Managers And The Legal Environment

Every corporate or special event requires a governing entity to provide proper handling for any kind of situation. A proper understanding of various laws and legislation may not only help with identifying possible challenges, but it may also assist in mitigating situations when they do occur. Legal, Safety, and Environmental Challenges for Event Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that provides an in-depth understanding of various dimensions of events management practice, legal issues, and risk management, which can include environmental legislation and impacts, health and safety frameworks, consumer laws, licensing, contracts, and legal technologies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as crowd management, workplace hazards, and emergency preparedness, this book is ideally designed for event planners, event organizers/coordinators, security staff, managers, marketers, researchers, academicians, students, and industry professionals seeking current research on events, tourism, hospitality, and leisure management.

This textbook emphasizes bridging the gap between understanding legal doctrines that impact the business environment and how business owners and managers use legal insight to limit liability and manage risk. Its distinct approach focuses on using teaching features, simulations, case studies, examples, and case law that is accessible and engaging because it is specifically tailored for business students.

Baumer and Poindexter's, Legal Environment of Business in the Information Age, 1e, is the legal environment text for the 21st century. In the next few years, many of the laws that comprise the legal environment of business will change, and the pace of the change is likely to be quick. Because of the growth of information technology, many legal issues have emerged and are occupying center stage. Baumer/Poindexter targets future managers who will be dealing with information technology in some way, and reinforces the latest trends in business education by providing a similar experience with law. Legal Environment of Business in the Information Age places an emphasis on the manner in which regulatory law deals with changes in technology, and devotes significantly more attention to E-Commerce contract law and legal protection of intellectual property.

International Business Law and the Legal Environment provides business students with a strong understanding of the legal principles that govern doing business internationally. Not merely about compliance, this book emphasizes how to use the law to create value and competitive advantage. DiMatteo’s transactional approach walks students through key business transactions—from import and export, contracts, and finance to countertrade, dispute resolution, licensing, and more—giving them both context and demonstrating real world application. This new edition also includes: New material on comparative contract and sales law & European private law; joint ventures and collaborative alliances. A new part on foreign direct investment that includes a chapter on emerging markets. New chapters on privacy law, and on environmental concerns. Greater coverage of the World Trade Organization. "Case highlights" and court opinions that feature edited court transcripts which expose students to actual legal reasoning and an understanding of the underlying legal principles. These decisions are drawn from a broad range of countries, offering a truly international look at the subject. Students of business law and international business courses will find DiMatteo’s clear writing style easy to follow. A companion web site includes an instructor’s manual, PowerPoints, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.

Managers and the Law, 3rd Edition continues to be a practical guide for the manager in business, as well as a user-friendly text for law units within MBA and other management courses throughout Australia. Presenting the law from a manager's perspective, it is designed to give managers access to sufficient legal information to enable them to better use law to assist the various functions of their business; see how the law can be used as a tool to prevent problems before they arise; and determine when specialist legal advice is required and how best to work with a lawyer to resolve issues. Managers and the Law focuses on the management of risk in the workplace and has been structured to illustrate principles in a practical context. Pedagogical features such as cases in point, diagrams and illustrative case studies assist students and managers alike to readily comprehend the issues likely to be faced in business and ensure this edition will continue to be a valuable reference tool.

This popular text effectively combines a traditional case focus with clear and concise coverage of a wide range of up-to-date topics. Students are introduced to the impact of the law affecting business, while concentrating on information and applications essential to the business practitioner.

Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.

This edited book is intended to address the need for an updated look at the HRM legal and regulatory environment. Contrary to existing books which address legal issues in HRM from a narrower focus or specific issue (like sexual harassment, performance appraisal or employment termination), this book provides a comprehensive and in-depth look at legal issues, regulations and laws which govern all aspects of human resource management—recruitment, selection, placement, performance management (i.e., employee training and development), benefits and compensation—and specific issues such as job analysis, sexual harassment, and the like. The contributors to this book offer their insight derived from their own research and practical experience with the HRM legal and regulatory environment/world of work. More specifically, the contributors examine, analyze and discuss challenges, issues and opportunities related to HRM legal and regulatory issues and the implications for employees and their organizations while emphasizing the importance of navigating such laws and regulations to the employment cycle and toward sustainable competitive advantage in today’s and tomorrow’s organizations.

This new edition of Organisations and the Business Environment provides a completely revised, extended and updated edition of the original successful text. It provides contemporary and comprehensive coverage of the subject matter which is highly relevant to business and management students at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional levels. The text is written in a clear and concise style, illustrated with topical examples and data. Organisations and the Business Environment (second edition) comprises four sections: * Business Organisations ¡V discusses the evolution of organisational and managerial theories and concepts with particular emphasis on their relevance in the 21st century. The different types of organisations and their missions, visions, goals and objectives are examined. * The External Business Macro-Environment ¡V describes and considers the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, ecological and legal influences on organisations, utilizing the PESTEL framework of analysis. This section includes a review of the internationalization of businesses and examines the role of GATT and the WTO, single markets and trading blocs. * The External Business Micro-Environment ¡V provides a review of the market system and the nature of supply and demand. Market structures are examined in the light of monopolistic regimes and working for competitive advantage. The impact of government intervention is explored via regulatory bodies, privatization, and nationalization programmes. * Business Management ¡V explores the major aspects of contemporary business organisations, including corporate governance and business ethics. In particular, this section tackles the areas of structure, culture, change, quality management and the principal functions of organisations. This textbook is a user-friendly resource with end of chapter questions, activities and assignments to consolidate learning. Its strong emphasis on topical examples enables students to understand how theory is applied in business contexts, including, GlaxoSmithKline, BT, Scottish and Newcastle, Hanson plc and a number of not-for-profit organisations. There is additional Tutor Resource material, including presentation slides, data charts, chapter summaries, questions and answers. "An excellent book...good use of learning objectives, questions and potential assignments." Paul Blakely, Lecturer, University College of Warrington.

