Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century
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This MBA textbook examines how law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies, how managers can use the legal system to increase the value created by a firm, and how to handle the inevitable legal disputes that arise in the course of doing business. The fifth edition adds a chapter on executive compensation and reflects current issues. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews New edition of a text that provides a broad and detailed understanding of how law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies. With an emphasis upon ethical considerations, Bagley (business administration, Harvard Business School) covers essential legal topics such as agency, contracts, torts, criminal law, antitrust, as well as employment law, intellectual property, lending transactions, securities regulation, and environmental law. He also addresses current concerns in business regulation such as consumer privacy and the Internet, the World Trade Organization, copyright law in cyberspace, mandatory arbitration of employment disputes, employer liability for sexual harassment, selective disclosure of inside information to securities analysts, and the creation, sale, and patentability of genetically modified organisms. Each of the 23 chapters contains three to nine examples of law in action, boxed discussion of how the laws apply to cyberspace, and economic, historical, and political perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of CasesPrefaceAbout the AuthorUnit IFoundations of the Legal and Regulatory Environment1Ch. 1Ethics and the Law2Ch. 2Constitutional Bases for Business Regulation38Ch. 3Courts, Sources of Law, and Litigation76Ch. 4Alternative Dispute Resolution117Ch. 5Agency146Ch. 6Administrative Law168Unit IIThe Legal Environment193Ch. 7Contracts194Ch. 8Sales and E-Commerce237Ch. 9Torts274Ch. 10Product Liability318Ch. 11Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw348Unit IIIInternational Business397Ch. 12International Trade398Ch. 13International Transactions426Unit IVHuman Resources in the Legal and Regulatory Environment453Ch. 14The Employment Agreement454Ch. 15Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination494Ch. 16Labor-Management Relations539Unit VThe Regulatory Environment567Ch. 17Criminal Law568Ch. 18Environmental Law604Ch. 19Real Property and Land Use632Ch. 20Antitrust662Ch. 21Consumer Protection707Unit VIOwnership and Control747Ch. 22Forms of Business Organizations748Ch. 23Directors, Officers, and Controlling Shareholders780Unit VIISecurities and Financial Transactions817Ch. 24Public and Private Offerings of Securities818Ch. 25Securities Fraud and Insider Trading862Ch. 26Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy904App. AThe Constitution of the United States of AmericaApp. BThe Uniform Electronic Transactions Act [Excerpts]App. CTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [Excerpts]App. DAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [Excerpts]App. ENational Labor Relations Act [Excerpts]App. FSherman Antitrust Act [Excerpts]App. GClayton Act of 1914 [Excerpts]App. HFederal Trade Commission Act of 1914 [Excerpts]App. IRobinson-Patman Act [Excerpts]App. JSecurities Act of 1933 [Excerpts]App. KSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 [Excerpts]App. LRule 10b-5, 10b5-1, and 10b5-2 from Code of Federal RegulationsApp. MRule 14e-3 from Code of Federal RegulationsGlossaryIndex
