Key Features

• Clear, concise, and practical writing style avoids extraneous details that rarely surface in the business world
• Engages readers with video and audio links, contemporary case excerpts, and current examples that illustrate topics of real interest in the business world and to students themselves
• Encourages learners to immediately apply law and ethics to other courses across a variety of majors or specializations 
• Promotes active learning and critical reflection through a wealth of thought-provoking questions and exercises
• Ethical considerations are woven throughout and highlighted in special features
• More than 200 embedded hyperlinks to videos and webpages to enrich online courses
• Supportive learning elements in each chapter:
  • “Learning Objectives” at the beginning of each chapter and again at the start of each main section preview the material to come and prepare students to learn
  • “Positive Impact to Society” explores far-reaching impacts of business law and legal activity beyond the business world; includes “Questions to Consider” that invite critical analysis
  • “Video Break” features hyperlinks to pertinent videos that offer a glimpse into how legal concepts operate in the business environment; includes “Questions to Consider” that invite critical analysis
  • “Judicial Opinion” are excerpts of actual court opinions in the court’s own words, condensed and edited for clarity
  • “Practical Ethical Action” describes an ethical dilemma for readers to evaluate in the context of legal gray areas or ambiguities; includes “Questions to Consider” that invite critical analysis
  • “Practice Worksheet” encourage students to immediately apply what they have learned while the information is fresh in order to aid retention
  • “Key Terms” help students understand and become comfortable with important vocabulary and phrasing
  • “Key Takeaways” at the end of every main section reflect that section’s opening Learning Objectives; they summarize new information while it is still fresh to enhance retention
  • “Exercises” encourage students to actively consolidate and retain what they have just read 
  • “Concluding Thoughts” summarize the full chapter
  • “For Further Reading” suggest additional sources to expand and extend understanding of the chapter’s topics; include “Questions to Consider” that invite critical analysis
  • Answer guidelines for all “Questions to Consider,” “Practice Worksheets,” and exercises are provided in the instructor’s manual
• All supplements are written by the textbook’s authors