Law and Compliance

Opus College of Business

Department of Ethics and Business Law

Marsnik (chair), Garrison, Kunkel, Marsnik, Michaelson, Monge, Nagpal, Schlag, Skirry, Supina, Swink, Thompson

Ethics and law play an increasingly prominent role in the workplace and in the global marketplace. Legal rules and regulations have proliferated at all levels of the organization, and successful managers must understand how to integrate legal considerations into their business planning and operations. Business leaders also need to be able to recognize the ethical dimensions of decisions and choose well in difficult situations. Our ethics and business law courses acquaint students with the tools of ethical decision-making and with the foundations of the legal environment of business, both domestic and international to enhance ethical thinking and problem solving.

The Department of Ethics and Business Law offers a law and compliance conentration for undergraduate business majors. Students in this concentration explore the legal system and the ways in which legal rules and processes affect business decisions. Students also engage in legal reasoning, advocacy and the legal analysis of commercial transactions.
The concentration is structured to ensure that students receive both a solid grounding needed for the B.A. in business administration and an additional focus on the legal environment for business.

Business Core Courses:

• BUSN 100: Business for the Common Good (2 credits)
• ENTR 100: Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation (2 credits)
• ACCT 100: Principles of Accounting I (4 credits)
• BUSN 200: Business Learning Through Service (0 credit)
• ACCT 200: Principles of Accounting II (2 credits)
• OPMT 200: Operations & Supply Chain Management (2 credits)
• FINC 310: Core Financial Management (2 credits)
• MKTG 200: Introduction to Marketing (2 credits)
• MGMT 200: Working Skillfully in Organizations (2 credits)
• BLAW 300: Law for Business Leaders I (2 credits)
• BETH 300: Ethical Principles in Business (2 credits)

Note: The required core business courses (BUSN 100, ENTR 100, ACCT 100, ACCT 200, BUSN 200, FINC 310, OPMT 200, MKTG 200, MGMT 200, BETH 300, BLAW 300) must be completed by the end of the sophomore year. Transfer students who have not had an equivalent course must complete these courses by the end of their first semester, junior year.

Elective Courses in Business Core:

• Ten credits from undergraduate courses with designations ACCT / BETH / BLAW / BUAN / BUID / ENTR / FINC / IBUS / MGMT / MKTG / OPMT / REAL. These credits may not fulfill any required concentration credits unless you have more than one business concentration. These credits may be taken in courses within the department of the student's business concentration. Transfer credits with these designations must be at the 300 level or above.

Concentration Course:

• BETH 320 Role of Business in Society (4 credits)
• BLAW 320 Compliance in Business Organizations (4 credits)
• BLAW 401 Legal Research, Advocacy, and Dispute Resolution (4 credits)
• BUSN 202 Microsoft Excel Applications for Business (0 credits)
• or CISC 200 Introduction to Computer Technology & Business Applications (4 credits)

Plus twelve credits from the following:

• BETH 330 Leading with Meaning (2 credits)
• BETH 390 Tech, Society & Human Person (4 credits)
• BLAW 304 Real Estate Law (4 credits)
• BLAW 310 Law for Business Leaders II (2 credits)
• BLAW 311 Advanced Business Law for Accounting (2 credits)
• BLAW 313 Essentials of Intellectual Property Law (2 credits)
• BLAW 314 Employment Law (2 credits)
• BLAW 315 Law and Ethics of Data (2 credits)
• BLAW 321 Law for Entrepreneurs and Innovators (4 credits)
• BLAW 322 Law for International Business (4 credits)
• BLAW 323 Health Care Law and Ethics (4 credits)
• BLAW 351 Environmental Law (4 credits)
• BLAW 352 Gender Issues and the Law (4 credits)

Allied requirements:

• ECON 251 Principles of Macroeconomics (4 credits)
• ECON 252 Principles of Microeconomics (4 credits)
• STAT 220 Statistics I (4 credits)

Note: STAT 220 should be completed by the end of the sophomore year. Transfer students who have not had an equivalent course must complete this course by the end of their first semester, junior year.

Plus four credits from the following:

• MATH 101 Finite Mathematics (4 credits)
• MATH 109 Calculus with Review II (4 credits)
• MATH 111 Calculus for Business and Social Science (4 credits)
• MATH 113 Calculus I (4 credits)

Note: The math requirement must be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

Plus four credits from the following:

• COMM 100 Public Speaking (4 credits)
• COMM 105 Communication in the Workplace (4 credits)
• COMM 370 Intercultural Communication (4 credits)
• ENGL 211 or above (4 credits)