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MGT 12A - The Legal Environment of Business

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MGT
12
A
BS - Business Sciences
No
BUSNSS - Business Mgmt
MGTGEN - Management: General
MANAGE - Business: Management
The Legal Environment of Business
Legal Environment/Bus
050600 - Business Management
D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Y - Credit Course
Fall 2017
This course introduces the law as an instrument of social and political control in society while focusing on fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions, including its effects on managerial decision-making and methods of resolving disputes. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, judicial and administrative processes, employment law, forms of business organizations, and domestic and international governmental regulations. Credit may be earned in either MGT 12A or 12AH, but not both. C-ID: BUS 125
Focuses on the legal system and its effect on the business environment. Credit in either MGT 12A or 12AH, but not both. C-ID: BUS 125
Course revision to strengthen alignment with C-ID Descriptors. Consolidate objectives and strengthen alignment between outline, objectives, assignments and methods of assessment per tech review committee recommendations.
0.00
No
Units/Hours
D - Credit - Degree Applicable
N - Is not part of a cooperative work experience education program.
No
3.00
0.00
0.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Lecture Lab Learn Ctr Total
Weekly Faculty Contact Hours3.000.000.003.00
Total Contact Hours49.800.000.0049.80
Lecture Hour Equivalent3.000.000.003.00
Full Time Equivalent Faculty20.000.000.0020.00
Units3.000.000.003.00
Outside of Class Hours99.60
Total Student Learning Hours149.40
Lecture Lab Learn Ctr Total
Weekly Faculty Contact Hours0.000.000.000.00
Total Contact Hours0.000.000.000.00
Lecture Hour Equivalent0.000.000.000.00
Full Time Equivalent Faculty0.000.000.000.00
Units0.000.000.003.00
Outside of Class Hours0.00
Total Student Learning Hours0.00
45
45
135.000
135.000
No
Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Repeatability
No
Functionally Identical or Fractional Courses
Topic Area Information
No
Distance Education
Each mode of instruction for an existing course intended for delivery by Distance Education (DE) shall be separately reviewed and approved by the Curriculum Committee prior to being offered. DE mode of instruction includes any regularly scheduled work that replaces otherwise scheduled class (“face”) time. [per Education Code 55378]
General Education/Transfer
Degree Transfer Applicability
Acceptable to CSUC, UC or Private
No
Y - UC Credit
General Education
Comparable SC/IVC Courses
BUS 13 Active
BUS 14 Obsolete
BUS 14 Obsolete
BUS 14 Obsolete
BUS 12A Obsolete
BUS 13H Active
Comparable Transfer Courses
BUS 110
CSU
CSU Channel Island
ARE 18
UC
UC Davis
No
Yes
TR - Transferable as an elective-does not fit GE pattern
No
No
No
CID
Requisites
Course Requisites
Requisite Validation
Learning Objectives


