The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach - 4th Edition - Gerald R. Ferrera

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach 4th Edition Gerald R. Ferrera ISBN 9798892074988

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, Fourth Edition by Ferrera, Alexander, Kirschner, Wiggins, and Darrow provides a thorough survey of the legal and ethical issues affecting modern business. Designed for today’s complex business environment, this text equips students with the knowledge and practical understanding needed to navigate industry norms, regulatory frameworks, and ethical challenges. Ethics is integrated throughout the book, combining theory with practical applications, including simulated manager’s meetings to encourage critical thinking and demonstrate the interplay between law and ethics.

The text emphasizes diverse ethical perspectives, covering classical philosophers as well as non-traditional voices, such as sub-Saharan African Ubuntu philosophy. Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions and sidebars exploring how diversity, equity, and inclusion intersect with the topic at hand. The book’s international focus prepares students for global business, covering key provisions of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, updates to Article 9 of the UCC, and the newly added Article 12.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• AI and Emerging Technologies: Discussions on the legal and ethical implications of AI, including copyrightability of AI-created works, patentability of AI-developed inventions, deepfakes, and AI in contract negotiations and alleged price-fixing schemes.

• Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases: Updates on 303 Creative LLC (2023); Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024), overturning Chevron; Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States (2023); Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College (2023); and Sackett v. EPA (2023).

Professors and students will benefit from discussions of:

• The $418 million 2024 real estate fee-splitting settlement (Burnett et al v. Nat'l Ass'n of Realtors et al., W.D. Mo.)

• New regulatory agencies, such as New York State’s 2021 cannabis oversight body

• COVID-19-era proposals for FDA independence from the Executive Branch

• U.S. obstruction of WTO appellate body appointments

• Enhanced antitrust enforcement against Amazon and other tech giants

• Compliance and ethical considerations in offshore manufacturing

• Updated caselaw, including apparent authority (Stein Eriksen Lodge Owners Ass'n Inc. v. MX Technologies Inc., 508 P.3d 138) and respondeat superior (Tammen v. Tronvold, 965 N.W.2d 161)

• FTC rules regarding non-competes

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach 4th Edition Gerald R. Ferrera ISBN 9798892074988, 979-8892074988 & 9798892074995

Authors
Gerald R. Ferrera
Mystica M. Alexander
Cheryl Kirschner
William P. Wiggins
Jonathan J. Darrow