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BA531: LEGAL
ASPECTS OF MANAGING TECHNOLOGY AND E-BUSINESS
SYLLABUS
Winter 2009
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PROFESSOR NANCY KING OFFICE PHONE: 737-3323 E-MAIL: kingn@bus.oregonstate.edu OFFICE NUMBER: Bexell #336 Much of this course’s
online information can be found at its Blackboard website. Course Description: An integrative course on managing legal issues in a
business environment characterized by e-commerce, intellectual property,
evolving technology, a global marketplace and government regulation. Students
develop skills to identify and resolve legal issues, deal with administrative
agencies, and proactively minimize legal liability. Ethical and legal
considerations of management decision-making are emphasized. PREREQ: BA 233
or BA 230, or equivalent, graduate standing. This is a 3 credit course. An entrepreneurial focus
is provided in the course with emphasis on legal and ethical issues related
to new organizations or new ventures within existing organizations. Measurable Student Learning Outcomes: At the end of
this course, students will be able to: 1)
Understand and formulate strategies to minimize legal risks for
entrepreneurs including legal and ethical issues related to innovations in
technology and doing business in global
and electronic business markets. 2)
Select the
appropriate legal form for creating new business ventures. 3)
Formulate legal
strategies to create and protect the intellectual property rights of a
business and avoid infringing others’ intellectual property rights. 4)
Apply concepts
of ethics and social responsibility to manage organizations. 5)
Evaluate the
impact of government regulation on management of organizations. 6)
Understand the
litigation and alternative dispute-resolution processes utilized by
organizations to resolve legal issues. 7)
Communicate
strategies to minimize legal and ethical risks in writing and/or orally. Learning Resources: A. Required Materials: Texts, businesses
cases and other required reading materials, as follows: ·
Constance E. Bagley and Craig E. Dauchy,
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business
Law, ThomsonWest (Third Edition, 2008). ·
Harvard Business Review
Case Study and Commentary, ·
Dennis Collins,
Behaving Badly: Ethical Lessons
from Enron (2006) you can purchase this book from the campus bookstore or
order it online from Amazon.com. Required Reading Assignments
will be posted on Blackboard and/or provided in class. B. Optional Materials: 1. E-mail news on legal
developments from GigaLaw.com Daily News (It is recommended that you
subscribe to this free update service at http://www.gigalaw.com/newsletters/dailynews.html
for the term). 2 For review of foundational materials
on American business law, see Miller and Jentz, Fundamentals of Business Law (6th ed., 2005), especially chapters 1-6.
This book is available through the reserve desk in Valley Library for your
use. 4. Gene W. Arant, The Idea
Business: Rules of the Game (2005). This book provides a guide for
inventors and other business persons interested in protecting intellectual property
and/or retaining an intellectual property attorney. Two copies are available through the
reserve desk in Valley Library for your use. Class Meeting Time and Place: Bexell Hall, Room 415, Monday, Afternoon section meets
noon-2:50 p.m.; Evening section meets 6-8:50 p.m. Office
Hours:
Bexell Hall Room 336, Tuesday 2-3 p.m., Wednesday noon-1
p.m.; Thursday 1-2 p.m. Drop-ins welcome during
office hours, please make an appointment if you would like to see me outside
office hours. E-mail is encouraged. Evaluation of Student Performance includes the
following: Homework: You are required to do the assigned reading before the class for
which it is assigned. Generally the
assigned reading for each class includes material from the texts, and may
include other assigned readings posted on Blackboard, available otherwise on
the Web, or provided as class handouts. Study questions on the reading
materials will be posted on Blackboard and should be reviewed prior to
discussion in class of the reading materials to which they relate. Class Participation: Class participation is an essential
element of the learning experience in this class and a portion of your grade
will be based on your contribution to class discussion. During the first
class, we will discuss expectations for class participation including
guidelines for effective class participation (See Guidelines for Effective
Class Participation, posted on Blackboard). Of course, you must be in class
and prepared for in order to participate effectively. You are responsible for
all materials in chapters and other assigned readings unless expressly
excluded. You are encouraged to be in
class and on time for all classes; being absent or arriving late without
advance permission from the instructor will be viewed negatively in terms of
class participation. To facilitate evaluation of your contribution to class
discussion, please display your name card for each class and sit in the same
seat as indicated on the seating chart.
You must attend the section of the class in which you are registered.
You may not attend another section of this class unless you have advance
permission. For example, if you are in the afternoon section, you may not
attend the evening section, unless you have permission from me in advance. If you need to attend another section, send
me an email message to request permission. You will not receive credit for
class participation or a quiz taken in a class for a section other than the
one in which you enrolled without advance permission to attend that class. Quizzes: Unannounced and announced quizzes will be given in-class. Announced quizzes will cover the topics that have been announced
in advance. Unannounced quizzes will cover the assigned reading for the day.
