(Also offered as BADM 2238.) Legal issues related to personal brand management. The role of contract law, data privacy and integrity, trademark and intellectual property law, rights of publicity, ethical issues, the principal-agent relationship, and related topics. Experience in identifying and critically assessing legal challenges that arise from personal brand management and understanding how to reach concrete solutions to legal problems. BADM 2238.

(Also offered as BADM 3720.) This course provides an introduction to law, ethics, and social responsibility, and the foundation for advanced business law electives. Students learn to evaluate the impact of the legal and regulatory system on business operations, consider the role and functioning of legal institutions, and apply legal rules such as the Uniform Commercial Code to anticipate and avoid liability. Students gain experience identifying and solving legal and ethical problems using analytical tools.

(Also offered as BADM 3252.) This course examines the human rights implications of multinational enterprises’ global operations. Students learn how to assess corporate social impact through a human rights framework, consider the challenges of regulating the human rights impacts of global business, analyze international policy responses, and evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches to enforcing human rights standards for corporations.

(Also offered as BADM 3253.) This course examines sustainability in the context of the natural and social ecosystems in which business operates. Students learn how the environmental and social impacts of business are affected by the interactions of firms with laws and legal institutions, markets, and society globally. Students gain experience assessing firm policies and practices and developing legally-astute and ethically-aware policies to achieve sustainability and to generate positive environmental and social outcomes.

(Also offered as BADM 3254.) This course examines corporate social responsibility (CSR), accountability, and related concepts. Students learn about the actors, processes, legal and social norms that shape firm’s management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues from a global and human rights perspective. Students gain experience in identifying and critically assessing market-based solutions to societal challenges.

(Also offered as BADM 3274.) This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of real estate law. Students learn to explain and distinguish basic legal concepts related to ownership, real estate interests, real estate closings, brokerage, property management, financing methods, and taxation. Students gain practical experience navigating legal documents and performing a limited title search.

This course provides an introduction to the legal and professional liability of accountants, ethical reasoning, integrity, and other core values of accounting institutions. Students learn to understand and apply the legal rules governing contract formation, contract performance, breach, bankruptcy, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Students gain experience in legal and ethical decision making in commercial transactions

(Also offered as BADM 3660.) This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical environment of international business. Students learn the foundations of the international legal system, contrast laws and values of selected regions and countries, examine international treaties and entities, identify the law applicable to international trade and business transactions, distinguish rules and procedures governing international dispute resolution, and evaluate the impact of these factors on global business operations. Students gain experience negotiating and drafting international contracts.

(Also offered as BADM 3673.) This course provides an advanced understanding of the legal, ethical, and public policy aspects of managing business organizations. Students learn how legal rules are used to establish a business organization; facilitate corporate decision making; manage the rights and duties of officers, directors, and shareholders; address financial, operational, and enterprise risks; execute corporate transactions; and ensure corporate integrity and responsibility. Students gain experience advising and assessing companies from the perspective of a manager, auditor, and investor.

(Also offered as BADM 3677.) This course provides an introduction to the law that shapes and guides commercial transactions. Students learn to understand and apply the legal rules governing contract formation, contract performance and breach, bankruptcy, and personal property, among other areas.

(Also offered as BADM 3678.) This course provides an introduction to the legal and ethical environment of digital media. Students learn to apply intellectual property law and other legal concepts as they pertain to contemporary media and communication. Students gain experience identifying and solving legal and ethical dilemmas encountered by digital media and technology firms and to evaluate the global legal implications of digital media use.

(Also offered as BADM 3681.) This course provides an introduction to legal and ethical issues affecting new and growing businesses. Students learn to distinguish and choose between legal forms for the business, identify, evaluate, and protect against legal risk inherent in starting, running, expanding and liquidating a business. Students gain experience protecting valuable assets by legal means.

Internship with a host organization in the field of law, ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, or public policy. Student performance will be evaluated on the basis of an appraisal by the host organization and a detailed written report submitted by the student. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

Classroom course in special topics in law as announced in advance for each semester. With a change in content may be repeated for credit.

Individual study of special topics as mutually arranged between student and instructor.