LEG 500 Discussion Questions Week 1-11

LEG 500 Discussion Questions Week 1-11

LEG 500 Week 1 Discussion 1

"Ethics Applied" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the approaches to ethics discussed in Chapter 1 and determine which approach is the most appropriate for the greatest number of businesses. Explain your rationale.

From the e-Activity, discuss the major challenges you would anticipate in applying the approach to ethics in the company you researched (and the specific challenges they face), as well as how those challenges might be addressed.

LEG 500 Week 1 Discussion 2

"Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the arguments presented in the “Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission” case to determine which arguments you find the most persuasive. Explain both your rationale and the probable impact of the outcome of this case on corporate governance moving forward.

From the e-Activity, discuss ways in which the company you researched could leverage corporate social responsibility as a competitive strategy. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 2 Discussion 1

"Employment-at-Will and Sarbanes-Oxley" Please respond to the following:

Scrutinize the ethics of employment-at-will to determine whether you believe this is a practice that should be protected in the U.S. Explain your rationale.

Discuss whether the Sarbanes-Oxley act protects whistle-blowers enough (or perhaps too much). What changes would you make to improve the effectiveness of the law.

LEG 500 Week 2 Discussion 2

"Freedom of Speech and False Claims" Please respond to the following:

Drawing on arguments found in the reading for this week, determine the appropriate balance between unfettered free speech and the duties of public employees. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Taking both the False Claims Act and global norms into account, make at least three recommendations for encouraging employees to report ethically questionable corporate practices.

LEG 500 Week 3 Discussion 1

"Employee Surveillance and Testing"Please respond to the following:

Argue for or against the practice of electronic employee surveillance at work. Provide specific examples to support your argument. What laws, if any, may be violated by such practices?

Argue for or against employee testing in relation to the job you currently hold. Be sure to take into account both the needs of the employer as well as the privacy concerns of the employees. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 3 Discussion 2

"Social Media and Genetics"Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss how current or potential employers might be able to use the information you found and possible steps that could be taken to help ensure your privacy. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Analyze the issues involved in the privacy of genetic information and anticipate what additional issues will most likely arise in the next 10 to 20 years, as well as how those issues should be addressed.

LEG 500 Week 4 Discussion 1

"The Civil Rights Act" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to determine which part of the act is the most difficult to enforce. Discuss the difficulties you have identified as well as steps that could be taken to address those difficulties. Identify one misconception associated with the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Discuss possible additions to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (what other civil rights need to be included?). Explain your rationale or discuss whether or not you believe the Act still needs to be enforced in 21st century.

LEG 500 Week 4 Discussion 2

"Work / Life Balance and Disabled Workers" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss ways that work / life balance issues may be improved in the U.S. by drawing on successful practices from other nations. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Discuss the major challenges and benefits of an inclusive attitude toward disabled workers in the U.S. workforce.

LEG 500 Week 5 Discussion 1

"OSHA and Risk Assessment" Please respond to the following:

Analyze and discuss the effectiveness of OSHA regulations on protecting the well-being of workers and make at least one recommendation for improvement. Explain your rationale.

Discuss the responsibility of individual workers to assess their own health risks, and the extent to which this responsibility might offset the responsibilities of employers to ensure the health and safety of their employees.

LEG 500 Week 5 Discussion 2

"Safety Concerns in the Global Economy" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss ways that U.S. businesses can address the issues surrounding hiring undocumented employees. Also discuss your opinion in your position about e-Verify. Provide specific examples to support your response.

From the same e-Activity, discuss ways that U.S. businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor practices. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 6 Discussion 1

"Climate Change - Responsibility" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the role that corporations have played in the global climate change debate to determine if they have acted ethically or not. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Determine who is best prepared to take responsibility for addressing climate change issues – individuals, scientists, environmentalists, shareholders, corporations, governments, or some other entity. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 6 Discussion 2

"Climate Change - Survival" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council case to determine whether you agree with the majority opinion or the minority opinion. Explain your rationale.

Taking all of Chapter 6 into consideration, determine the best possible path for the U.S. to take in regard to climate change over the next 20 years. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 7 Discussion 1

"Advertising" Please respond to the following:

 Determine whether consumer demand is created and sustained by the advertising industry, or whether it is already present and simply informed by advertising. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Evaluate the arguments for and against self-regulation in the advertising industry anddiscuss what steps (if any) the government should take toward increased governmental regulations. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 7 Discussion 2

"Consumer Manipulation" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss your reaction to the public service announcement in relation to the marketing of junk food to children, with a focus on why or why not this PSA is appropriate.

Assess all of the issues discussed in Chapter 7 to determine the extent to which you believe the U.S. consumer is being manipulated by marketing and technology, as well as what steps should be taken (if any) to address possible manipulation. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 8 Discussion 1

"Product Safety" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the ways in which the U.S. government regulates product safety and make at least one recommendation for how the regulatory approach of one of the agencies discussed (FDA, CPSC, or NHTSA) could be improved. Explain your rationale.

Review “The Ford Pinto Case” in Chapter 8 and discuss whether tort or wrong-doing was committed. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 8 Discussion 2

"Contract Law and Tort Law" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the issues considered under both contract law and tort law, and make at least one recommendation for improving the way manufacturer liability is litigated. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Consider the “Alternative Approach” to combating five consumer products (alcohol, tobacco, guns, motor vehicles, and junk food) and determine whether you agree or disagree with the approach suggested. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 9 Discussion 1

"Copyright Issues" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the arguments surrounding fair use discussed in Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum and discuss how the finding in this case either supports or contradicts your own views in relation to fair use. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Assess the issues surrounding downloading music from the Internet and how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will impact the shape of future legislation. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Week 9 Discussion 2

"Intellectual Property Rights" Please respond to the following:

 Discuss the appropriate balance between protecting individual inventiveness and stimulating a vibrant shared culture. Provide specific examples to support your response.

From the e-Activity, argue for or against the basic arguments behind global intellectual property rights. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 10 Discussion 1

"Underlying Causes" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the underlying causes for the creation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to determine which played the most significant role in the creation of the act. Explain your rationale.

Discuss what underlying causes may have been overlooked when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 10 Discussion 2

"Short and Long-Run Impact" Please respond to the following:

Discuss the ramifications of the Sarbanes-Oxley act in the short run. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Discuss the ramifications of the Sarbanes-Oxley act in the long run. Provide specific examples to support your response.

LEG 500 Week 11 Discussion 1

"Looking Back" Please respond to the following:

Looking back on all the lessons learned in this course, discuss the one that surprised or interested you the most. Explain what made it so surprising or interesting.

Create a simile or metaphor to that would help someone unfamiliar with this course understand the basic message behind the course. Please be as creative as you like.

LEG 500 Week 11 Discussion 2

"Looking Ahead" Please respond to the following:

Discuss what you have learned in this course in your current or future career.

Thinking about the subjects addressed in this course, predict what will be the focus of this course 10 years from now. Explain your rationale.

LEG 500 Discussion Questions Week 1-11

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