In 2017 four rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and Colombia were given the status of legal persons, and there was a recent attempt to extend these rights to the Colorado River in the USA. Understanding the implications of creating legal rights for rivers is an urgent challenge for both water resource management and environmental law. Giving rivers legal rights means the law can see rivers as legal persons, thus creating new legal rights which can then be enforced. When rivers are legally people, does that encourage collaboration and partnership between humans and rivers, or establish rivers as another competitor for scarce resources? To assess what it means to give rivers legal rights and legal personality, this book examines the form and function of environmental water managers (EWMs). These organisations have legal personality, and have been active in water resource management for over two decades. EWMs operate by acquiring water rights from irrigators in rivers where there is insufficient water to maintain ecological health. EWMs can compete with farmers for access to water, but they can also strengthen collaboration between traditionally divergent users of the aquatic environment, such as environmentalists, recreational fishers, hunters, farmers, and hydropower. This book explores how EWMs use the opportunities created by giving nature legal rights, such as the ability to participate in markets, enter contracts, hold property, and enforce those rights in court. However, examination of the EWMs unearths a crucial and unexpected paradox: giving legal rights to nature may increase its legal power, but in doing so it can weaken community support for protecting the environment in the first place. The book develops a new conceptual framework to identify the multiple constructions of the environment in law, and how these constructions can interact to generate these unexpected outcomes. It explores EWMs in the USA and Australia as examples, and assesses the implications of creating legal rights for rivers for water governance. Lessons from the EWMs, as well as early lessons from the new ‘river persons,’ show how to use the law to improve river protection and how to begin to mitigate the problems of the paradox.

An indispensable practical guide for legal practitioners, Records Management in the Legal Environment presents best practices for the unique records management processes and procedures encountered in the private legal environment. Its major topic areas include - operational back office procedures, such as personnel management, space management, and accounting/budgeting practices - front office processes that directly support the practice of law. These include conflicts of interest (i.e., searching, identifying, analyzing, and resolving conflicts of interest), client/matter intake, docket/calendar, litigation support, and business development - the management of records resulting from specialized law practice areas, which with their unique workflow and procedures produce records with different recordkeeping requirementsThe books appendices include extensive exemplars, with annotated lists and forms packages; bibliography with full citations and further readings on all facets of legal records management; and an indexed table of authorities, including cases, statutes, regulations, restatements, model codes, and ethics opinions of various issuing bodies

Upon its publication in 1963, Corley's Legal Environment of Business was the first and only business law textbook to emphasize public rather than private law, government regulation of business rather than contracts, and legal relationships rather than business transactions. A major innovation, it established a new course that the authors termed the legal environment of business. Over the years others have attempted to attain the success and stature of The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, but none has been able to match its timely, innovative coverage. Substantially updated, the 10th edition continues the text's reputation for ethics, authority and coverage of current areas of importance to business.

This comprehensive legal environment text takes a managerial focus with many business-oriented features that present cutting-edge issues and cases. To illustrate key legal concepts, this text utilizes both summarized and excerpted cases.

This text focuses on employee relations issues, as well as labor relations, addressing the current need to highlight two of the functional areas of human resource management by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Well-known and highly visible in the academia of management, the authors present a topical and thorough text for any course in Employee and Labor Relations or Employee Relations

The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce, 6e examines how the current legal environment, government regulation, and e-commerce environment impact today's business decisions. Legal Heritage and the Information Age; Business Ethics and Social Responsibility; Court Systems and Administrative Law; Alternative, Judicial, and E-Dispute Resolution; Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce; Torts and Strict Liability; Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes; International and World Trade Law; Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts; Performance of Traditional and E-Contracts; Cyber Law and E-Commerce; Sales, Leases, and Warranties; Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses; LLCs, LLPs, and Global Forms of Business; Corporations and Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Investor Protection and E-Securities Transactions; Agency Law; Equal Opportunity in Employment; Employment Compensation and Worker Protection Laws; Immigration and Labor Laws; Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy; Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices; Consumer Protection and Global Product Safety; Environmental Protection and Global Warming; Estates, Leaseholds, and Regulation of Property MARKET: For readers interested in a current and cutting-edge understanding of the legal environment of business and online commerce.

This is the only textbook that helps students develop a thorough understanding of the legal environment of business and enhances their ability to engage in critical thinking and ethical analysis. The legal environment of business is thoroughly treated in an extremely reader-friendly manner; various topics include: the American legal system, dispute resolution, constitutional principles, cyberlaw, white-collar crime, contracts, sales, product and service liability, the law of property, agency law, labor-management relations, environmental law, securities trading and issuance, antitrust laws, and debtor-creditor relations. An excellent desk reference for the legal departments of any business, this book also provides an interesting read for anyone interested in business and ethics.