Bloom's Taxonomy

Students participating in this class will:
Content
  1. Introduction to the Legal Environment
    1. Critical Thinking and Business Law
    2. Case Briefs and the use of Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion (IRAC) Methodology for Legal Analysis
    3. Ethics and Business Decision Making
    4. The U.S. Court System
    5. Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution
    6. Constitutional Principles
    7. Crime, Cyber Law, and the Business Community
    8. Tort Law
    9. International and Comparative Law
  2. The Commercial Environment
    1. Negligence and Strict Liability
    2. Product Liability
    3. Intellectual Property
    4. Uniform Commercial Code
    5. Contracts, Third Party Rights, and Breach
    6. Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts
    7. Bankruptcy
  3. The Employment Environment
    1. Agency
    2. Employment Relationships
    3. Employment Discrimination
    4. Immigration and Labor Law
  4. Forms of Business Organizations
    1. Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Special Organizations
    2. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships
    3. Corporations
  5. The Regulatory Environment
    1. Administrative Law
    2. Consumer Protection
    3. Environmental Law
    4. Land-Use Control
    5. Antitrust, Monopoly and Restraint of Trade
    6. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
  6. Property
    1. The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments
    2. Real Property
    3. Landlord-Tenant Law
    4. Wills and Trusts
Assignments
Typical Outside-of-Class Assignments
Reading assignments from textbook and other sources pertaining to lecture topics covered including, but not limited to, critical thinking, IRAC methodology, ethics, schools of jurisprudence, U.S. Court system, constitutional principles, classification of law, cyber-law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, real and personal property, agency, employment law, forms of business organizations, consumer protection, and environmental protection.
Compose responses to questions that apply concepts of law to business including, but not limited to, constitutional principles, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, real and personal property, agency, employment law, environmental protection, personal and real property, and landlord-tenant law. Summarize a court case utilizing IRAC methodology.
Use the Internet and available databases such as Lexis/Nexis to research legal cases as they relate to the topics covered that may include, but not limited to, the court system, dispute resolution, cyber law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, employment law, property, agency, business entities, regulation environment, and protection of the environment.
Use the Internet and available databases such as Lexis/Nexis to research legal cases as they relate to the topics covered that may include, but not limited to, the court system, dispute resolution, cyber law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, employment law, property, agency, business entities, regulation environment, and protection of the environment.
Method of Evaluation
  1. Quizzes and tests, both objective and essay, to assess level of knowledge and ability to apply concepts presented in course will be used. Topics assessed include, but not limited to, legal terminology, ethics, schools of jurisprudence, U.S. Court system, constitutional principles, classification of law, cyber-law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, real and personal property, agency, employment law, forms of business organizations, consumer protection, environmental protection, personal property, real property, and landlord-tenant law.
  2. Graded exercises and assignments that assess level of knowledge and ability to apply of legal concepts will be used.  Topics assessed include, but not limited to, ethics, contracts, civil law, torts, environmental law, employment law, antitrust law, and international law as those laws pertain to the business legal environment.
  3. Instructor-evaluated briefs of historical cases which demonstrate the student's ability to discern the concepts of law, research and write papers, evaluations, and or briefs of court cases utilizing Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion  (IRAC) methodology. Student briefs must also demonstrate the student's ability to select topics utilizing proper steps in researching, reading citations, finding relevant cases and preparing a brief of the case utilizing the proper legal format.

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Student Learning Outcomes
Required Texts
APA
Textbook (Minimum of 1 Required)
Yes
and/or
Kubasek, Nancy
Dynamic Business Law
3rd
McGraw Hill
2014
Manual
Periodical
Software
Other Learning Materials
Library
Resource Needs
No
No
No
No
No
Attached Files

