[Ebook PDF] The Legal Environment of Business, 13th Edition

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The Legal Environment of Business, 13th Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1337095495
ISBN-10: 1337095494

Author: Roger E. Meiners (Author), Al H. Ringleb (Author), Frances L. Edwards (Author)

With THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS, 13E readers can enjoy a practical introduction to the structure and function of the legal system from the perspective of the professional non-lawyer. While the authors note the system’s strong legal heritage, the book emphasizes the nuts and bolts of basic legal rules that most significantly impact business today. This popular book adapts a traditional case focus to address the unique needs of future and current business students. Clear, concise coverage of a wide range of timely topics introduces key points of law using business-specific examples and realistic scenarios. The authors’ readable style complements their extensive knowledge of domestic and international business to make this book a favorite among both professionals and learners new to the legal environment.

PREFACE
Knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment of business provides practical background for students in many careers. There are legal, social, political, and ethical issues in every profession. Some situations require an understanding of the principles of law to help resolve an issue or know when legal counsel is needed.
This textbook presents the legal environment as relevant to professionals who are not lawyers.
Only a few students who take this course will become lawyers, although some students will take additional classes that cover specific legal areas. This course provides the opportunity for people with various interests to learn key points of the law from the standpoint of a working professional.
Over the years, we have received excellent feedback from professors and students who have used the 12 previous editions of this book and have pointed out shortcomings and strong points and given good advice for improvements. We have taken these comments into account in preparing this edition to make the book even more helpful and practical as we study the complex legal environment that business professionals face. Our reviewers agree that this text focuses on practical aspects of the law. As we constantly update the text, we try to keep to a minimum the legal minutia, such as uncommon exceptions or rules peculiar to only a few states. We focus on primary rules and issues that arise most often. We use business situations and examples to highlight legal principles in practice. In selecting cases that appear in the text, the focus is on practical situations in business that students can best relate to and are realistic in a business career. The holdings are straightforward applications of the law to the facts. However, some major cases are included so students can get a sense of how courts announce major rules, and the evolution of law can be discussed.
Essential Organization
In the legal environment of business course, there is the problem of many possible topics to cover but not enough time. There is agreement that the key elements of the legal system must be covered. This is done in Part 1 of the book, Elements of Law and the Judicial Process. Part 2, Elements of Traditional Business Law, focuses on the major areas of the common law that apply to business and some statutory law oriented at business functions. Part 3, The Employment Relationship, addresses a part of the business environment that applies to everyone, the ever-growing area of employment law, ranging from traditional agency to discrimination and social media issues. Part 4, The Regulatory Environment of Business, covers the major regulatory laws that managers of a variety of firms may face and finishes with key points of international business law.
New to This Edition
MindTap
MindTapTM is a fully online, highly personalized learning experience combining readings, multimedia, activities, and assessments into a singular Learning Path. Instructors can personalize the
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We have heard that business law instructors want to help students Prepare for class, engage with the course concepts to reinforce learning, apply these concepts in real-world scenarios, and use legal reasoning and critical thinking to Analyze business law content. Accordingly, our MindTap product provides a four-step Learning Path designed to meet these critical needs while also allowing instructors to measure skills and outcomes with ease.
• Prepare: E-book and Worksheets—Help students prepare for class with interactive guided reading and chapter review questions that can be completed prior to class so that class time can be spent applying the concepts.
• Engage: Video Activities—Engage students using real-world scenarios that bring business law to life and help students make connections with real work situations. Includes comprehension questions for practice and assignable homework that can be graded.
• Apply: Brief Hypothetical Scenarios—These short fictional scenarios help students spot the issue and apply the law and concepts that they’ve learned. These are great questions for exam preparation.
• Analyze: Legal Reasoning—Promote deeper critical thinking and legal reasoning by using these case problem questions to help improve critical thinking skills.
Every item in the Learning Path is assignable and gradable. This gives instructors the knowledge of class standings and concepts that may be difficult. Additionally, students gain knowledge about where they stand—both individually and compared to the highest performers in class.
Case Collection
Now, within MindTap, instructors can search Case Collection—a library of cases from previous editions of different Cengage textbooks—by relevant criteria and then incorporate those cases in the Learning Path for students.
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• Easily search by topic, and then refine the search by subtopic, to find case examples of a specific legal concept.
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• Enjoy over 1,200 cases at your fingertips. All new edition omitted cases will be added every year, allowing the archive to continually grow.
Mix and match cases from all textbooks, whether you are currently using it in class or not.
This allows you to provide longer cases with more information from other resources, which is especially helpful if your text didn’t show the court’s decision.