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
21st 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
I.
Ethics and Constitutional Law
II.
Judicial System, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and
CONTACT HOURS
PER TOPIC
5
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
Semester Credit Hours (Credit):
Contact Hours (Workforce)
Course Prefix and Number:
BUL 3130
Course Title:
Business Law and Ethics
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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 Certificate
X
PSAV/Clock Hour/Workforce
Upper Division/Bachelors
Development Education
Apprenticeship
Other:
If selected, use this space to title “other” option.
SECTION 3
INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES (Place an “X” in the box next to those that are applicable.)
X
Reading
Speaking
X
Critical Analysis
X
Writing
Listening
X
Information
Literacy
Qualitative Skills
X
Ethical Judgement
X
Scientific Method of
Inquiry
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
Mathematics
Social 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 Literacy
Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning
Global Sociocultural Responsibility
SECTION 6
LEARNING OUTCOMES
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.
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.
TYPE OF OUTCOME
(General Education,
Course or Program)
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Course
Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies,
Presentations, or Exams
Course
Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies,
Presentations, or Exams
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SECTION 6 (Continued)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
TYPE 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
Course
Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies,
Presentations, or Exams
Course
Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies,
Presentations, or Exams
Course
Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies,
Presentations, or Exams
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.
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.
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.
Demonstrate the ability to recognize the
outcome of legal issues by determining the key
facts and principles of law that will determine
that outcome.
SECTION 7
Faculty name(s):
Wayne Singletary, J.D. and Harvey Slentz, J.D.
Date:
12/11/2014
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