Week 3: Assignment

In each week, the learning assignment is designed to demonstrate your competence with the Terminal Course Objectives of the course. Prior to working on the assignment, you should read through the weeks chapters and lecture.

Clearly identify your work with your name, the date, the week number and the assignment name, and upload work to the Dropbox.

The questions are designed to probe the higher levels of thinking and learning, such as analyzing, evaluating, and creating, and so there often are no correct answers. Instead of focusing and who wins or loses the case, you should analyze, evaluate, and create alternative solutions to the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.

Terminal Course Objective: E

Video Case Study: Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental Victory

http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/streaming/bp/2013/business_law/BLaw2013_Env_Prot.html

Watch the video case study and then write a one- to two-page reflective paper (double spaced) on the following questions while discussing the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.

1. The idea of global warming has not been universally accepted. Discuss how the law must balance competing scientific opinions and make decisions in light of uncertainty. How should this be done?

2. Discuss the different stakeholders who have concern in this situation. What are their interests, and which stakeholder should have the priority position?

3. Environmental law is both federal and state-controlled. Discuss the effect on state regulations if the federal government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, changes the standards for air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions.