Exam 1: Todays Business Environment: Law and Ethics

A constitution is fundamental law which establishes the powers of the government and the limits of that power.

The separation of powers determined by the U.S. Constitution means that each branch of government has functions that can be checked by other branches.

Substantive, as opposed to procedural, law includes:

Under the common law, judges usually decide cases based on:

Surveys indicate that the biggest ethics problem in companies is a lack of an ethics code.

An order from the governor of a state to give preference to buying recycled products is an example of an:

In Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors the Washington supreme court held that the traditional common law rule regarding negligence by a contractor would be changed because the old rule was out of date.

Law may be defined as the good acts people do for others without threat of sanction.

The powers and structures of all state governments are based on:

Surveys suggest that, over the past years:

Law is intended to be independent of the social values of members of society.

One example of the law working to effect social change in the U.S. is in the area of:

The non-criminal law concerning the rights and duties that exist among individuals to each other, or to the state, is:

Treaties affect relations between sovereign governments only and do not affect the way companies do business.

State constitutions, unlike the federal Constitution, tend to be very short and have few details.

The U.S. Constitution requires a majority vote of approval by the Senate before an international treaty is ratified.

____ is the law that concerns the legal relationship between members of society and the government.

The judiciary:

The United States Constitution:

The United States Constitution: