BUSI 620 - Contemporary Business Law and the Legal Environment

(3 hours) This course must be taken as an elective if an equivalent business law course was not taken as an undergraduate course. An examination of modern issues facing business leaders navigating the legal, judicial and regulatory environment of business. Topics covered include: constitutional foundations; business torts; agency; intellectual property law; debtor-creditor relationships; bankruptcy; business organizations; insurance; federal securities laws; and government regulation of employment and the environment. Instruction and discussion will be grounded in a Christian worldview thereby providing students a basis for confidence in reaching decisions within the framework of the rules of law.