The Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business

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

• ISBN13: 9780324154740
• ISBN10: 0324154747
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-21
• Publisher: Thomson Custom Publishing

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	1	(62)
The Law: Legal and Business Ethics	2	(41)
Overview and Finding the Law	43	(20)
MODULE 2 BUSINESS AND LEGAL SYSTEMS: COURTS, LEGISLATURES, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES, CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW AFFECTING REGULATION	63	(186)
Sources of Law: Political and Institutional	64	(28)
Settling Legal Disputes: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Civil Lawsuits	92	(35)
Business and the Constitution	127	(34)
Government Regulation: Overview	161	(21)
Government Regulation: Anatomy and Enforcement of a Regulation	182	(31)
International Business: Public Law	213	(18)
Private Business Dealings in International Contexts	231	(18)
MODULE 3 PRIVATE LAW AFFECTING ENTREPRENEURS	249	(106)
Torts: Negligence, Strict Liability, and Intentional Torts	250	(27)
Nature, Definition, and Classification of Contracts	277	(26)
Property	303	(26)
Intellectual Property and Technology	329	(26)
MODULE 4 LAW AFFECTING THE BUSINESS HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT	355	(122)
Common Law Rules in Employer--Employee Relations	356	(30)
Important Statutes in Employer--Employee Relations	386	(37)
Employment Discrimination	423	(25)
Federal Labor Law: Unionization and Collective Bargaining	448	(29)
MODULE 5 LAW AFFECTING BUSINESS FINANCING	477	(80)
Business Organizations	478	(39)
Securities Regulation	517	(40)
MODULE 6 LAW AFFECTING THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT	557	(90)
Antitrust Law	558	(32)
Federal Trade Commission Act, Franchising, and Unfair Competition	590	(19)
Consumer Protection	609	(38)
MODULE 7 LAW AFFECTING THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT	647	(1)
Product Liability	648	(37)
Environmental Law	685