CHAPTER 1-BUL 4421-Midterm FAU
Gendler Test Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions (2025-
2026) Update.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Law - Answer Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Law
Relevant areas of business law applicable to human recourse management involve (4): - Answer
1. Agency law
2. Contracts
3. Employment and labor laws
4. Employment discrimination
This type of law regulates disputes between private individuals or groups.
(Ex: dispute between landlord and tenant governed by private law). - Answer Private law
This type of law regulates disputes between private individuals and government.
(Ex: dumping in violation of state or federal environmental laws). - Answer Public law
This type of law delineates the rights and responsibilities implied in relationship between
persons, or between person and their government. - Answer Civil law
This type of law regulates incidents in which someone commits an act against the public as a
whole, such as by conducting insider trading on the stock exchange.
- Government is plaintiff - Answer Criminal law
Put these laws in order of Hierarchy of Laws: States Statutes, U.S. Constitutions, Common Law,
state constitution, and Federal Statutes - Answer - U.S. Constitutions
- Federal Statutes
- State Constitution
- State Statutes
- Common Law
,Past decisions in similar cases that guide later decisions thereby providing greater stability and
predictability to the law. - Answer Precedent
A principle stating that rulings made in higher courts are binding precedent for lower courts.
Latin for "standing by the decision." - Answer Stare Decisis
1. Summaries of common law rules in a particular area of the law that have been enacted in
most states.
2. They do not carry the weight of the law but guide interpretations of certain principles. -
Answer Restatements of the Law
Certain habits of mind and specific beliefs about human nature. Beliefs are deeply rooted within
a person's emotions and habits, and thus they are sure to guide one's opinions and decisions.
Such beliefs may be commonly held and create much larger schools of thought thus they are
more common guides to legal interpretation. - Answer Schools of Jurisprudence
Name the (5) Schools of Jurisprudence: *CH*i*LL*i*N* - Answer 1. Cost benefit analysis
2. Historical School
3. Legal Positivism
4. Legal Realism
5. Natural Law
The school of jurisprudence that recognizes the existence of higher law, or law that is morally
superior to human laws. - Answer Natural Law
The school of jurisprudence which holds that because society requires authority, a legal and
authoritative hierarchy should exist. When a law is made, therefore, *obedience is expected
because authority created it.*
1. Must abide by duly authorized law
2. Law is distinct from morality
3. Moral questions about the law should not interfere with our inclination to obey it.
4. A judge may write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision
does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule. - Answer Legal
Positivism
, 3. We assume past practice was the product of careful thought. - Answer Historical School
(aka tradition or custom)
Judges who follow this school of thought are more likely to depart from past court decisions to
account for the fact that our *society is constantly shifting and evolving.*
1. Judges should consider more than just the law
2. Judges should consider factors such as social and economic conditions
(Ex: The law protects pregnant women) - Answer Legal Realism
An economic school of jurisprudence in which all costs and benefits of a law are given monetary
values. Those laws with the highest ratios of benefits to costs are then preferable to those with
lower ratios.
(Ex: (i) Polluted land is an economic loss, as it cannot be used for farming or recreation. Polluted
water can be toxic for fish and cannot be used for drinking (ii) the price of environmental
cleanup and lost productivity in the economy as a whole may be even greater. - Answer Cost
Benefit Analysis
Chapter 2: Business Ethics - Answer Chapter 2: Business Ethics
The use of ethics and ethical principles to solve business dilemmas. - Answer Business Ethics
Example of bad Business Ethics: - Answer Ex: Accutane
- Is a company doing the right thing when it attempts to reduce the costs of advertising by not
listing all possible complications of the medicine for the consumer?
Business Ethics include (but are not limited to) (3): P,C, SR - Answer 1. Decisions in choosing
a method of *production.*
2. Decisions regarding how to *compete* with competing firms.
3. *Social responsibilities* of the firm
Decisions in choosing a method of production (example: bribes): - Answer 1. Dealing with
bribes
2. Some companies only work on bribes in order to supply it.
3. Siemens AG is now forced to restructure itself to do business ethically and legally.
Gendler Test Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions (2025-
2026) Update.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Law - Answer Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Law
Relevant areas of business law applicable to human recourse management involve (4): - Answer
1. Agency law
2. Contracts
3. Employment and labor laws
4. Employment discrimination
This type of law regulates disputes between private individuals or groups.