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MGT 12A - 12AH SLOs
Codes/Dates
Dates
School Approval
01/30/2017
Curriculum Committee Approval
04/26/2017
Board of Trustees
09/25/2017
State Approval
02/28/1994
Scott, Daniel
2016-08-30
2017-09-25
Instructional Services
Fall 2017
Classification and Codes
BS - Business Sciences
BUSNSS - Business Mgmt
MANAGE - Business: Management
MGT
4320.00
050600 - Business Management
CCC000389796
D - Credit - Degree Applicable
A - Transferable to both UC and CSU.
N - Not Basic Skills
C - Clearly Occupational
N - Is not part of a cooperative work experience education program.
Y - Credit Course
N - Course is not a special class.
Y - Not applicable
Y - Not Applicable, Credit course
Y - Not Applicable (funding not used to develop course)
Program Applicable
Soc Code
C - Census
No
MG20 - MGT 12B
No
Methods of Instruction
Method of Instruction
LEC - Lecture Instruction Only
ASSIST
No
ASSIST Preview
MGT
12A
  1. Introduction to the Legal Environment
    1. Critical Thinking and Business Law
    2. Case Briefs and the use of Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion (IRAC) Methodology for Legal Analysis
    3. Ethics and Business Decision Making
    4. The U.S. Court System
    5. Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution
    6. Constitutional Principles
    7. Crime, Cyber Law, and the Business Community
    8. Tort Law
    9. International and Comparative Law
  2. The Commercial Environment
    1. Negligence and Strict Liability
    2. Product Liability
    3. Intellectual Property
    4. Uniform Commercial Code
    5. Contracts, Third Party Rights, and Breach
    6. Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts
    7. Bankruptcy
  3. The Employment Environment
    1. Agency
    2. Employment Relationships
    3. Employment Discrimination
    4. Immigration and Labor Law
  4. Forms of Business Organizations
    1. Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Special Organizations
    2. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships
    3. Corporations
  5. The Regulatory Environment
    1. Administrative Law
    2. Consumer Protection
    3. Environmental Law
    4. Land-Use Control
    5. Antitrust, Monopoly and Restraint of Trade
    6. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
  6. Property
    1. The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments
    2. Real Property
    3. Landlord-Tenant Law
    4. Wills and Trusts
This course introduces the law as an instrument of social and political control in society while focusing on fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions, including its effects on managerial decision-making and methods of resolving disputes. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, judicial and administrative processes, employment law, forms of business organizations, and domestic and international governmental regulations. Credit may be earned in either MGT 12A or 12AH, but not both. C-ID: BUS 125
No
49.8000
0.0000
2017-04-26
2017-09-25
  • Demonstrate the use of Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion (IRAC) methodology to brief a case.
  • Compare the court system and alternative dispute resolution systems.
  • Explain the basic elements of a contract, the sources of laws governing contracts, the conditions for an offer to be valid, contracts in writing, discharge, and remedies.
  • Describe the legal responsibilities of product manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers as they pertain to product liability.
  • Identify and apply legal concepts to bankruptcy remedies and explain the rights and responsibilities of creditors and debtors and relate those to bankruptcy protections.
  • Compare the various forms of business organizations and how they are created, managed, and terminated.
  • Discuss the regulatory environment and summarize key topics related to investor protection and corporate governance; and anti-trust, monopoly, and restraint of trade.
  • Describe the major federal legislation that pertains to the protection of the environment.
  • Synthesize the relationship between ethics, law, & society and develop comprehensive, rational arguments for ethical positions, and describe the implications for the individual, the business, and for the consumer.
  • Explain the laws pertaining to employment and labor, including agency, labor relations, discrimination, privacy, job security, and immigration.
  • Identify emerging civil and criminal legal problems in the area of internet and computer use (Cyber Law).
  • Describe the types of intellectual property, discuss cases of infringement, and detail measures for their protection.
  • Analyze legal issues relating to international trade and the legal principles and doctrines that create harmonious relations among countries.
  • Classify the various kinds of laws, and describe the key elements of the U.S. Constitution and the concepts of the various schools of jurisprudence.
Lecture Instruction Only
  • Reading

    Reading assignments from textbook and other sources pertaining to lecture topics covered including, but not limited to, critical thinking, IRAC methodology, ethics, schools of jurisprudence, U.S. Court system, constitutional principles, classification of law, cyber-law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, real and personal property, agency, employment law, forms of business organizations, consumer protection, and environmental protection.

  • Writing

    Compose responses to questions that apply concepts of law to business including, but not limited to, constitutional principles, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, real and personal property, agency, employment law, environmental protection, personal and real property, and landlord-tenant law. Summarize a court case utilizing IRAC methodology.

  • Oral Assignments

    Use the Internet and available databases such as Lexis/Nexis to research legal cases as they relate to the topics covered that may include, but not limited to, the court system, dispute resolution, cyber law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, employment law, property, agency, business entities, regulation environment, and protection of the environment.

  • Other Assignments

    Use the Internet and available databases such as Lexis/Nexis to research legal cases as they relate to the topics covered that may include, but not limited to, the court system, dispute resolution, cyber law, crimes, torts, international trade, product liability, intellectual property, contracts, bankruptcy, employment law, property, agency, business entities, regulation environment, and protection of the environment.