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Legal and
Ethical Business Solutions
BA 333
3 - 3:50 Mon. &
Wed. -
103 Bexell Hall
Instructor: Daniel
Lykins - 224 A Bexell Hall
Phone: 737- 4139, email: lykinsd@onid.orst.edu
Office Hours: M & W
9-10, 1-2, T & Th. 9 -10 and by appointment
REQUIRED MATERIAL:
Text - Cross and Miller West’s
Legal Environment of Business (6th Ed.). Any additional material will be provided in
class or on the Blackboard website for this course costs. Used copies should be available at the OSU
bookstore. The publishers offers a text website at http://ele.westbuslaw.com
which includes practice quizzes for each chapter.
COURSE GOALS: Students are expected to:
1. understand the legal environment of business including the structure
and functioning of the judicial, administrative legislative and judicial
systems,
2. apply business law concepts to business problems
including tort, contract and criminal law issues,
3. be able to critically analyze current legal proceedings
and issues and relate them to material covered in class,
4. analyze selected current cases and relate the rules of
those cases to the management of modern business enterprises,
5. understand the concepts of sustainability and
sustainable business practices,
6. understand the legal implications of the ethical rules
and social responsibilities of modern business.
CLASS PREPARATION:
You are expected to have read the materials for class
meetings before the material is presented in class. Prior to each class a listing of the lecture
topics for that day will be posted in the course documents section of the
Blackboard web site for this course.
COURSE QUIZZES AND FINAL
EXAMINATION:
There will be two in class quizzes, a paper and three objective
examinations in this course, including the final exam. The quizzes are worth 5% each, the paper is
worth 10%, the first test is worth 20%, the second exam is 30% and the final is
30%. The final will be a comprehensive
objective examination. You will be
permitted to bring one hand written note card for use on the final exam only.
GRADING:
The final grade will be based on a plus and minus
scale. For example, 80% to 82% is a B-,
83% to 87% is a B and 88% and 89% is a B+.
Partial percentage scores will be rounded up if they the .6% level. No curve will be employed in this course and
no extra credit work will be accepted.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students with accommodations approved by the Services for
Students with Disabilities Office are responsible for contacting the instructor
prior to or during the first week of classes to discuss accommodations.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Academic dishonesty is using another’s work or aiding
someone in doing so. Any academic
dishonesty will be dealt with as per the rules stated in the Student Handbook.
ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: if lectures vary from the
listing presented below the quizzes will cover only the material covered in the
lectures and the associated reading.
Week of:
Week 1 - Chapters 6 & 8
Week 2 -
Chapter 14
Week 3 -
Chapters 15 - quiz on Wed.
Week 4 -
Chapter 16 - Test 1 on Wed.
Week 5 -
Chapter 17
Week 6 - Chapter 18 - quiz on Wed.
Week 7 -
Chapter 21 - Test 2 on Wed.
Week 8 -
Chapter 22 - no class on Wed.
Week 9 -
Chapter 23 - paper due on Monday
Week 10 -
Chapters 26 & 27
FINAL EXAM:
Monday, June 9 at 9:30 a.m.
CHEAP ADVICE: Should you find yourself
floundering in this course the time to do something about it is as soon as you
realize you are having a problem. Do stop by the office to discuss the matter.
There are often identifiable methods that can help your performance in the
course. What ever you do - don’t wait
till the end of the quarter.