This course is an introduction to how business people and organizations make decisions. A variety of topics are covered to explore the life-cycle associated with opening and "exiting" from a business, and everything that happens in between from a legal and ethical perspective. Identify legal issues that arise in everyday business situations, demonstrate knowledge of business law principles and terms, apply these principles and terms and critically analyze legal issues, identify ethical issues and formulate defensible resolutions.

Concepts, analysis, perspective, the regulatory environment and cases in commercial law are covered in this course. The laws of agency, partnership, and corporations are thoroughly examined. Commercial paper, as treated under the Uniform Commercial Code's methodology is also presented.