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GBS 205     Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Issues in Business 
Edd Welsh, Attorney-at-Law

Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Issues in Business    BPO 33 BP Bldg. Phone 461-7712

Spring Session 2005    E-mail: eddwelsh@mail.mc.maricopa.edu

COURSE OUTLINE

SECTION:  9115 

REQUIRED TEAM TEXT

1. WEST'S BUSINESS LAW, by Clarkson, Miller, Jenz, & Cross, 8th Ed. (ITP Pub.)

OPTIONAL

ANDERSON'S BUSINESS LAW, by Twomey, Jennings & Fox, 19 Ed., Thomson.

BUSINESS LAW, by Roszkowski, 4th Ed. (Addison-Wesley)

SMITH & ROBERSON'S BUSINESS LAW, by Mann, 11th Ed. (ITP Pub.)

COMTEMPORARY BUSINESS LAW, by Cheeseman, 3rd Ed. (Pearson Education)

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY, (Abridged Ed.) 7th Ed. (West)

You are encouraged to purchase a law dictionary, i.e.

 West's Legal Thesaurus/Dictionary, Statzky (West)

 Oran's Dictionary of Law, D. Oran (West Publishing Co.)

 Law Dictionary, Gifis, 2nd Ed. (Barron's Ed. Series)

SOME OF THE MCC LIBRARY REFERENCES

West's Business Law - UCC Edition, 4th Ed., by Jentz, Miller, Cross

Business Law and The Legal Environment, 3rd Ed., by Leet and Fox (Allyn and Bacon).

Digest of Business Law, by Hagen and Johnson, 3rd Ed., 1986 (West).

Gilbert Law Summary - Business Law (1999 to current edition)

OFFICE HOURS

12:30-1:30pm Tues. & Thurs.

6:00-7:00pm Mon, Tues. & Thurs.

Other office hours by appointment

When calling, please leave a voice message and your phone number.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

In addition to high academic performance, I expect everyone to be honest and display a high level of integrity. I won’t tolerate any form of dishonesty, cheating, fabrication, the facilitation of academic dishonesty or plagiarism, to include copying someone else information and turning in as your own work. Refer to the MCC Student Handbook for related policies and due process procedures.

GRADING STANDARD/COMPOSITION*

80% of your grade is based on your test scores and 20% on a Diversity and/or E-Commerce - related project. We will decide during the first month what mutually beneficial projects you want and can do.

Your 20% "Project" consists of: 10 good articles, a subject matter outline or a single topic project.

YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Send me an E-mail clearly identifying yourself in such a way that you won’t be mistaken for anyone else in the class and include: your current mailing address, the various telephone numbers to reach you, and how I can help you maximize your individual and group learning process. 

GENERAL EXAM SCHEDULE*

EXAM # WEEK (Approx.) SUBJECT

#1  4^th Am. Legal System, Cts & Proc, Admin. Agencies

#2  5^th  Criminal Law-Torts

#3  7^th  Contracts-Sales

#4  9^th  Property

#5 11^th  Business Organizations

#6-10 13^th  Govtal Reg. Of Business

#11 14^th  International Business

#12 15^th  Environmental Law 

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

1. The classroom environment will be free of unwelcome sexual harassment as defined by applicable laws. Related stereotypes and stereotypical non-thinking will be demonstrated as related to the law. However, other unwelcome sexual harassment could result in expulsion, civil and/or criminal sanctions.

2. Reasonable accommodations will be made for any special needs of students, including learning disabilities. Please see me the first week of class to discuss any special needs.

3. You are an adult first, an individual second, and a student third. This is how you will be treated as you are challenged to grow.

REMARKS/COMMENTS

*Subject to change

**May vary by class