(Ex: dispute between landlord and tenant governed by private law). - Answer Private law
This type of law regulates disputes between private individuals and government.
(Ex: dumping in violation of state or federal environmental laws). - Answer Public law
This type of law delineates the rights and responsibilities implied in relationship between
persons, or between person and their government. - Answer Civil law
This type of law regulates incidents in which someone commits an act against the public as a
whole, such as by conducting insider trading on the stock exchange.
- Government is plaintiff - Answer Criminal law
Put these laws in order of Hierarchy of Laws: States Statutes, U.S. Constitutions, Common Law,
state constitution, and Federal Statutes - Answer - U.S. Constitutions
- Federal Statutes
- State Constitution
- State Statutes
- Common Law
,Past decisions in similar cases that guide later decisions thereby providing greater stability and
predictability to the law. - Answer Precedent
A principle stating that rulings made in higher courts are binding precedent for lower courts.
Latin for "standing by the decision." - Answer Stare Decisis
1. Summaries of common law rules in a particular area of the law that have been enacted in
most states.
2. They do not carry the weight of the law but guide interpretations of certain principles. -
Answer Restatements of the Law
Certain habits of mind and specific beliefs about human nature. Beliefs are deeply rooted within
a person's emotions and habits, and thus they are sure to guide one's opinions and decisions.
Such beliefs may be commonly held and create much larger schools of thought thus they are
more common guides to legal interpretation. - Answer Schools of Jurisprudence
Name the (5) Schools of Jurisprudence: *CH*i*LL*i*N* - Answer 1. Cost benefit analysis
2. Historical School
3. Legal Positivism
4. Legal Realism
5. Natural Law
The school of jurisprudence that recognizes the existence of higher law, or law that is morally
superior to human laws. - Answer Natural Law
The school of jurisprudence which holds that because society requires authority, a legal and
authoritative hierarchy should exist. When a law is made, therefore, *obedience is expected
because authority created it.*
1. Must abide by duly authorized law
2. Law is distinct from morality
3. Moral questions about the law should not interfere with our inclination to obey it.
4. A judge may write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision
does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule. - Answer Legal
Positivism
, 3. We assume past practice was the product of careful thought. - Answer Historical School
(aka tradition or custom)
Judges who follow this school of thought are more likely to depart from past court decisions to
account for the fact that our *society is constantly shifting and evolving.*
1. Judges should consider more than just the law
2. Judges should consider factors such as social and economic conditions
(Ex: The law protects pregnant women) - Answer Legal Realism
An economic school of jurisprudence in which all costs and benefits of a law are given monetary
values. Those laws with the highest ratios of benefits to costs are then preferable to those with
lower ratios.
(Ex: (i) Polluted land is an economic loss, as it cannot be used for farming or recreation. Polluted
water can be toxic for fish and cannot be used for drinking (ii) the price of environmental
cleanup and lost productivity in the economy as a whole may be even greater. - Answer Cost
Benefit Analysis
Chapter 2: Business Ethics - Answer Chapter 2: Business Ethics
The use of ethics and ethical principles to solve business dilemmas. - Answer Business Ethics
Example of bad Business Ethics: - Answer Ex: Accutane
- Is a company doing the right thing when it attempts to reduce the costs of advertising by not
listing all possible complications of the medicine for the consumer?
Business Ethics include (but are not limited to) (3): P,C, SR - Answer 1. Decisions in choosing
a method of *production.*
2. Decisions regarding how to *compete* with competing firms.
3. *Social responsibilities* of the firm
Decisions in choosing a method of production (example: bribes): - Answer 1. Dealing with
bribes
2. Some companies only work on bribes in order to supply it.
3. Siemens AG is now forced to restructure itself to do business ethically and legally.
