Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment

Comprehensive and practical, BUSINESS: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 10TH EDITION emphasizes real-world applications and encourages critical thinking skills. While exploring the intersection of law, business strategy, and ethics in the text, readers apply the concepts to more than 200 real-world situations and a wealth of learning features, while heightening their own sense of morality. BUSINESS: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 10TH EDITION effectively illustrates how law and ethics apply to issues in the workplace, and is an excellent resource for future business managers.

PART I: 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 II: BUSINESS: ITS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 5. Business and the Constitution. 6. Administrative Law. 7. International Law. 8. Business Crime. 9. Business Torts. 10. Cyberlaw, Social Media, and Privacy. 11. Environmental Regulation and Sustainability. PART III: BUSINESS SALES, CONTRACTS, AND COMPETITION. 12. Contracts and Sales: Introduction and Formation. 13. Contracts: Performance, Remedies, and Rights. 14. Sales: Product Advertising and Liability. 15. Products: Business Intellectual Property. 16. Business Competition: Antitrust. PART IV: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE. 17. Management of Employee Conduct: Agency. 18. Governance and Structure: Forms of Doing Business. 19. Governance and Regulation: Securities Law. 20. Management: Employee Welfare. 21. Management: Employment Discrimination. Appendices. A. The United States Constitution. B. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Excerpts). C. The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts). D. Dodd-Frank (Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act) (Excerpts). E. The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts). F. Sarbanes-Oxley Key Provisions. G. The Copyright Act (as Amended) (Excerpts). H. Title VII and the Civil Rights Act (Employment Provisions) (Excerpts). I. The Americans with Disabilities Act (Excerpts).