Business Tort Liability
Report
Objectives:
Purpose of Assignment
You may be familiar with personal torts such as negligence; however business torts are different as they are being committed not against the person but rather against its intangible assets. Think about what this means and how each aspect of your work might result in a business tort being committed.
Assignment Steps
Resources:Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce Business Ethics and Global Issues: Ch. 5 Ch. 6 and Ch. 7; Legal Source database located intheWeek 3 Electronic Reserve Readings
Scenario:In the midst of the ongoing rhetoric and movement to achieve Tort Reform business tort liability must be acknowledged and planned for as a reality. As the manager of legal risk and corporate governance for a major multi-national pharmaceutical corporation the board of directors has commissioned you to work alongside your CEO and General Counsel to prepare a report regarding this liability and the exposure it creates for the organization.
Createa maximum 1050-word report excluding title and reference pages.
Addressthe following in the report:
Citea minimum of two references for the five content areas taken from a business or legal resource. One reference must be from the University Library.
Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines.