2238. Legal Aspects of Personal Brand Management
Legal issues related to personal brand management. The role of contract law, data privacy and integrity, trademark and intellectual property law, rights of publicity, ethical issues, the principal-agent relationship, and related topics. Experience in identifying and critically assessing legal challenges that arise from personal brand management and understanding how to reach concrete solutions to legal problems. BADM 2238.
View Classes »3175. The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
This course provides an introduction to law, ethics, and social responsibility, and the foundation for advanced business law electives. Students learn to evaluate the impact of the legal and regulatory system on business operations, consider the role and functioning of legal institutions, and apply legal rules such as the Uniform Commercial Code to anticipate and avoid liability. Students gain experience identifying and solving legal and ethical problems using analytical tools.
View Classes »3252. Business and Human Rights
This course examines the human rights implications of multinational enterprises’ global operations. Students learn how to assess corporate social impact through a human rights framework, consider the challenges of regulating the human rights impacts of global business, analyze international policy responses, and evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches to enforcing human rights standards for corporations.
View Classes »3253. Sustainability, Markets, and Society
This course examines sustainability in the context of the natural and social ecosystems in which business operates. Students learn how the environmental and social impacts of business are affected by the interactions of firms with laws and legal institutions, markets, and society globally. Students gain experience assessing firm policies and practices and developing legally-astute and ethically-aware policies to achieve sustainability and to generate positive environmental and social outcomes.
View Classes »3254. Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business
This course examines corporate social responsibility (CSR), accountability, and related concepts. Students learn about the actors, processes, legal and social norms that shape firm’s management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues from a global and human rights perspective. Students gain experience in identifying and critically assessing market-based solutions to societal challenges.
View Classes »3274. Real Estate Law
This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of real estate law. Students learn to explain and distinguish basic legal concepts related to ownership, real estate interests, real estate closings, brokerage, property management, financing methods, and taxation. Students gain practical experience navigating legal documents and performing a limited title search.
View Classes »3277. Law and Ethics for Professional Accountants
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
This course provides an introduction to the legal and professional liability of accountants, ethical reasoning, integrity, and other core values of accounting institutions. Students learn to understand and apply the legal rules governing contract formation, contract performance, breach, bankruptcy, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Students gain experience in legal and ethical decision making in commercial transactions
View Classes »3660. International Business Law
This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical environment of international business. Students learn the foundations of the international legal system, contrast laws and values of selected regions and countries, examine international treaties and entities, identify the law applicable to international trade and business transactions, distinguish rules and procedures governing international dispute resolution, and evaluate the impact of these factors on global business operations. Students gain experience negotiating and drafting international contracts.
View Classes »3677. The Law of Business Transactions
This course provides an introduction to the law that shapes and guides commercial transactions. Students learn to understand and apply the legal rules governing contract formation, contract performance and breach, bankruptcy, and personal property, among other areas.
View Classes »4881. Internship in Business Law
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Internship with a host organization in the field of law, ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, or public policy. Student performance will be evaluated on the basis of an appraisal by the host organization and a detailed written report submitted by the student. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
View Classes »4893. Foreign Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in a foreign study program.
View Classes »4895. Special Topics
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Classroom course in special topics in law as announced in advance for each semester. With a change in content may be repeated for credit.
View Classes »4899. Independent Study
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Individual study of special topics as mutually arranged between student and instructor.
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