Syllabus

Week 1 Welcome to Making Successful Decisions through the Strategy, Law & Ethics Model!

• Introduction and Overview

Week 2 Use the Three Pillar Model for Personal, Leadership and Business Decisions

• Use the Three Pillars for Personal and Leadership Decisions
• Use the Three Pillars for Business Decisions
• Course Organization and a Practical Decision-Making Tool
• Understand the Global World of Business

Week 3 Use Employment Law to Attract and Retain the Best Business Talent

• Employee Legal Rights: The Big Picture
• Legal Briefing: Understand Wrongful Discharge in the US and Elsewhere
• Risk Management: Manage Wrongful Discharge Risks
• Legal Briefing: Understand Anti-Discrimination Laws and Sexual Harassment
• Risk Management: Manage Sex Discrimination Risks (A Case Study)
• Value Creation: Attract and Retain the Best Talent

Week 4 Meet Your Customers’ Needs: Transform Product Liability into Product Innovation

• Legal Briefing: The Tort Law Fundamentals that Everyone Should Understand
• Manage Risks Caused by Employee Torts: A Cell Phone Example
• Legal Briefing: The “Two Hats” You Wear When Dealing with Product Liability
• Manage the Liability Risks that You Create Through Your Contracts
• Understand the Dramatic Impact of Strict Liability on Your Business
• Manage Your Tort Risks From Making or Selling Products
• Use Your Product Liability Process to Create Value Through New Product Development

Week 5 Create Business Opportunities Through Government Regulation

• Legal Briefing: Government Regulation Fundamentals that Everyone Should Understand
• Government Regulation Risk Management
• Value Creation: Use the Regulatory Frontier Strategy and the Regulatory Gap * Strategy to Develop New Products and New Business Models

Week 6 Use Your Intellectual Property to Create Shareholder Value

• Understand the Value of Intellectual Property in Your Business
• Create, Protect and Use Your Trademarks
• Create, Protect and Use Copyrighted Works
• Create, Protect and Use Your Trade Secrets
• Create, Protect and Use Your Patent Rights

Week 7 Develop Contracts that Create Value for Both Sides

• International, Business, and Personal Perspectives on Contracting
• Know the Sources of Contract Law
• Create Enforceable Contracts
• Focus Your Contracts on Business Objectives for Value Creation

Week 8 Use Dispute Resolution Processes for Value Creation

• Understand Why Dispute Resolution Is Important to Business Success
• Prevent Business Disputes
• Understand and Use ADR Concepts and Tools
• Use Arbitration to Resolve Your Business Disputes (A Videotaped Demonstration)
• Use Mediation to Resolve Your Business Disputes (A Videotaped Demonstration)
• Create Value and Build Relationships Through the Power of Apology and a Life Goals Analysis

Week 9 Create and Lead an Ethical Business

• Do Your Ethical Decisions Depend on Your Situation or on Character?
• Use This Process When Making Ethical Decisions
• Consider This Checklist of Guidelines When You Face Ethical Dilemmas
• “Walk the Talk”: How to Lead an Ethical Organization
• Final Examination

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