Business

PART I: BUSINESS: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT.
1. Introduction to Law.
2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.
3. The Judicial System.
4. Managing Disputes: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation Strategies.
PART II: BUSINESS: ITS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.
5. Business and the Constitution.
6. Administrative Law.
7. International Law.
8. Business Crime.
9. Business Torts.
10. Product Advertising and Liability.
11. Environmental Regulation and Sustainability.
PART III: BUSINESS COMPETITION AND SALES.
12. Contracts and Sales: Introduction and Formation.
13. Contracts and Sales: Performance and Remedies.
14. Financing of Sales and Leases: Credit and Disclosure Requirements.
15. Business Intellectual Property.
16. Trade Practices: Antitrust.
PART IV: BUSINESS AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
17. Management of Employee Conduct: Agency.
18. Management of Employee Welfare.
19. Employment Discrimination.
PART V: BUSINESS FORMS AND CAPITALIZATION.
20. Forms of Doing Business.21. Securities Law.
Appendices.
A. The United States Constitution. B. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Excerpts).
C. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Employment Provisions) (Excerpts).
D. The Civil Rights Act (Excerpts).
E. The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts).
F. The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts).
G. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Excerpts).
H. Sarbanes-Oxley Key Provisions.
I. The Federal Trade Commission Act (Excerpts).
J. The Clayton Act (Excerpts).
K. The Sherman Act (Excerpts).
L. The Robinson-Patman Act (Excerpts).
Glossary.
Table of Cases.
Table of Products, People, and Companies.
Index.

Jennings, Marianne
Marianne M. Jennings, J.D., Emeritus Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies, has taught at the WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University since 1977. She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981, 1987, 2000, and 2010. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999.
Ms. Jennings has written six textbooks and four monographs in the areas of business ethics, ethical culture, and legal environment. She was director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics from 1995 to 1999. Ms. Jennings has worked with government agencies, professional organizations, colleges and universities, and Fortune 100 companies on ethics training and culture. She is a contributing editor of the Accounting and Compliance Alert and the Real Estate Law Journal. Two of her books have been named Library Journal's book of the year. Her books have been translated into three languages. Her book, The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse, published by St Martin's Press, has been used as an audit tool and a primer by numerous organizations for creating and sustaining an ethical culture.
In 2011, Ms. Jennings was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America and in 2012, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere magazine. Ms. Jennings served on the board of directors for Arizona Public Service (now Pinnacle West) who owned the Palo Verde Nuclear Station from 1987 through 2000. She has served on INPO's advisory council since 2005. In 2015, she was named an affiliated scholar with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University. She conducts ethics training and ethical culture assessments for businesses, including Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations.