2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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LW 305 - Legal Environment of Business

(3.00 cr.)

Examines the legal environment of business activity. Students learn to explain basic legal terms; articulate legal rights and requirements in the managerial setting; identify how a particular legal issue fits into the legal system and how law develops and changes; and discuss managing an organization's legal matters, including ethical use of the law. Topics include classifications and sources of law, dispute resolution, agency, business associations, corporate governance, contracts, torts, product liability, securities, equal employment opportunity; and intellectual property. Writing intensive (e.g., Dreamland Project, white collar crime) with undergraduate research project (e.g., industry research on legal and regulatory environment in specific industries).

Prerequisite: 60 credits.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually



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