Course Outline
JOHN MOLSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
COMM 315: BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS
SUMMER 2014: Section AB
Instructor: Jean Pommainville
Office: TBD
E-mail: pommj@jmsb.concordia.ca
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00-5:30 P.M. (check First Class postings for any changes)
Office telephone: TBD
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Through the study of laws, ethical principles and court judgments, this course will introduce students to important legal and ethical issues that they may encounter within a business organization.
In today’s environment of social awareness, business can no longer focus solely on maximizing profits and must recognize and respect its legal and ethical obligations to a wide range of stakeholders, both within and outside of the business organization. These stakeholders include employees, management, shareholders, directors, officers, the immediate community and society at large.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course is designed to help students:
1) Develop an understanding of the relationship between law and ethics and how these two principles should not be treated as mutually exclusive;
2) Identify important legal and ethical issues that may be encountered within the workplace;
3) Develop a familiarity with the appropriate steps to be followed in both the legal and ethical decision making processes;
4) Apply material learned in this course in order to analyze and propose solutions to legal and ethical problems.
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIAL:
Casebook: Fundamentals of Quebec Business Law and Ethics, 1st Edition, Paladin Publications. (Available at the Concordia University bookstore)
This book includes relevant articles of the Civil Code of Quebec (CCQ) and other laws dealing with business issues, along with Canadian & Quebec court cases edited or summarized.
Additional optional and required material will be posted on FirstClass periodically. disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to change or update this outline, and any
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
COMM 315: BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS
SUMMER 2014: Section AB
Instructor: Jean Pommainville
Office: TBD
E-mail: pommj@jmsb.concordia.ca
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00-5:30 P.M. (check First Class postings for any changes)
Office telephone: TBD
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Through the study of laws, ethical principles and court judgments, this course will introduce students to important legal and ethical issues that they may encounter within a business organization.
In today’s environment of social awareness, business can no longer focus solely on maximizing profits and must recognize and respect its legal and ethical obligations to a wide range of stakeholders, both within and outside of the business organization. These stakeholders include employees, management, shareholders, directors, officers, the immediate community and society at large.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course is designed to help students:
1) Develop an understanding of the relationship between law and ethics and how these two principles should not be treated as mutually exclusive;
2) Identify important legal and ethical issues that may be encountered within the workplace;
3) Develop a familiarity with the appropriate steps to be followed in both the legal and ethical decision making processes;
4) Apply material learned in this course in order to analyze and propose solutions to legal and ethical problems.
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIAL:
Casebook: Fundamentals of Quebec Business Law and Ethics, 1st Edition, Paladin Publications. (Available at the Concordia University bookstore)
This book includes relevant articles of the Civil Code of Quebec (CCQ) and other laws dealing with business issues, along with Canadian & Quebec court cases edited or summarized.
Additional optional and required material will be posted on FirstClass periodically. disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to change or update this outline, and any