retailer and underwear galore under the consumer law of Australia.
Week 8
A person should always be properly considered a business while becoming a franchisee.
Basically, becoming a franchisee is not a small task to a person in the market, because franchisee
always need to take some risk for becoming a successful franchisee. Before buying franchisee of
a company, a person should always analyse that company which it has chosen for buying
franchisee. It is very necessary to that person for gaining huge profit in its career of franchise. A
person always needs to be considered various advantages and disadvantages of franchisee as well
before becoming a franchisee. For example; a person always be able to know and learn many
new things while choosing career of franchisee in which this is the advantage of franchisee. A
franchisee always be able to be its own boss, so that this another advantage of becoming a
franchisee.
On the other side, a person has required to invest very high fund in its initial stage for
becoming a franchisee. So that, this is big disadvantage of franchisee career, because most
people always not have appropriate fund for becoming a franchisee. A franchisee is not able to

be too much creative in its personal life, in which this another key disadvantage of franchisee,
because creativity is highly required to gain high success in this dynamic and modern world.
Week 9
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd (1897) AC 22 is basically a law case of the United
Kingdom, in which this case now become the precedent to different businesses and companies in
the market. Basically. this case motivates to top-level management of different business for
never conducting such activities which has conducted in this case. With the support of this case,
business can capable to remove many of conflicts from their workplace. This case encourages
companies for maintaining an effective relationship their various stakeholders, because it is
necessary for easily achieving business objectives.
There is corporate veil is a legal framework which is separating the body of the
corporation from its shareholders, and protecting them to be personally liable to debts and
additional obligations of the company. According to the corporation act, those shareholders not
be permitted under the company for long term earning who conducts frauds and unethical
attempts in the business environment.
Week 10
Before buying shares in a company, Tristan need to know about the various aspects of
shares and company. For example; there are “member” and “shareholder” terms should be highly
considered by Tristan while buying shares of a company. If Tristan has purchased ordinary
number of shares of company, then that company consider him only as a common shareholder.
But if Tristan has purchased maximum number of shares of a company, then existing board of
members of that company may give chance to him for becoming a member of company. It is
completely depending on the existing members of company that, they give chance to Tristan for
becoming member of company or not. For becoming a member within the company, Tristan
should has fulfilled a common eligibility that buy the large number of shares of company.
Existing members of a company always decides that ‘how many members are permitted to have
in the company’. Generally, this is very logical thing that, if Tristan has buy the large number of
share of company, then there will be full chance to him for becoming a member of that company.