Complete Idiots Guide to Business Law
By Cara C. Putman
Publisher: Alpha
Release Date: May 2009
ISBN: 9781592578528
Copyright © 2009 by Cara C. Putman
Designed for business law students, the Complete Idiots Guide is a plain English primer with all the basics and more. While each business law class is different in who teaches it and what that professor will emphasize, the general principles don't change. The driving philosophy behind this book is to give you the tools you need to understand the vocabulary and basic principles.
Topics Addressed: Financial regulations and environmental and corporate law, business torts, contracts, intellectual property law, employment and agency law, and more.
CHAPTER THREE
The economy has slowed to the point that the conglomerate Jackson works for has asked him to choose which of its four plants to shut down. Jackson needs a framework to decide how to make that decision. Which one should he use?
A manager has instructed Ellen to falsify entries in the corporate books. She doesn't feel comfortable doing it, but isn't sure she can risk her job by saying no. What should she do?
These situations arise in the business environment and force individuals to make difficult decisions. Ethics is the system of moral precepts that can help employers and employees decide which course of action to take. This chapter will illustrate a few of the ethical frameworks people can use when faced with decisions in a business setting.
(c)Defining Business Ethics
Ethics is the system of moral principles that govern our actions. Put another way, ethics is the search for right and wrong. Ethics provides a framework for making decisions in all contexts, but recent events have highlighted the importance of this area in the business world. As a result of ethical breaches in large companies that led to their collapse and billions of dollars in losses, the government has turned its attention to enforcing ethical standards in the workplace.
Ethical dilemmas are constantly evolving as technology develops. The Ethical Resource Center defines the ethical dilemmas of the twenty-first century as privacy issues, financial mismanagement, intellectual property theft, cyber crime, and international corruption. In a world that is vastly different than the Leave-it-to-Beaver world of the 1950s, what should business ethics look like?
Definition
Ethics is a branch of philosophy designed to provide people with a framework for making decisions. Business ethics focuses on the goal of balancing profits with the values of society and individuals.
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Topics Addressed: contracts, business ethics, property law, contracts, torts, corporate formation, employment law, agency, business crimes, and more
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AUTHOR BIO
Cara Putman is currently the Membership Officer for American Christian Fiction Writers, and served as the Publicity Officer for 2007-2008. She has also been the Indiana ACFW chapter president and currently serves as the Area Coordinator for Indiana.
Since the time she could read Nancy Drew, Cara has wanted to write mysteries. In 2005 she attended a book signing at her local Christian bookstore. The rest, as they say, was history. There she met Colleen Coble. With prompting from her husband, Cara shared her dream with Colleen. Since those infamous words, Cara’s been writing books.
Heartsong Presents published a three book series of World War Two romances: Canteen Dreams (October 2007 – ACFW 2008 Book of the Year – Short Historical), Sandhill Dreams (May 2008), and Captive Dreams (September 2008). Love Inspired Suspense published her first romantic suspense Deadly Exposure in May 2008. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Business Law released in May 2009 with an Ohio World War Two series for Heartsong Presents, and Trial by Fire, the sequel to Deadly Exposure, releasing in 2009 and 2010.
Cara is also an attorney, lecturer at a Big Ten university, active in women's ministry, and all around crazy woman. Crazy about God, her husband and her kids that is. She graduated with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Go Huskers!) and George Mason Law School.
You can learn more about Cara at www.caraputman.com and http://carasmusings.blogspot.com.
You can order this book directly from your local bookstore, or online here.
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