Study Guide for Managers and the Legal Environment

Designed for undergraduate and graduate legal environment courses, this text presents cutting-edge issues and cases with a managerial focus. Each chapter has four to five summarized cases, organized into facts and decisions, plus two cases in the language of the court. At the Top features reflect the importance of corporate governance in today's business and regulatory environment. In Brief segments summarize some of the key concepts discussed. Ethical and International Considerations are interspersed within the chapters. Other features include Historical, Economic, or Political Perspectives, The Responsible Manager, and Inside Stories. This reorganized edition contains a chapter on consumer protection and expanded coverage of employment law.