Introduction to Business Law
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Business Law provides students with a foundational understanding of the legal principles that govern commercial activities and organizational operations. The course explores key topics such as contract law, torts, agency, employment law, intellectual property, and the structure of the legal system. Through real-world examples and case studies, students will learn to identify legal issues, understand legal reasoning, and recognize the impact of the law on business decision-making. This course equips students with the knowledge to navigate legal challenges and make informed ethical decisions in a business setting.
Recommended Textbook Law and Ethics in the Business Environment 8th Edition by Terry Halbert
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Chapter 1: Law, Ethics, Business: An Introduction
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Q1) Corporate director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social causes is called:
A) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
B) Social Activism (SA)
C) Business Engagement in Environmental Situations (BEES)
D) Strategic Investment in Stakeholder Issues (SISI)
Answer: A
Q2) The Ethic of Care is:
A) A set of rules that explain how to prioritize those people affected by a decision so that a utilitarian analysis can be done successfully.
B) A set of universal principles, which applied evenly to all decisions will result in fairness and equity in ethical decisions.
C) The idea that we should all make decisions under the assumption that we don't know our station in life, that we could be the person most negatively impacted by the decision.
D) A set of principles that encourage decision makers to look at human relationships as a primary motivator for a decision.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Duty of Loyalty: Whistleblowing
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Q1) The National Labor Relations Board has stated that the right to discuss working conditions freely and without fear of retaliation should exist at the work site. However, the Board believes the same right does not exist online.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to research, what are the characteristics of the typical whistleblower?
Answer: The typical whistleblower is a long-term, highly loyal employee who strongly believes his or her company should do the right thing. A whistleblower tends to try to resolve the issue(s) internally. If nothing is done in response to the complaint(s), the whistleblower feels compelled to disclose the problem to authorities outside the company and/or the media.
Q3) Ag Gag would criminalize:
A) undercover video recordings showing animal cruelty
B) recordings of public health violations occurring in agricultural facilities
C) Both a. and b.
D) Neither a. nor b.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Privacy and Technology
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Q1) Which of the following are ways businesses justify electronic surveillance of employees?
I. It measures and encourages efficiency.
II. It uncovers employee disloyalty.
III. It enhances the fairness of personnel evaluations.
IV. It prevents employees from sending personal emails on company time
A) I and II only
B) I, II and III only
C) I, II and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
Answer: B
Q2) Name the two main factors that most courts use in determining whether or not electronic monitoring of employees is an invasion of privacy.
Answer: (1) The obnoxiousness of the means to intrude. In other words, is the method used a deviation from the normal, accepted means of discovering relevant information and (2) the reasons for intruding.
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Chapter 4: Valuing Diversity: Stereotyping v Inclusion
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Q1) All of the following are true statements regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq.), EXCEPT which of the following?
A) An eligible employee is entitled to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave in any 12-month period.
B) Every personal or family emergency qualifies for FMLA leave.
C) Under most circumstances, the employer must reinstate employees when they return from leave.
D) An eligible employee is entitled to take paid leave because of the birth of a son or daughter.
Q2) What must a plaintiff show to make a prima facie case of hostile environment sexual harassment?
Q3) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) favors English-only rules because they decrease the ability for people to stereotype based on national origin or ethnicity and thus decrease illegal workplace discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the term heightened scrutiny. What do the courts use to determine which type of scrutiny to use?
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Chapter 5: Workers Rights as Human Rights: Health and Safety in
the Global Workplace
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Q1) With the adoption of the ____________, the U.S. began to address the need to prevent, or minimize, workplace accidents and health hazards.
A) Securities Act
B) Occupational Safety and Health Act
C) Environmental Protection Agency
D) National Insurance Act
Q2) According to Henry Shue, what are the six factors required to make a cost a true harm?
Q3) The Workers Rights Consortium:
I. Combats sweatshops by monitoring and investigating working conditions in factories around the world.
II. Is a U.S. government organization.
III. Covers contractors, subcontractors and manufacturers.
A) I. only
B) I and II only
C) I and III only
D) I, II, and III
Q4) Explain how worker's compensation in the U.S. works.
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Q5) Discuss how corporate criminal liability has been handled by OSHA since 1970.
Chapter 6: Environmental Law and Justice: Responsibility and Survival
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Q1) Which piece of legislation was passed first?
A) The Clean Water Act
B) The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
C) The Clean Air Act
D) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Q2) The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects private property owners' economic interests. Explain how this amendment affects owners of private property.
Q3) According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to institute restraints to protect property rights.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the obligations of human beings to Mother Earth according to the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth.
Q5) A "green tax" uses government taxing power to benefit the environment.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain the Crisis of Agrobiodiversity as explained by Carmen G. Gonzalez.
Q7) Explain how the tradeable permit plan works.
Q8) What is environmental justice? What started the movement in the United States? Page 8
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Chapter 7: Marketing and Technology: Choice and Manipulation
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Q1) Discuss how the fast food industry's response to the obesity epidemic in children has changed since the publication of the Surgeon General's report.
Q2) According to John Kenneth Galbraith, the theory of consumer demand is based on the following broad assumption(s):
I. Socialism will work in all societies because consumers are willing to share their wealth. II. The urgency of wants does not diminish as more of them are satisfied.
III. Wants originate in the personality of the consumer.
A) I only
B) I and II
C) III only
D) II and III
Q3) What forms can deceptive advertising claims take?
Q4) According to the Learned Intermediary Rule, pharmaceutical manufacturers do not have to warm consumers about drug dangers as long as they have adequately warned physicians.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss some of the ways the FTC has curbed online marketing efforts.
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Chapter 8: Allocating Risk and Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace:
Products Liability
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Q1) Explain the features of Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts (Second).
Q2) What are punitive damages?
Q3) Explain how injured parties can recover damages under the UCC.
Q4) The term caveat emptor means:
A) "seller take care"
B) "empty the cave of deceit"
C) "buyer beware"
D) "truth shall prevail"
Q5) Absent provisions in the contract, which of the following types of damage can be awarded to an injured party under a breach of contract?
A) General damages only
B) General and incidental damages only
C) General, incidental, and special damages only
D) General, incidental, special and punitive damages
Q6) What did the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) do? Has it accomplished what it should have? Why or why not?
Q7) Discuss Sugarman's "Performance-based regulation." Is this a viable means to create safer products or is it unnecessary government interference?
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Chapter 9: Ownership, Creativity and Innovation: Intellectual Property
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Q1) If an author owns a copyright to a non-fiction essay, then publishes that essay in an anthology of similar essays published by a major publishing company, the rights involved in this relationship would be referred to as ______.
A) collective work
B) public domain
C) collective bargaining
D) joint domain
Q2) The difference between the Project Gutenberg (PG) and the Google book scanning project is:
A) The PG limits itself to the "classics"
B) The PG limits itself to only works in the public domain
C) Google only digitizes full documents but the PG digitizes key segments
D) The PG limits itself to "orphan" works - those with hard-to-find authors or owners.
Q3) American copyright law creates a bundle of rights for the owner, including the right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, or adapt the work.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss how intellectual property is different from other kinds of property.
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