At least 5 quizzes will be given. As an alternative, some of the quizzes may
be take-home quizzes. Take-home quizzes may cover more than one week’s
reading assignment and may be open-book. The quizzes will include short essay
questions and some objective questions. In-class quizzes are designed to
encourage you to read the assigned materials prior to class and prepare for
class discussion. Make-ups for missed quizzes are not provided except in
extraordinary circumstances. Send me
an email if you want to request an exception to the no-make-up rule and
outline the reasons for your request in the email. The ability to drop the lowest quiz score
is designed to provide some flexibility for you in case you must miss a class
due to work schedules, transportation problems, day-care problems, minor illnesses
and doctors’ appointments, etc.
Generally no make-up will be provided for missed quizzes for these
types of reasons. Written Deliverables for the Course: You are required to produce
two written “deliverables” for the course as described in the “schedule
of assignments” posted on Blackboard. These course deliverables require you
to write papers on legal and ethical topics. General Requirements for Written Deliverables for
the Course. Your paper must be typed and must meet the page
length minimums and maximums provided in the description of the assignment.
Your paper must evidence good writing, including correct grammar and
spelling, good organization, inclusion of an introduction and a conclusion,
and proper reference of source materials. Footnotes or a bibliography (with
sources indexed in the text of the paper) must be included. When you have
used the ideas or words of another author in your paper, you must properly
quote and reference the other author. The Chicago Manual of Style is a good
reference guide for the “form” of your papers. A bibliography and any appendices will not
be counted in the page minimum or maximum. Your paper must be turned in on the due date to receive full
credit. Generally your grade will be
reduced the equivalent of one full letter grade for each day or partial day
that that a paper is late. ·
Using Your Prior Work, Referencing the Work of
Others: To properly give credit to an author for
his/her ideas or words in your writing, you must either include footnotes or
prepare a bibliography of resources (internally referenced in the text) that
you used to prepare the paper. You may
not turn in a paper that consists of work that you have done for another
class, or turn in a paper for this class while also submitting substantially
the same paper in another class, without discussing this issue with me in
advance and obtaining prior approval to do so. You should also seek
approval from the other instructor if you are planning to satisfy the
requirements of two courses with one paper.
Failure to give credit to others for their ideas, including proper use
of quotation marks and references, is viewed as plagiarism and addressed as
academic dishonesty. Turning in prior work of your own and turning in
substantially the same paper in two classes, without advance approval and
appropriate disclosure, are also issues of academic dishonesty. Note: You may use your work in this
class in your MBA Business Plan. Indeed, this course has been designed to
help you fulfill the requirements of the Integrated Business Plan. ·
Citing Online Reference Sources: For written assignments, you will be able to use
Lexis-Nexis, an online database that includes business and legal reference
material that is provided for OSU students and faculty through the library,
but available online. You may also use
legal and business reference material that is available in libraries or other
online legal databases. See “Web links” posted on Blackboard. A publication that provides a listing of
some of the web-based legal databases is available from the reserve desk in
the library. In your bibliography or
in your footnotes you must list all significant references used to prepare
your paper. You must also provide the URL (web location
reference) for web resources and the date
that a reference on the web was last visited.
Web sources must include a description of the document or material you
are referencing on the site, including the author’s name if available.
Website content changes and it is not adequate to simply provide a URL and
date last visited. ·
You may choose
to work with your IBP teams to prepare group papers for Course Deliverable
#1. A maximum of two to three students from an IBP team may
combine their efforts to complete Course Deliverable #1. This assignment is directly
related to preparation of your IBP.
When an option to prepare an IBP group paper is available, all
students working in a group on a course deliverable must contribute
substantially to the paper and will receive the same grade on the paper.
Note:
There
is No Final Exam in this course Grading
Scale: You may calculate an estimate of your
course grade at any time during the term by adding up the points you have received
and determining if you have at least the minimum percentage of available
points to earn the applicable grade as follows: A
>= 93% C >= 72% A- 90% C- 70% B+ 88% D+ 68% B 82% D 62% B- 80% D- 60% C+ 78% F <=59% OBLIGATION TO ACT PROFESSIONALLY, ETHICALLY AND
HONESTLY The ·
treat others
with honesty, respect, and courtesy ·
maintain the
highest levels of academic integrity ·
act in
accordance with my ethical and social responsibilities ·
strive to
foster a professional learning environment ·
act in a
professional manner” You may also want to
consult the University’s Statement of Expectations for Student Conduct: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/stucon/achon.htm.
DISABILITY
ACCOMMODATION: Accommodations are collaborative
efforts between students, faculty and Services for Students with Disabilities
(SSD). Students with accommodations approved through SSD are responsible for
contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during the
first week of the term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they
are eligible for accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval
through SSD should contact SSD immediately at 737-4098. This syllabus is a guide, not a contract, and
therefore may be changed as necessary.
If changes are made, your instructor will announce them in class and
place them on the board, generally at least one class in advance of the due
date for an assignment, etc. Last revised November 6, 2008 |
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