Business, Law, and Society

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This course explores the legal and social contexts within which businesses operate and the interaction between business entities and the American legal system. Students examine various areas of law that are inherently associated with operating a business enterprise, workplace issues, regardless of career path, and transactions that are commonplace in their daily lives. Topics include, but are not limited to, laws pertaining to contracts, sales, torts, antitrust, securities regulations, employment discrimination, as well as ethics, and the legal aspect of different business entities forms. Pre-requisite: BUS 201; Co-requisite: BUS 209