- LEB 320F - FNDTNS OF BUSN LAW & ETHICS
Introduction to the legal problems confronting businesses in the global environment. Legal Environment of Business 320F and 323 may not both be counted. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Restricted to non-McCombs School of Business majors. Not open to law students. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LEB 320F - Founds of Legal Envir of Busn - Gold, Bradley (03120)
LEB 320F - Founds of Legal Envir of Busn - Gold, Bradley (03125)
LEB 320F - Founds of Legal Envir of Busn - Gold, Bradley (03130)
- LEB 320F - FNDTNS OF BUSN LAW & ETHICS - WB
Hour(s) to be arranged. Introduction to the legal problems confronting businesses in the global environment. Legal Environment of Business 320F and 323 may not both be counted. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Restricted to non-McCombs School of Business majors. Not open to law students. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Taught as a Web-based course. Exam proctoring software requires computer with microphone and webcam. Students are encouraged to visit https://my.mccombs.utexas.edu/My/BBA/Registration/Web-Based-Classes to learn more about the course structure and requirements for this class. Additional details provided in the class syllabus.
LEB 320F - Founds of Legal Envir of Busn -WB - Bredeson, Dean (03135)
- LEB 323 - BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. An investigation of the role of law in society; introduction to legal reasoning, dispute resolution, judicial process, constitutional law, agency, torts, government regulations; business ethics; study of contracts. Legal Environment of Business 323 and 323H may not both be counted. Restricted to students in a business major.
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics – Allison, John (03145)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics – Allison, John (03160)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics - Jue, Stephanie (03165)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics - Jue, Stephanie (03170)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics - Pedersen, Frances (03140)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics - Pedersen, Frances (03150)
LEB 323 - Business Law and Ethics - Pedersen, Frances (03155)
- LEB 323H - BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS: HON
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. An investigation of the role of law in society; introduction to legal reasoning, dispute resolution, judicial process, constitutional law, agency, torts, government regulations; business ethics; study of contracts. Legal Environment of Business 323 and 323H may not both be counted. Restricted to students admitted to the McCombs School of Business Honors Program. Prerequisite: Senior standing, Accounting 312 or 312H, and credit or registration for Business Administration 324 or 324H.
LEB 323H -Business Law and Ethics - Honors – Meakin, Christopher (03175)
LEB 323H -Business Law and Ethics - Honors - Prentice, Robert (03180)
- LEB 363 – REAL ESTATE LAW
An examination of law pertaining to estates and interests in land, conveyances and mortgages, brokers, easements, contracts, default and foreclosure. Legal Environment of Business 363 and 370 (Topic 13: Contracts and Real Property) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Thirty semester hours of undergraduate coursework, or consent of instructor.
LEB 363 – Real Estate Law – Murray, Paula (03185)
- LEB 370 – HEALTHCARE LAW AND POLICY
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Prerequisite: Thirty semester hours of undergraduate coursework, or consent of instructor.
LEB 370 – Healthcare Law and Policy – White, Mathew (03190)
- LEB 179 - INDEPENDENT RSCH LEGL ENV BUSN
Hour(s) to be arranged. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Government and Society 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Restricted to students in a business major. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Legal Environment of Business 323 or 323H with a grade of at least C-; consent of instructor; and written approval before the first meeting of the course from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose.
- LEB 379 - INDEPENDENT RSCH LEGL ENV BUSN
Hour(s) to be arranged. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Government and Society 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Restricted to students in a business major. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Legal Environment of Business 323 or 323H with a grade of at least C-; consent of instructor; and written approval before the first meeting of the course from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose.
- LEB 180 – BUSINESS ETHICS-TEMBA
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to students in the Texas Evening MBA program. Topic description: Ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process; application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Ethical implications of financial markets; race and gender discrimination; employee privacy; health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues; and multinational business firms. Class meets January 12-February 9.
LEB 180 – Business Ethics-TEMBA – Meakin, Christopher (03205)
- LEB 380 - LEG & ETHC ENV BUS-UT/CHN-EMBA
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to students in the Executive MBA program. Class meets January 8-9, 22-23; February 5-6, 19-20; March 4-5, 18-19; and April 1-2, 15-16. Mandatory executive seminar May 4-10 taught in Beijing, China. Students must consult with department as travel and orientation dates may be in addition to these dates.
