The Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Environment of Business in a Diverse Society

Overview:This is the first legal environment text to take diversity implications into consideration as a normal and necessary part of business decisions. It offers a view of the legal environment of business from the broader perspective of not only the law and its theory, but also how it works in practice taking into consideration the factors of ethics and diversity. The goal of this text is to equip students for the legal, ethical, and diversity implications of the business world they will move into, so that their decisions do not result in surprising, expensive, protracted, and embarrassing litigation that could have easily been avoided. Instructor's Supplements: Online Learning Center Instructor's Manual:The Instructor's Manual, prepared by the authors, provides instructors with a hands-on approach to using this text in a classroom setting. Power Points:Two sets of slides per chapter, to be used in-class or as an out-of-class supplement. Created by Stella Sorovigas, Esq. of Grand Rapids Community College. Test Bank:The test bank contains approximately 75 true-false, multiple-choice, and essay questions per chapter. The test bank questions are also categorized by Bloom's taxonomy levels of learning and how they meet various AACSB objectives. E-Z Test:A computerized version of the test bank is available, allowing the instructor to generate random tests and to add his or her own questions. You Be the Judge Case Videos:With these unscripted videos of typical business law case examples, students can watch as plaintiff and defendant present arguments before a real judge, explain their rationales, and hear the judge's verdict. Also available is the full set of You Be the Judge casesthis online resource contains the full range of Legal Environment of Business topics and is formatted for easy use in personal computers. Students view background material in addition to hearing the courtroom argument, then must weigh in with their own rulings before hearing the judge's verdict. Blaw Newsletter:The Business Law Newsletter is an easy and effective place for professors to turn for new discussion topics in their Business Law and Legal Environment courses. Published monthly, each newsletter includes:1. article abstracts with critical thinking questions, 2. video links with discussion questions and answers, 3. case hypotheticals and ethical dilemmas (with answers), 4. teaching tips to help professors incorporate the newsletter into their class, and 5. a chapter key that integrates all of the above with each of our McGraw-Hill Business Law and Legal Environment of Business texts.