Business Law

Course Assignments

1. Readings

· Read Ch. 2 of Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment.

· Read Ch. 9 of Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment.

· Read Ch. 21 of Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment.

· Read Appendix K of Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment.

· Read materials in the Course Materials forum.

· Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

2. Individual Assignment: Corporate Compliance Plan

· Resource: Riordan Manufacturing

· Create a Corporate Compliance Plan of at least 10 pages for Riordan. The plan must synthesize your learning and apply legal principles of business management. Focus your plan on managing the legal liabilities of Riordan officers and directors.

· Address the following in your plan:

o ADR

o Product liability

o Contract Law

o Employment Law

o International law

o Tangible and intellectual property

o Legal forms of business

o Governance

· Create your plan as if you were distributing it to officers and directors.

· Outline prevention and management guidelines of aspects listed above. Use previous individual assignments to bring insight to this project.

· Implement enterprise risk management based on Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recommendations as the structure of your plan. Incorporate key concepts from your readings as needed.

· Address specific laws or aspects Riordan must adhere to and outline steps for employees to adhere to them. The plan must also address how to handle situations when laws are violated or in question, such as when to call in legal counsel, what rights employees have, or who to turn to when actions are taken against Riordan.

· Format your plan according to APA...