BUSN 150 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Institution:

American InterContinental University-Online

Subject:

Business

Description:

This course provides undergraduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the business sector’s relationship to the principal forces operating in the ethical and legal environments. Particular attention is given to the constraints and opportunities presented by the regulatory environments in North America and the European Union. The course also provides an in-depth, comparative framework for understanding the ethical and intercultural challenges facing contemporary multinational and international organizations. With respect to the legal framework within which most business organizations operate, course topics include corporate problems of raising and maintaining capital by shares; relationships of directors to shareholders; respective rights and obligations; relationships of companies to third parties; control and the principle of majority rule.

Credits:

4.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.aiuniv.edu

Phone Number:

(877) 701-3800

Calendar System:

Quarter

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