Legal Environment of Business: Making Decisions, Managing Risk Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• The Bottom Line: Contract Performance & the Uniform Commercial Code

  Performance of contracts; breach of contract; values; common law.

• Breaking the Rules: Business Torts & Employer Liability

  Fraud; unfair competition; property and environmental torts; employer liability.

• Buying Trouble: Product Liability

  Product liability; warranties; negligence; strict liability.

• Coming to Terms: An Introduction to Contracts

  Significance of contracts; common law; contracting; consideration.

• Contracts Without Consequences: Voidable, Unenforceable & Void

  Avoidance of contracts; statute of frauds; illegality in contract law.

• Fault Lines: Negligence & Strict Liability

  Negligence; liability.

• Illegal, Immoral & Ill-Advised: Business Crimes and Corporate Social Responsibility

  Social responsibility; criminal law; civil law; crime requirements; criminal procedure.

• The Legal System: Social, Ethical & Judicial Foundations

  The nature of law; jurisprudence; law and ethics; U.S. legal system; interpretation of law.

• Protecting the Public: Consumer Law

  Consumer protection statues; checks and banking; consumer credit; bankruptcy; tenants' rights and responsibilities.

• Trials and Tribulations: Resolving Disputes In & Out of Court

  Types of courts; federal and state judicial systems; civil cases; filing a complaint; alternative dispute resolution.

• Willful & Inexcusable: The Nature of Intentional Torts

  Tort; defamation; invasion of privacy.

• Workplace Woes: Employment Law

  Workplace safety; job security; employee rights; discrimination.