LEB 380 – Leg & Ethc Env Bus-UT/CHN-EMBA - Meakin, Christopher (03210)
- LEB 380.3 - LAW OF COMMRCL R E FIN & DEV
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. The legal framework of commercial real estate finance and development, including basic real estate law concepts, legal aspects of financing techniques and instruments, subdivision land-use controls, environmental regulation of real estate development, and other topics. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
LEB 380.3 - Law of Commercial R E Fin & DEV - Murray, Paula (03215)
- LEB 380.4 – LEGAL & ETHICAL ENVIR OF FIN
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Covers all aspects of securities regulation, including the legal responsibilities and liabilities of investment bankers, stock analysts, hedge fund managers, auditors, and other securities industry professionals; corporate disclosure requirements; public offering rules; insider trading; mergers and acquisitions; shareholder rights; and relevant ethical and global implications. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
LEB 380.4 - Legal & Ethical Env of Fin – Prentice, Robert (03220)
- LEB 380.17 – LEG & ETHICAL ENV OF ACCT
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. State and federal regulations and tort and contract law principles that constrain accountants and create potential liability. Ethical and international dimensions are included where appropriate. Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 1) and 380 (Topic 17) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to students in the Master in Professional Accounting program.
LEB 380. 17 – Legal and Ethical Environment of
Accounting – Jue, Stephanie (03225)
- LEB 380.26 – LAW FOR ENTREPRENEURS
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Legal issues and principles affecting the business entrepreneur, including those related to formation of the appropriate type of business organization, capitalization, protection of personal assets from business liabilities, protection of innovative ideas, hiring key personnel, and related topics. Ethical and international dimensions are included where appropriate. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
LEB 380.26 – LAW FOR ENTREPRENEURS - Meakin, Christopher (03230)
- LEB 380.30 – LEGAL ENVIR BUSN FOR MPA'S
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Introduction to the legal system, with particular emphasis on its applications to the accounting profession. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Additional prerequisite: Admission to the Master in Professional Accounting program. Restricted to students in the Master in Professional Accounting program.
LEB 380.30 – Legal Envir Busn for MPA'S – Dickerson, Jeffrey (03235)
- LEB 280C - LEGAL ENVIR OF BUSN-I-HOU
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to cohort I students in the MBA program in Houston. Class meets March 18-20; April 1-2, 15-16, 29-30; and May 13-15. Taught at UT Health Sciences Center in Houston, Texas.
LEB 280C – Legal Envir of Busn-I-HOU- Meakin, Christopher (03245)
- LEB 280C - LEGAL ENVIR OF BUSN-II-HOU
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to cohort II students in the MBA program in Houston. Class meets March 18-20; April 1-2, 15-16, 29-30; and May 13-15. Taught at UT Health Sciences Center in Houston, Texas.
LEB 280C - Legal Envir of Busn-II-HOU - Meakin, Christopher (03255)
- LEB 280C - LEGAL ENVIR OF BUSN-I-DAL
Hour(s) to be arranged. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to cohort I students in the MBA program in Dallas. Class meets March 18-20; April 1-2, 15-16, 29-30; and May 13-15. Taught at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
LEB 280C - Legal Envir of Busn-I-DAL- Meakin, Christopher (03240)
- LEB 280C - LEGAL ENVIR OF BUSN-II-DAL
Hour(s) to be arranged. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to cohort II students in the MBA program in Dallas. Class meets March 18-20; April 1-2, 15-16, 29-30; and May 13-15. Taught at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
LEB 280C - Legal Envir of Busn-II-DAL – Murray, Paula (03250)
- BGS 370 – ETHIC, CSR, & SERVICE LEARNING
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic. Topic description: Examine why seemingly good people sometimes make unethical choices. Explore real-life ethical dilemmas, challenge decision-making processes, and seek to describe ideal future behavior. Academic Service Learning course partners with corporations (like Google, Inc.), the City of Austin, local non-profits, and other local universities to engage in service projects. Gives students opportunity to use real-life problems and tasks to increase learning breadth, depth, and retention.
BGS 370 – Ethics, CSR & Service Learning – Landolt, Karen (02995)
- BGS 371 - CORPORATE POLITICAL STRATEGY
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. A study of how the political and regulatory environment enables and constrains business activity and how individual firms and groups of firms can ethically yet effectively lobby legislatures, negotiate with regulators, create industry associations, make campaign contributions, and engage in other political activity to gain competitive advantage. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
BGS 371 – Corporate Political Strategy – Werner, Timothy (03000)
- BGS 374 - GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. Exploration of how firms can successfully integrate their traditional strategies with non-market strategy in the global arena, including how to successfully engage with international non-market actors such as foreign governments, regulators, political parties, NGOs, and the media. Examines the necessary tools to craft successful, integrated firm strategies in diverse institutional and political environments. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
BGS 374 – Global Political Economy – Gawande, Kishore (03005)
- BGS 179 - INDEP RSCH BUSN, GOVT, & SOCTY
Hour(s) to be arranged. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Government and Society 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Restricted to students in a business major. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Legal Environment of Business 323 or 323H with a grade of at least C-; consent of instructor; and written approval before the first meeting of the course from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose.
