Business Organizations and the Law

Business Organizations and the Law

Full Description

By allowing for the creation of different kinds of business organizations, society ensures that different kinds of businesses can exist to meet the different demands of the marketplace. These business organizations may appoint individuals to act on their behalf. They also must abide by certain minimal standards regarding working conditions. For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof. Students may query the instructor up to three times, via e-mail, regarding course content. For the Advanced Completion course enrollment, students have unlimited access to the instructor via e-mail. TEXT: West`s Business Law (Text, Cases, Legal, Ethical and International Environment), by Kenneth W. Clarkson, Roger Leroy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz and Frank B. Cross. Ninth Edition. West Educational Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN: 0-324-15282-5

Outcomes:

After completing this course, students will have: . learned about the different types of business entities; . determined which business entity works best in what kinds of situations; . seen how to create such business entities; . discover the varied formats of an principle-agent relationship; and . study what federal laws apply to employment situations

Assessment:

Students will complete open-book multiple choice exams on each chapter of material in the course (where the course consists of 11 Chapters)Completion of each chapter is based on achieving a score of 70% or more on tests provided.

Week 1 (Students using the 8th Edition need to go to the course site for reading assignments)

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Partnerships and Other Business Organizations

Sole Propietorships and Franchises (Chapter 35); QUIZ

Partnerships and Special Business Forms (Chapter 36); QUIZ
Week 2 Corporations

Formation and Financing (Chapter 37); QUIZ

Directors, Officers and Shareholders (Chapter 38): QUIZ Week 3 Mergers, Consolidation, and Termination (Chapter 39); QUIZ

Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings(Chapter 40); QUIZ Week 4 Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships (Chapter 41); QUIZ

AGENCY

Agency Formation and Duties (Chapter 31); QUIZ Week 5 Liability to Third Parties and Termination (Chapter 32); QUIZ

LABOR LAW

Labor and Employment Law (Chapter 33); QUIZ Week 6 Employment Discrimination (Chapter 34); QUIZ

Contact Hours: 24