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FIN-3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Description: This course examines the legal and ethical environment in which businesses operate. Topics include legal systems, dispute resolution, torts, contracts, agency, employment, business forms, property, ethical theories, decision-making and other selected subjects. Emphasis is placed on problem solving through the application of principles and reasoned analysis. Pre: Sophomore Standing.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: FIN-4004, FIN-4024, FIN-4204, FIN-5194, HTM-4474

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 143

Average GPA: 2.92 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 13.80%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.45%

Jason B Malone202419.2%43.8%27.3%4.9%1.1%3.6%2.7666
Josiah T Showalter202433.5%47.4%16.5%1.0%0.3%1.2%3.1149
Audra Price202429.7%44.6%21.8%1.0%1.0%1.8%3.0021
Janine S Hiller201519.5%36.1%25.0%19.4%0.0%0.0%2.561
John N Spicer201827.5%53.5%15.1%0.9%0.5%2.5%3.054
Kenneth M Fleenor202434.3%39.5%19.5%2.3%2.8%1.7%3.012

Grade Distribution Over Time