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Legal Environment & Commercial (MGT 710)

Term: 2023-2024 30 Summer

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Patrick R SmithShow MyInfo popup for Patrick R Smith
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Dr. Erin Nicole Hess-EscalanteShow MyInfo popup for Dr. Erin Nicole Hess-Escalante
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Michelle Lee BensonShow MyInfo popup for Michelle Lee Benson
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Dr. Mark HarveyShow MyInfo popup for Dr. Mark Harvey
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    Description

    This course examines the legal environment in which businesses operate and the commercial and related laws that govern their operations. Through classroom lectures, case studies, and simulations, students’ study and practice Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) regulations related to the commercial transactions and businesses encounter. In addition, students will study advanced topics in ethics, arbitration, and cybersecurity law. Other specific areas of study include negotiable instruments, employment law, types of business organizations, government regulation of financial reporting, and intellectual property law. Emphasis will be on the application of law to business scenarios and problems. This course provides the essential legal studies needed by students sitting for the CPA Exam.
    Offered: Online and on campus
    (Three credit hours)