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LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUISNESS COMMUNICATION

It is necessary to understand the basic legal risks involved in writing .These risks are as follows .

1.                 DEFAMATION:

The matter , which is printed without the free consent of the writer  or the false presentation or any statement . For example hitting one ‘s income and expenditures . So the un – consented and unprivileged “PUBLICATION’’ of a false idea which tends to injure reputation , and for which no legal privilege exists , is a defamation . Oral defamation is SLANDER &  the written defamation is LIBEL.

a.                 PUBLICATION:   Any means of communication , un-consented intentional or negligent , by which some third party ( anyone other than the person intended) actually receives the defamatory idea can effect a publication

b.                 PRIVILEGE:  A legal right to communicate defamatory information in certain situation is privilege , which could be absolute or conditional

2.                 INVASION OF PRIVACY:

If any one interrupts in one’s  privacy life with out his consent or violates his privacy through any other acts , which is harmful to his reputation is the invasion of privacy . For example the use of a person ‘s identity or using  any other person’s name or photograph or his personal possessions.

3.                 FRAUD:

Any misrepresentation made by the party knowing the actual facts in a fraud . The following are the element of fraud .

a)       False representation of facts . ( Made intentionally)

b)      Intent that deceived person act their own.

c)        Knowledge that such  statement would naturally deceived.

d)       That the deceived person acted to his injury.

4.                 OTHER AREAS OF CAUTIONS:

The are some cares to be taken while writing the business letters .

a)       That letter must have the sender ‘s name and address on the back side of the envelope , so that incase the letter is received by the person other then addressed , it can be easily sent to the sender

b)     If the letter is written for some specific purpose  i.e. an article to be published in a newspaper within specific data, the  data  of  receiving  to the receiver should also be written on the front of the envelope , so that the validity of the letter remains existing.

Some other cautions may be remember such as:

a)      Be honest and fair in business correspondence .

b)      Avoid all the statement and acts which invades the privacy of a person.

c)       If any complicated situation arises which involves legal risks , consult an attorney.

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