The Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business with InfoTrac College Edition

by Fisher, Bruce D.; Phillips, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780324020427
• ISBN10: 0324020422
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-29
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

This highly effective text has chapters arranged in seven functional modules to emphasize how legal topics relate to business functions like marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, and manufacturing. Streamlined for easy readability, the text contains excerpted cases offering substantial portions of original language of the court. In addition, the text presents a strong emphasis on ethics, international law and environmental law as well as Internet applications to encourage students to use the Web as a resource.

Table of Contents

MODULE 1 LEGAL and BUSINESS ETHICS, OVERVIEW and, FINDING the LAW
The Law: Legal and Business Ethics	3	(40)
Overview and Finding the Law	43	(20)
MODULE 2 Business and Legal Systems: Courts, Legislatures, Administrative Agencies, Constitutional and International Law Affecting Regulation	63	(184)
Sources of Law: Political and Institutional	65	(26)
Settling Legal Disputes: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Civil Lawsuits	91	(34)
Business and the Constitution	125	(32)
Government Regulation: Overview	157	(19)
Government Regulation: Anatomy and Enforcement of a Regulation	176	(34)
International Business: Public Law	210	(17)
Private Business Dealings in International Contexts	227	(20)
MODULE 3 Private Law Affecting Entrepreneurs	247	(106)
Torts: Negligence, Strict Liability and, International Torts	249	(27)
Nature, Definition and, Classification of Contracts	276	(26)
Property	302	(25)
Intellectual Property and Technology	327	(26)
MODULE 4 Law Affecting the Business Personnel Department	353	(118)
Employer-Employee Relations: Common Law Rules	366	(17)
Important Statutes in Employer-Employee Relations	383	(36)
Employment Discrimination	419	(24)
Federal Labor Law: Unionization and Collective Bargaining	443	(28)
MODULE 5 Law Affecting Business's Financing	471	(78)
Business Organizations	473	(38)
Securities Regulation	511	(38)
MODULE 6 Law Affecting the Marketing Department	549	(92)
Antitrust Law	599
The Federal Trade Commission Act, Franchising and, Unfair Competition	582	(22)
Consumer Protection	604	(37)
MODULE 7 Law Affecting the Manufacturing Department	641	(37)
Product Liability	641	(37)
Environmental Law	678