- Published
- May 2019
- Page Count
- 424
- ISBN (Digital)
- 978-1-4533-9634-6
The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
Version 4.0
By Terence Lau and Lisa Johnson
Included Supplements
Key Features
- Real-life examples demonstrated through video content, links to websites, and podcasts.
- Practice worksheets.
- Practical Ethical Action feature in every chapter.
- Customizable.
Students
- Online Access Price
- $36.95
- Color Printed Textbook with Online Access Price
- $63.95
This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Legal Environment of Business, Legal Studies in Business, Business Law & Ethics, and Business Law (one semester course).
In writing The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, the authors have condensed and streamlined the presentation of the key business law topics to ensure that every page is relevant, engaging, and interesting to today’s learners. This highly accessible textbook uses summaries of cases and case excerpts to improve student understanding. Lau and Johnson are focused on getting students to understand the reason for the law rather than just memorizing the law and its key elements.
New in This Version
- Significantly updated material throughout.
- A case excerpt added to each chapter.
- Even more curated multimedia sources for use in class.
- End-of-section exercises revised to reinforce student learning.
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
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Chapter 2: The Court System
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Chapter 3: Litigation
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Chapter 4: Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Chapter 5: The Constitution
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Chapter 6: Contracts
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Chapter 7: Torts
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Chapter 8: The Property System
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Chapter 9: Intellectual Property
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Chapter 10: Criminal Law
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Chapter 11: Business Organizations
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Chapter 12: Employment Law and Agency
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Chapter 13: Business in the Global Legal Environment
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Appendix A: Constitution for the United States of America
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Additions & Errata
1/23/23: Chapter 1, section 2: "How a Bill Becomes a Law" Callout link updated to: https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/public-policy-advocacy/federal-legislative-process-or-how-bill-becomes-law#Introducing%20a%20Bill%20and%20Referral%20to%20a%20Committee
8/25/22:
- Page 188 The last sentence now reads, "Consent is a defense to conversion."
- Page 218 The third sentence in the "United Breaks Guitars" callout now reads, "Carroll wrote a song and made a music video . . ."
- Page 171 :n the "Practical Ethical Action" now reads, "Stacy asks Spaulding to undergo physical examinations..."
12/14/21: URL for “The Case of the Speluncean Explorers” in chapter 1.1 updated to https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/_file/TheCaseOfTheSpelunceanExplorers.pdf and the anniversary of the Gideon v. Wainwright case video in chapter 10.1 updated to https://youtu.be/Rnp7JzSfc7U