BUS (0204) 551 - Legal & Ethical Environment

Credits: 3.00

Examines the legal framework within which the organization operates. Focuses on law of contracts, sales, negotiable instruments, partnerships, bankruptcy, and consumer protection. Designed to introduce the student to teleological and deontological moral theories in the western philosophic tradition. An examination of the legal and moral dimensions of decision making within the organization. An inquiry into the major theories of philosophy with applications to business problems. Case studies are introduced and analyzed in terms of morality and social justice.