BUS 241 - Legal Environment of Business

Description:
An introduction to legal reasoning, ethics in business, the law of contracts, torts, agency, sales, bailments, and personal property. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer).

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify various sources of legal rules, statutes, consitutions and common law, describing the political, social and cultural influences that affect the institutions that develop and interpret them in the legal system.
Apply a model of ethical reasoning to derive logical decision making to ethical questions in the context of hypothethical business problems.
Define the role of the three branches of government, understand the federal and state court system and develop knowledge of the US Constitution.
Recognize types of property interests, acceptable and unacceptable employment practices under federal and state law, identify torts, crimes and when contracts are valid, voidable and void under both common law and the Uniform Commercial code.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
12/7/17