Recognized and respected for its cutting-edge material and strategic approach, MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, 6e, INTERNATIONAL EDITION is one of the most comprehensive, challenging, and understandable texts on legal environments available. Its in-depth coverage illustrates how the law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies, including how managers use the law to minimize risk and create value; craft solutions to attain core business objectives; spot legal issues before they become problems; and effectively handle the inevitable legal disputes that arise in the course of doing business. Skillfully integrating law with management from the perspectives of current and future business managers, MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, 6e, INTERNATIONAL EDITION is equally suitable for students with substantial work experience, as well as those studying business for the first time.
Features
- Cover it all with the most comprehensive treatment of the legal environment on the market. This text includes the essential
legal topics, such as agency, contracts, torts, criminal law, antitrust, and employment law, as well as specialized topics crucial
to business managers, such as intellectual property, lending transactions, securities regulation, and environmental law.
- Deliver in-depth case treatment with three to six cases in every chapter! Provided as summaries or in the actual language of
the court, these cases represent crucial court decisions that shape important business law concepts or present key legal
conflicts that managers will address in their careers.
- Give students an interdisciplinary view of your course with "Perspectives" boxes throughout the text, which show how history,
politics, and economics can impact the evolution of the law. Each box focuses on an historical, political, or economic
perspective to help students become more aware of the interplay between these three areas and the law.
- Demonstrate the law''s practical applications with "The Responsible Manager" sections, which summarize each chapter from a
managerial perspective and discuss the crucial legal and risk management issues that successful managers must consider to
avoid costly, time-consuming litigation. A useful on-the-job reference for practicing business managers long after the course
is over!
- Stimulate student interest with enhanced special feature sections, such as "A Global View," "A View from
Cyberspace," "Ethical Considerations," and "Inside Story"--all of which add depth and character to the readings and keep
students involved in your class discussions.
Unit 1 Foundations of the Legal and Regulatory Environment
Unit 2 The Legal Environment
Unit 3 Human Resources in the Legal and Regulatory Environment
Unit 4 The Regulatory Environment
Unit 5 Corporate Governance, Owneship, and Control
Unit 6 Securities and Financial Transactions
Unit 7 International Business
Appendices A
Glossary G
Index I