Legal and Social Environment of Business

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of legal and regulatory processes in the US and the effects of the governing process on the business world; critical evaluation of legal and social aspects of the business environment; analysis of legal and ethical principles and concepts from substantive and procedural areas of law; includes business entities, interaction of laws, constitutional law, contracts, agency law, consumer law, advertising, environmental law, anti-trust laws, employment relationships, diversity and discrimination, torts, alternate dispute resolution, trial procedures, international law. Prerequisite: Admission to upper division in Mays Business School, Agribusiness, or Maritime Business Administration; also taught at Galveston campus.