BA 4344 - Business and Government Relations

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course emphasizes economic and legal analysis of governmental policies toward business. A review of microeconomic theory is presented in the first section of the material, and such theory is then applied to analyze statutes in the following areas: consumer protection, environment, equal employment and the workplace. The rationale and procedures utilized in traditional economic regulation and deregulation are covered in detail. The course concludes with suggestions for reforming government regulation of business. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Understand the principal laws that regulate business activity in the marketplace
Understand and be able to apply economic analysis to determine the desirable and undesirable features of such regulation
Understand the nature of corporate responses to the existence of government regulation

Prerequisites by Topic

None

Course Topics

Role of business and government
Basic economic concepts
Nature and rationale of regulation
Theory of public choice
Consumer legislation
Product liability law
Environmental law
Risk and cost/benefit analyses
Economic analysis of pollution
Discrimination law
Work place issues
Labor unions and labor laws
OSHA and job safety
Public utility regulation
Anti trust law
Deregulation
Reforming government regulation

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Dr. Paul Hudec

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BA 4344 - Business and Government Relations