BA_BADM700: Business Law and Ethics

What Will You Learn?

• Describe the application of business practices within a local and global social, political, and legal environment.
• Define ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and the law in the context of the Canadian business system.
• Describe the complexity of the interrelationships between business and society.
• Describe the difference between legal and ethical duty.
• Understand how business entities are established, run, and are accountable ethically and legally.
• Identify and assess the ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability issues within a business environment.
• Apply critical thinking skills in the analysis of ethical business problems and determining the appropriate course of action.
• Define the right of private property, and intellectual property and identify ethical implications for business.
• Understand the basic principles of insurance, employment, contract, and corporate criminal law.
• Describe the ethics and responsibility issues associated with an employee, consumer, competitor, and supplier stakeholders.
• Identify the duties of business associated with codes and statutes, licensing procedures, and consumer protection.