Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for Business

With new cases and examples torn from the headlines, MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS, 9E equips you with the legal knowledge and risk management techniques for success as a business manager. Cutting-edge coverage and a strategic approach teach you to enhance realizable value, redeploy resources, and manage legal and business risk. Up-to-date coverage addresses the rights of workers at firms, like Uber, in the "gig" economy; the right of employers to restrict employees' social media; ethics of compensating workers who are tipped; law to protect children's safety on the Internet; Fourth Amendment concerns in searches of cell location; rules governing "crowdfunding"; and the ramifications of the EU's "right to be forgotten." You learn to use legal tools to create value, attain business objectives, resolve legal issues, manage risk, and handle legal disputes.

Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 1. Law, Value Creation, and Risk Management. 2. Ethics and the Law. 3. Sources of Law, Courts, and Dispute Resolution. 4. Constitutional Bases for Business Regulation. 5. Agency. 6. Administrative Law. Unit II: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 7. Contracts. 8. Sales, Licensing, and E-Commerce. 9. Torts and Privacy Protection. 10. Product Liability. 11. Intellectual Property. Unit III: HUMAN RESOURCES. 12. The Employment Agreement. 13. Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination. Unit IV: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 14. Criminal Law. 15. Environmental Law and Sustainability. 16. Antitrust. 17. Consumer Protection. 18. Real Property and Land Use. Unit V: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, OWNERSHIP, AND CONTROL. 19. Forms of Business Organizations. 20. Directors, Officers, and Controlling Shareholders. Unit VI: SECURITIES AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 21. Public and Private Offerings of Securities. 22. Securities Fraud and Insider Trading. 23. Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy. Unit VII: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. 24. International Law and Transactions. Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America. Appendix B: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [Excerpts]. Appendix C: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [Excerpts] and ADA Amendments Act of 2008 [Excerpts]. Appendix D: Sherman Antitrust Act [Excerpts]. Appendix E: Clayton Act of 1914 [Excerpts]. Appendix F: Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 [Excerpts]. Appendix G: Securities Act of 1933 [Excerpts]. Appendix H: Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [Excerpts]. Appendix I: Rules 10b-5, 10b5-1, and 10b5-2 from Code of Federal Regulations. Appendix J: Rule 14e-3 from Code of Federal Regulations. Appendix K: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 [Excerpts].