Synopses & Reviews
Offering the best preparation for future managers, BUSINESS: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL, and GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 8e, teaches you how to understand and apply legal and ethical concepts to real business. Going further than simply introducing you to the legal environment, this text offers the most comprehensive and integrated approach to exploring the intersection of law, business strategy, and ethics. It provides thorough coverage of relevant legal issues in the context of practical business examples--and includes almost 300 real-world applications! Almost every page illustrates the clear relevance of chapter concepts to issues you will face in the real world. Intriguing cases and critical-thinking exercises motivate you to apply law and ethics to real business scenarios.
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After having reviewed many textbooks to use in my course instruction, Jennings' style, content, and organization are very attractive. As business ethics has become a pervasive theme in course work, it is certainly helpful to encounter little snippets or even longer profiles of ethical dilemmas that are of current interest.
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The Business Strategy feature contains some really interesting material for thought and discussion. I like the fact that this book forces the student to constantly think about the business ramifications of law.
About the Author
Marianne M. Jennings is a professor of legal and ethical studies in business in the Department of Supply Chain Management, College of Business, at Arizona State University. She has been named professor of the year in the College of Business three times and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award. Professor Jennings has worked with the Federal Public Defender and U.S. Attorney in Nevada and has served as a consultant to many law firms, businesses, and professional groups. She has authored more than 200 articles in academic, professional, and trade journals as well as six textbooks and monographs in circulation. Her biweekly column for THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC is nationally syndicated, and her work has appeared in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. In addition, Professor Jennings is a legal commentator for National Public Radio. She has conducted more than 300 workshops and seminars in the areas of business, personal and professional ethics, legal ethics, real estate, credit management, legal issues for academic administrators, law for the CPA, and legal and political strategic planning. A member of the State Bar of Arizona, Professor Jennings earned her undergraduate degree in finance and her J.D. from Brigham Young University.
Table of Contents
Part 1: BUSINESS: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT. 1. Introduction to Law. 2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. 3. The Judicial System. 4. Managing Disputes: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation Strategies. Part 2: BUSINESS: ITS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 5. Business and the Constitution. 6. Administrative Law. 7. International Law. 8. Business Crime. 9. Business Torts. 10. Product Advertising and Liability. 11. Environmental Regulation. Part 3: BUSINESS COMPETITION AND SALES. 12. Contracts and Sales: Introduction and Formation. 13. Contracts and Sales: Performance and Remedies. 14. Financing of Sales and Leases: Credit and Disclosure Requirements. 15. Business Property. 16. Trade Practices: Antitrust. Part 4: BUSINESS AND ITS EMPLOYEES. 17. Management of Employee Conduct: Agency. 18. Management of Employee Welfare. 19. Employment Discrimination. Part 5: BUSINESS FORMS AND CAPITALIZATION. 20. Forms of Doing Business. 21. Securities Law. Appendix A: The United States Constitution. Appendix B: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Excerpts). Appendix C: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Employment Provisions) (Excerpts). Appendix D: The Civil Rights Act (Excerpts). Appendix E: The Americans with Disabilities Act (Excerpts). Appendix F: The Family and Medical Leave Act (Excerpts). Appendix G: The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts). Appendix H: The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts). Appendix I: The Copyright Act (as Amended) (Excerpts). Appendix J: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Excerpts). Appendix K: Sarbanes-Oxley Key Provisions. Appendix L: The Federal Trade Commission Act (Excerpts). Appendix M: The Clayton Act (Excerpts). Appendix N: The Sherman Act (Excerpts). Appendix O: The Robinson-Patman Act (Excerpts). Appendix P: The Fair Labor Standards Act (Excerpts). Glossary. Table of Cases. Table of Products, People, and Companies. Index.