- BGS 379 - INDEP RSCH BUSN, GOVT, & SOCTY
Hour(s) to be arranged. Only two of the following may be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting 179C, 379C, Business Government and Society 179, 379, Finance 179C, 379C, International Business 179C, 379C, Legal Environment of Business 179, 379, Management 179C, 379C, Management Information Systems 179, 379, Marketing 179C, 379C, Operations Management 179, 379, Real Estate 179C, 379C, Risk Management 179, 379. Restricted to students in a business major. Prerequisite: Eighteen semester hours of coursework in business and economics, six of which must be upper-division; Legal Environment of Business 323 or 323H with a grade of at least C-; consent of instructor; and written approval before the first meeting of the course from the department chair's office, on forms provided for that purpose.
- BGS 380 - LAW/ ETHIC/CORP SOC RES: ENERGY
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic. Topic description: Examines the external relations challenges facing the energy industry. Focuses on the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility and government relations for the oil, natural gas, and electricity industries in the United States and the larger world. Explores the resource curse and its implications for oil and gas companies doing business overseas, the management of environmental health and safety risk in both the developed and developing world, energy facility siting, and NIMBY challenges in the United States. Some familiarity with energy law is helpful.
BGS 380 - Law/Ethic/Corp Soc Res: ENERGY - Spence, David (03025)
- LEB 380C – STRATEGIC CORP COMMUNICATION
Studies corporate efforts to inform, motivate, and persuade various constituencies, including investors, employees, communities, and regulators. Includes public relations, investor relations, and government relations. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
LEB 380C – Strategic Corporate Communication – Patterson, Jeffery (03030)
- BGS 380E - GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. Exploration of how firms can successfully integrate their traditional strategies with non-market strategy in the global arena, including how to successfully engage with international non-market actors such as foreign governments, regulators, political parties, NGOs, and the media. Examines the necessary tools to craft successful, integrated firm strategies in diverse institutional and political environments. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
BGS 380E – Global Political Economy – Gawande, Kishore (03005)
- BGS 281 - LAW/ETHCS/CORP SOC RESP-TEMBA
Examines corporate responsibility issues and the tools necessary to manage relationships with external stakeholders such as governments, nongovernmental organizations, and communities in legal, political, and cultural contexts. Business, Government, and Society 381 and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 36: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Restricted to students in the Texas Evening MBA program. Class meets 6-9:15pm Tuesdays, March 8-May 3 in GSB 3.130.
BGS 281 -Law/Ethcs/Corp Socl Resp-TEMBA – Renbarger, Grace (03040)
- BGS 381 LAW, ETHICS, & CORP SOCL RESP
Examines corporate responsibility issues and the tools necessary to manage relationships with external stakeholders such as governments, nongovernmental organizations, and communities in legal, political, and cultural contexts. Business, Government, and Society 381 and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 36: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility) may not both be counted. Graduate Standing.
BGS 381 – Law, Ethics, & Corp Socl Resp – Landolt, Karen (03045)
- BGS 381L - SOCIAL & ETHICAL RESP OF BUSN
Examines ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process and the application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Includes ethical implications of financial markets, race and gender discrimination, employee privacy, multinational business, and health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues. Business, Government, and Society 381L and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 1: Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and admission to the Master of Business Administration or the Master in Professional Accounting degree program.
BGS 381L – Social & Ethical Resp of Busn – Bredeson, Dean (03050)
BGS 381L – Social & Ethical Resp of Busn – Bredeson, Dean (03055)
- BGS 381M - SOCIAL & ETHICAL RESP OF BUSN
Examines ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process and the application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Includes ethical implications of financial markets, race and gender discrimination, employee privacy, multinational business, and health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues. Business, Government, and Society 381M and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Restricted to students in the Master of Business Administration program. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
BGS 381M – Social & Ethical Resp of Busn – Murray, Paula (03060)
- BGS 382 - CORPORATE POLITICAL STRATEGY
Offered on a letter-grade basis only. A study of how the political and regulatory environment enables and constrains business activity and how individual firms and groups of firms can ethically, yet effectively, lobby legislatures, negotiate with regulators, create industry associations, make campaign contributions, and engage in other political activity to gain competitive advantage. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
BGS 382 – Corporate Political Strategy – Patterson, Jeffery (03065)