Business Law and Ethics-CLASSROOM

**Five Life Lessons**

We are using the 7th edition of the textbook

Course Syllabus- Classroom    

Anticipated grading breakdown

TextbookWebsite

 

                                   Assignment Information                                  

Assignment Listing - Business Law and Ethics-Classroom

Worksheet to assist you in evaluating cases

Yania Case Worksheet Example

 Chapter 1 Information - Overview and Duty to Rescue

Unit 1 PowerPoint - Overview and Duty to Rescue   

Ethical Decision Making Process handout

 Chapter 2 Information - Duty of Loyalty

Unit 2 PowerPoint - Duty of Loyalty/Whistle-blowing

Chapter 2 cases checkoff assignment sheet

Chapter 2 study guide

Personal Code of Ethics Assignment  

Personal Code of Ethics PowerPoint Overview

Chapter 3 Information - Privacy and Technology                          

Unit 3 PowerPoint - Privacy and Technology

Unit 3 Cases check off assignment (counts as two check off's)

Team Presentation Assignment

Team Presentation Schedule

Chapter 3 Exam Study 

Chapter 4 Information - Valuing Diversity   

Chapter 4 Diversity PowerPoint overview 

Graded Cases assignment

Diversity Project Assignment Sheet

Work/Life Balance Assignment

FMLA and Wisconsin Comparison chart

Chapter 4 - Discrimination and Diversity Study Guide

 

Chapter 5 - Safety:  Worker Rights/Human Rights 

Partner Round Table discussion-topic assignments  (Classroom)

12:00 Section - Topical assignments and tentative schedule

3:00 Section - Topical assignments and tentative schedule

 

Chapter 7- Marketing and Advertising 

 

DTC DEBATE TEAM ASSIGNMENTS

 

Chapter 7 PowerPoint overview (Classroom)

 

NAD Assignment

DTC debate information

 

 

 

 

Chapter 8-Product Liability 

 

Denny and Grimshaw Assignment - Chapter 8

 

 

 

 

Interesting Sources

 

Code of Ethics/Personal Mission Statement

Whistleblower Information

Ethics Resource Center: "Blowing the Whistle on Workplace Misconduct", December 2010 survey report

Chron.com site for Enron history of news articles

Archive story by Bethany McLean on Enron

General Enron Overview

Whistleblowerlaws.com webpage General Facts about Whistleblower - OSHA

OSHA Fact sheet - Transportation Industry whistleblower protections

OSHA Fact Sheet - Trucking Industry whistleblower protections

OSHA Fact sheet - Aviation Industry whistleblower protections

OSHA Fact sheet - Railroad Industry whistleblower protections

OSHA Fact sheet - Sarbanes Oxley whistleblower protections

OSHA Fact sheet - Public Transportation employee whistleblower protections

Sarbanes-Oxley Act Information

OSHA Fact sheet - Environmental issues whistleblower

Wisconsin State Law Library Index on Whistleblower search information

Repeti v Sysco - Employment at Will and Whistleblowing

Privacy Information possible website

Nolo site for privacy issues

Electronic Privacy Information Center

 General right to privacy:  http://www.rbs2.com/privacy.htm

 Cornell university site on personal privacy 

FERPA 

HR Guide website

Article in HR Tools re: Personality testing

 Summary of HIPAA

Genetic testing:

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/genetics/ndiscrim.htm

http://www.genome.gov/10002335

Employment/Discrimination

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development FMLA comparison chart

Wisconsin Fair Employment Act - begins at Chapter 111.31

Advertising and Marketing

Kaiser Family Foundation DTC Advertising Research Report

Harvard Law School Review of Perez and DTC Advertising

New England Journal of Medicine  Report on DTC Advertising

Dept. of Health and Human Services Information on DTC Advertising

PhRMA self-regulation guiding principles for advertising

Product Liability

Denny V Ford Motor Co

 

Legal Research Possible Sources

Statutory Law (State and Federal)

Wisconsin State Statutes

Federal Statutes

 

Administrative Regulations

Wisconsin Administrative Code

 

 

Wisconsin Bar Association Main Page

http://www.wisbar.org/

FindLaw - index to laws and cases

http://guide.corporate.findlaw.com/casecode/

Legal research site

http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/

Laws Online - includes ability to search for cases

http://www.lawsonline.com/

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Case search

http://www.wisbar.org/AM/CustomSource/ASPCode/caseindex.asp?lap=1&MoreOpener=&ci=1&OrdMode=DESC&Offsethi=20&Lio=1&Area=2&Numlines=20

Wisconsin Supreme Court Case search

http://www.wisbar.org/AM/CustomSource/ASPCode/caseindex.asp?lap=1&MoreOpener=&ci=1&OrdMode=DESC&Offsethi=20&Lio=1&Area=1&Numlines=20

 

Wisconsin Employment Review Commission Case search

http://www.wisbar.org/AM/CustomSource/ASPCode/caseindex.asp?lap=1&MoreOpener=&ci=1&OrdMode=DESC&Offsethi=20&Lio=1&Area=1&Numlines=20

 

 

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