MGT 371 The Legal and Policy Aspects of Government Regulation of Business
Formerly MGT 371. This course examines the major forms of government regulation from a legal and policy perspective, including: the protection of consumers (the manufacture, advertising and sale of products, together with credit card protections), the protection of investors, (the issuance and trading of corporate securities), the protection of competition (the antitrust laws), the protection of our environment (water and air quality), the protection of employees (equal employment opportunity, labor law and worker safety), the protection of intellectual property rights (copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets), the enforcement of white-collar crime, and compliance with laws governing international business transactions.
Prerequisite
Open to majors and minors in the Busch School who have junior class standing or higher.