Business Organizations and the Law

(Contact Hours: 24) $159.00

Course Description

By allowing for the creation of different kinds of business organizations, society ensures that different kinds of businesses can exist to meet the different demands of the marketplace. These business organizations may appoint individuals to act on their behalf. They also must abide by certain minimal standards regarding working conditions.

For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof. Students may query the instructor up to three times, via e-mail, regarding course content. For the Advanced Completion course enrollment, students have unlimited access to the instructor via e-mail.

Outcomes

By completing this course you will:

• learned about the different types of business entities
• determined which business entity works best in what kinds of situations
• seen how to create such business entities
• discover the varied formats of an principle-agent relationship
• study what federal laws apply to employment situations

Assessment

Students will complete open-book multiple choice exams on each chapter of material in the course (where the course consists of 11 Chapters). Completion of each chapter is based on achieving a score of 70% or more on tests provided.

Course Information (see above or below Weeks, outlines, activities, etc.)

Week 1

• (Students using the 8th Edition need to go to the course site for reading assignments)
• BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
• Partnerships and Other Business Organizations
• Sole Propietorships and Franchises (Chapter 35); QUIZ
• Partnerships and Special Business Forms (Chapter 36); QUIZ

Week 2

• Corporations
• Formation and Financing (Chapter 37); QUIZ
• Directors, Officers and Shareholders (Chapter 38): QUIZ

Week 3

• Mergers, Consolidation, and Termination (Chapter 39); QUIZ
• Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings(Chapter 40); QUIZ

Week 4

• Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships (Chapter 41); QUIZ
• AGENCY
• Agency Formation and Duties (Chapter 31); QUIZ

Week 5

• Liability to Third Parties and Termination (Chapter 32); QUIZ
• LABOR LAW
• Labor and Employment Law (Chapter 33); QUIZ

Week 6

• Employment Discrimination (Chapter 34); QUIZ

To register or for more information

This on-line registration process is for credit card registrations only.

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