LEG 500 Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance: Understanding the Legal and Ethical Considerations Critical to Running a Digital Start-Up

Understand how to apply ethics and evaluate the legal environment when making business decisions in the Digital Age. This course reviews approaches to enhance business accountability, foster an ethical work environment, ensure legal compliance and provide effective leadership at a digital startup. Learners will analyze the impact of management decisions, corporate governance and the leader's individual conduct on a digital business's ability to protect its business and meet its obligations to stakeholders. Learners will also become familiar with intellectual property considerations, contracts and agreements, personal ethics statements, and risk minimization at the business's startup.

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Course enrollment requirement: Unless otherwise noted, registration in this course is limited to students who are enrolled in the Digital Entrepreneurship Master of Business Administration curriculum or the Marketing and Branding for Entrepreneurs Certificate program.