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FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE COURSE NUMBER: BUL 3130 COURSE TITLE: Business Law and Ethics PREREQUISITE(S): None COREQUISITE(S): None STUDENT ADVISING NOTES: Junior-level Status CREDIT HOURS: 3 CONTACT HOURS/WEEK: 3 CONTACT HOUR BREAKDOWN: Lecture/Discussion: 3 Laboratory: Other __________: FACULTY WORKLOAD POINTS: 3 STANDARDIZED CLASS SIZE 35 ALLOCATION: CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a study of legal, ethical and societal environments of business. Topics include, but are not limited to, corporate social responsibility, legal, political and ethical aspects of business, state and federal laws, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, product liability, safety issues, and environmental regulation. SUGGESTED TEXT(S): Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21 st Century , Bagley & Savage, ( Cengage Learning) , Latest Edition IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Fall Term 2008 (20091) Proposal 2008-16 REVIEW OR MODIFICATION DATE: Spring Term, 2010 (20102) – (Proposal 2009- 12) Fall Term, 2015 (20161) – Outline Review 1

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FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLECOLLEGE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE NUMBER: BUL 3130

COURSE TITLE: Business Law and Ethics

PREREQUISITE(S): None

COREQUISITE(S): None

STUDENT ADVISING NOTES: Junior-level Status

CREDIT HOURS: 3

CONTACT HOURS/WEEK: 3

CONTACT HOUR BREAKDOWN:

Lecture/Discussion: 3

Laboratory:

Other __________:

FACULTY WORKLOAD POINTS: 3

STANDARDIZED CLASS SIZE 35

ALLOCATION:

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is a study of legal, ethical and societal environments of business. Topics include, but are not limited to, corporate social responsibility, legal, political and ethical aspects of business, state and federal laws, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, product liability, safety issues, and environmental regulation.

SUGGESTED TEXT(S): Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21 st Century , Bagley & Savage, (Cengage Learning), Latest Edition

IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Fall Term 2008 (20091) Proposal 2008-16

REVIEW OR MODIFICATION DATE: Spring Term, 2010 (20102) – (Proposal 2009-12) Fall Term, 2015 (20161) – Outline Review 14-15 Fall Term, 2015 (20161) – Proposal 2014-82

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COURSE TOPICS CONTACT HOURS PER TOPICI. Ethics and Constitutional Law 5

II. Judicial System, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and

Administrative Law 5

III. Environmental Law and Consumer Protection 5

IV. Torts, Product Liability, and Criminal Law 5

V. Contract and Agency Law 5

VI. Employment Law, Civil Rights, and Employment Discrimination 5

VII. Business Organization 5

VIII. Intellectual Property, International Law, and Transactions 5

IX. Application of Legal and Ethical Doctrines 5

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Florida State College at Jacksonville Course Learning Outcomes and Assessment

SECTION 1

Course Prefix and Number: BUL 3130Semester Credit Hours (Credit): 3Contact Hours (Workforce)

Course Title: Business Law and Ethics

SECTION 2a (To be completed for General Education courses only.)TYPE OF COURSE (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)

General Education Core (If selected, core discipline area will be identified in Section 4.)General Education (If selected, you must also complete Section 4, Section 5, and Section 8)

SECTION 2b TYPE OF COURSE (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)

A.A. Elective A.S. Required Course A.S. Professional Elective A.A.S. Required Course A.A.S. Professional Elective Technical CertificatePSAV/Clock Hour/Workforce Development Education Apprenticeship

X Upper Division/Bachelors Other: If selected, use this space to title “other” option.

SECTION 3INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)

X Reading Speaking X Critical Analysis Qualitative Skills Scientific Method of Inquiry

X Writing Listening X Information Literacy X Ethical Judgement X Working

Collaboratively

SECTION 4 (To be completed for General Education courses only.)GENERAL EDUCATION DISCIPLINE AREA (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)

Communications Humanities MathematicsSocial and Behavioral Sciences Natural Sciences

SECTION 5 (To be completed for General Education courses only.)GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOME AREA (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)

Communication Critical Thinking Information LiteracyScientific and Quantitative Reasoning Global Sociocultural Responsibility

SECTION 6

LEARNING OUTCOMESTYPE OF OUTCOME(General Education, Course or Program)

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

Analyze law and its functions in society. Evaluate the interrelationship of ethics and law. Analyze the key principles of the international legal environment and its impact on business.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Compare the sources of law in the U.S., and how the U.S. legal system differs from other countries. Analyze the legal system and methods for resolving legal disputes through use of the courts or alternative dispute resolution.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

SECTION 6 (Continued)3

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LEARNING OUTCOMESTYPE OF OUTCOME(General Education, Course or Program)

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

Identify the major U.S. Constitutional doctrines, and explain how they regulate commerce, and how they protect individual and business rights.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Analyze the nature of personal and business torts, including product liability, and evaluate the role that business management plays in minimizing liability.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Describe the nature of crimes affecting persons and businesses. Evaluate the role that business management plays in avoiding criminal liability.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Analyze the nature and classes of contracts, the elements of a valid contract, third person relationships, discharge, breach, and remedies of contracts. Identify the requirements for and nature of UCC Sales and Lease contracts, and distinguish the differences that e-Commerce creates in contract law.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Apply the various government regulations of employment and labor law to supervision and management issues. Evaluate the nature of government regulation of business, employment and labor law, and anti-discrimination claims in the workplace. Analyze consumer and environmental protection, and intellectual property.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages, legal rights, and obligations of the various forms of business organizations. Identify the duties, responsibilities, and rights of managers, officers, directors, and owners of the various forms of business organizations.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

Demonstrate the ability to recognize the outcome of legal issues by determining the key facts and principles of law that will determine that outcome.

Course Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, or Exams

SECTION 7Faculty name(s): Wayne Singletary, J.D. and Harvey Slentz, J.D. Date: 12/11/2014

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