Business Law And Ethics

Course 2 of the Business Law for Business Managers Series

What you'll learn

Understanding and Providing Ethical Management

The Relationship Between Law and Ethics

The Spirit and Letter of the Law

Meeting the Spirit of the Law

Requirements

No law degree needed. Basic knowledge of business and entrepreneurship an advantage.

Description

The Business Law and Ethics course is the second part of the three that together form the Business Law series.As a manager, you have both legal and ethical responsibilities. Your conduct is expected to meet both the letter and the spirit of the law. Managers who bypass their ethical responsibilities risk getting themselves and their companies into deep legal trouble. Corporate scandals have ruined both careers and companies.As a manager, you need to learn about business ethics and how to use ethics as a guiding rationale when dealing with your responsibilities. This is crucial because ethical principles provide the basis for the spirit of the law. This course guides you in differentiating between ethics and the law, as well as in recognizing areas where the two concepts overlap.It explains the difference between following the letter of the law and following the spirit of the law. And it covers a process you can use to make ethical decisions that comply with the spirit of the law. The course also outlines typical obstacles to ethical behavior in business, and steps managers can take to build a strong culture of ethics in their companies.By understanding and providing ethical management, you'll help to encourage ethical behavior in your organization. This can protect you, your employees, and your company, and help attract both customers and investors. Ultimately, ethical behavior means better business.This is the broad picture. This is what you can expect from the course and you can already start. No go ahead and push that   "Register Now" button and see you inside the course!

Overview

Section 1: Business Law and Ethics

Lecture 1 Business Law and Ethics

Lecture 2 Course Guidelines

Lecture 3 FAQs

Lecture 4 The Relationship Between Law and Ethics

Lecture 5 Defining law and ethics

Lecture 6 Overlap between law and ethics

Lecture 7 Differences between law and ethics

Lecture 8 Laws and ethics in business

Lecture 9 The Spirit and Letter of the Law

Lecture 10 The letter of the law

Lecture 11 The spirit of the law

Lecture 12 Making ethical decisions

Lecture 13 Follow-on Activity - Ethical Decision Making

Lecture 14 Meeting the Spirit of the Law

Lecture 15 Benefits of acting ethically

Lecture 16 Obstacles to ethical behavior

Lecture 17 Job Aid - Ethical Obstacles

Lecture 18 Establishing a code of ethics

Lecture 19 Ethics training

Lecture 20 Integrating ethics

Lecture 21 Leading by example

Lecture 22 Job Aid - Creating a Culture of Ethics

Lecture 23 Business Law and Ethics

Business managers, entrepreneurs, project and program managers and business analysts