BUSINESS LAW

Catalog description

This course will focus on the legal, ethical, and practical aspects of Business Law integrating, when appropriate, the insights of Catholic social teaching. The primary goal of the course is to better prepare Graduate Students for their roles as leaders in the business world. The guidance provided through this course of instruction will equip MBA students to take the necessary steps to guide a business through the maze of legal, ethical, and cultural factors that affect business decisions. Cases, text material, and class discussion emphasize judicial process, constitutional issues related to business practice, property, torts, contracts, product liability, agency, business formation, employment law, consumer protection, intellectual property, insurance, banking regulations, and secured transactions. Students will develop critical thinking skills while examining legal cases within a business context directed towards the common good of society.