An opportunity to investigate a business that interests you

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Research Paper

The Research Paper gives you an opportunity to investigate a business that interests you and also to learn more about business law. First, choose a business that interests you.

For example, you may want to research the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company. Second, choose three topics from the list below.

For example, you may choose corporate social responsibility, product liability resulting from failure to warn, and product liability resulting from negligent product design.

Third, research your business as it pertains to your three chosen topics.

For example, conduct background research about Johnson & Johnson's approach to corporate social responsibility. For your 2 remaining topics, you could explore a recent case or controversy involving Johnson & Johnson and product liability (failure to warn and negligent product design).

Finally, research best practices your business or other businesses are using to address challenges in your topic areas.

For example, you can describe how Johnson & Johnson handled a case or controversy involving product liability. You can explain the role the company's social responsibility (or lack thereof) played in addressing the case or controversy.

You can suggest helpful best practices you think Johnson & Johnson should adopt from other companies involved in similar situations and/or controversies. Your paper should be composed of five major sections: introduction, topic #1 as it applies to your business, topic #2 as it applies to your business, topic #3 as it applies to your business, and conclusion.

Topic List: Choose Three

1. Business Ethics: Corporate social responsibility (e.g. Enron)

2. Business Ethics: Ethical and legal issues concerning sub-prime mortgage lenders

3. Business ethics: Discuss roles of the law and ethics in business decision making.

4. Business ethics: GMO products

5. Business ethics: Encouraging ethical behavior at work

6. Business ethics: Encouraging whistle blowing

7. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues concerning payday loans

8. Business Ethics: Loans from employers to employees

9. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues concerning sport franchises or sports agents (Try googling the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act to start)

10. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues concerning strategic mortgage default

11. Business Ethics/Crimes: Legal and ethical issues concerning the illegal use of free Wi-Fi provided by businesses

12. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues concerning the rights of air travelers

13. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues concerning whistleblowing

14. Business Ethics/Torts: Legal and ethical issues concerning wrongful lockout (negligent foreclosure and taking possession of the property when house is not in foreclosure or is even paid off)

15. Business Ethics: Legal and ethical issues of marijuana businesses

16. Constitutional law: Takings clause

17. Constitutional law: Rights of business owners

18. Constitutional law: The free exercise of religion as it pertains to employers or employees (Examples: Google Sherbert v. Verner or Burwell v Hobby Lobby).

19. Constitutional law: Commercial freedom of speech

20. Constitutional law: Advertising and free speech (Example: Google Williams-Yullee v. Florida Bar)

21. Contracts: Duress

22. Contracts: Undue influence

23. Contracts: Misrepresentation

24. Contracts: Mistake (unilateral & mutual)

25. Contracts: Non-disclosure agreements

26. Contracts: Exclusionary clauses

27. Contracts: Non-compete clauses

28. Contracts: Breach of contract

29. Contracts: Emancipation of a minor (a.k.a. "divorcing your parents")

30. Contracts: Emancipation and child actors (Examples: Drew Barrymore, Aaron Carter, Macaulay Culkin)

31. Criminal Law: Money laundering

32. Criminal Law: Bribery

33. Criminal Law: Counterfeiting

34. Criminal Law: Mail fraud

35. Criminal Law: Wire fraud

36. Criminal Law: Racketeering

37. Criminal Law: Identity theft

38. Criminal Law: Bankruptcy fraud

39. Criminal Law: Embezzlement

40. Criminal Law: Bank fraud

41. Criminal Law: Tax evasion

42. Criminal Law: Workplace violence

43. Criminal Law: Anti-trust law violations

44. Criminal Law: Employee theft of merchandise or customer theft

45. Criminal Law: Check fraud and check washing

46. Criminal Law: Insider trading

47. Criminal Law: Civil asset forfeiture

48. Defamation of character: Public versus private figures

49. Discuss warranties imposed by law in the sale of goods.

50. Discuss Major League Baseball's exclusion from anti-trust law.

51. Employee Privacy

52. Electronic Communications Privacy Act, amended by the PATRIOT Act

53. Free speech in the workplace

54. Free speech: Employee privacy and social media

55. Gun control laws and the firearms industry

56. International business law: Commercial space law

57. International business law: Best practices of international corporations

58. International business law: Discuss how business laws differ in other countries and how that impacts your business.

59. Intentional torts

60. Liability of real estate agents

61. Liability of a principal for an agent's torts and/or crimes

62. Nuisance law and business compliance

63. Negligence

64. Product liability law (Examples: the Toyota acceleration problem, the Ford Pinto, the Tobacco industry, talc in baby products)

65. Product liability law: Negligent design

66. Product liability law: Failure to warn

67. Product liability law: Negligent manufacturing

68. Product liability law: Breach of warranty

69. Product liability law: The defense of product misuse

70. Religion in the workplace

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