Question Description
Business Tort Liability
Instructions:
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 in the Week 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.
Create a maximum 1,050-word report, excluding title and reference
pages.
Address the following in the report:
industry in general.
industry and discuss where and why tort reform is needed.
the Alien Tort Statute.
implementation of the risk management process.
Cite a minimum of two references for the five content areas taken from
a business or legal resource. One reference must be from the
University Library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment as a
Microsoft® Word document.
SupportingMaterial:Business Tort Liability Grading GuideLegal
Environment of Business, Ch. 5: Constitutional Law for Business and ECommerceLegal
Environment of Business, Ch. 6: Torts and Strict
LiabilityLegal Environment of Business, Ch. 7: Criminal Law and
Business Tort LiabilityInstructions:Purpose of AssignmentYou may be familiar with personal torts such as negligence; however,business torts are different as they are being committed not against theperson but rather against its intangible assets. Think about what thismeans and how each aspect of your work might result in a business tortbeing committed.Assignment StepsResources: Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce,Business Ethics, and Global Issues: Ch. 5, Ch. 6 and Ch. 7; LegalSource database located in the Week 3 Electronic Reserve ReadingsScenario: In the midst of the ongoing rhetoric and movement to achieveTort Reform, business tort liability must be acknowledged and plannedfor as a reality. As the manager of legal risk and corporate governancefor a major multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, the board ofdirectors has commissioned you to work alongside your CEO andGeneral Counsel to prepare a report regarding this liability and theexposure it creates for the organization.Create a maximum 1,050-word report, excluding title and referencepages.Address the following in the report: Evaluate the impact of business tort liability on the pharmaceuticalindustry in general. Determine the growth of business tort liability in the pharmaceuticalindustry and discuss where and why tort reform is needed. Assess the impact of business tort liability on corporate liability underthe Alien Tort Statute. Explain how business tort liability can be reduced through theimplementation of the risk management process. Analyze how business tort liability can escalate to criminal liability.Cite a minimum of two references for the five content areas taken froma business or legal resource. One reference must be from theUniversity Library.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment as aMicrosoft® Word document.SupportingMaterial:Business Tort Liability Grading GuideLegalEnvironment of Business, Ch. 5: Constitutional Law for Business and ECommerceLegalEnvironment of Business, Ch. 6: Torts and StrictLiabilityLegal Environment of Business, Ch. 7: Criminal Law and
