Week 1 – Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubricfor guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Constitutional and Legal Underpinnings of Business Law
Review the Constitution in Chapter 31 and choose one of the following sections of the U.S. Constitution or a specified amendment to use as the basis for your initial response:
Any of Congress’s enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
14th Amendment
Identify the section of the Constitution or its amendment that you have chosen. Discuss how this section of the Constitution or its amendments both limit and protect business in general. Describe an example of how the section of the Constitution or its amendment that you have chosen could be applied to your professional life (past, present, or future). In your example, discuss whether the section of the Constitution you have chosen to address limits business or protects it.
Guided Response:
Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner. Some ways to do this include the following, though you may choose a different approach, providing your response is substantive: