Law for Business and Personal Use: Chapter 1
Administrative agency - correct anwersgovernmental body formed to carry out particular laws
Business ethics - correct anwersethical principles used in making business decisions
Business law - correct anwersgroup of laws that governs business situations and transactions
Case law - correct anwersmade when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding
court cases
Civil disobedience - correct anwersopen, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged
injustice
Civil law - correct anwersgroup of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals
Code - correct anwerslaws grouped into an organized form
Common law - correct anwerslaw based on current standards or customs of the people
Consequences-based reasoning - correct anwersform of ethical reasoning that evaluates the
results of an action
Constitution - correct anwersdocument that sets forth the framework of the government and its
relationship to the people it governs
Constitutional law - correct anwerslaw made when the fundamental, supreme law of the land is
adopted, amended, or interpreted
Criminal law - correct anwersgroup of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses
against society
Defendant - correct anwersparty complained against in a civil or criminal lawsuit
Equity - correct anwersbasic fairness
Ethics - correct anwersdeciding what is right or wrong action in a reasoned, impartial manner
Fidelity bond - correct anwersinsurance policy that pays the employer money in the case of
employees' theft
Impartiality - correct anwersidea that the same ethical standards apply to everyone
Administrative agency - correct anwersgovernmental body formed to carry out particular laws
Business ethics - correct anwersethical principles used in making business decisions
Business law - correct anwersgroup of laws that governs business situations and transactions
Case law - correct anwersmade when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding
court cases
Civil disobedience - correct anwersopen, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged
injustice
Civil law - correct anwersgroup of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals
Code - correct anwerslaws grouped into an organized form
Common law - correct anwerslaw based on current standards or customs of the people
Consequences-based reasoning - correct anwersform of ethical reasoning that evaluates the
results of an action
Constitution - correct anwersdocument that sets forth the framework of the government and its
relationship to the people it governs
Constitutional law - correct anwerslaw made when the fundamental, supreme law of the land is
adopted, amended, or interpreted
Criminal law - correct anwersgroup of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses
against society
Defendant - correct anwersparty complained against in a civil or criminal lawsuit
Equity - correct anwersbasic fairness
Ethics - correct anwersdeciding what is right or wrong action in a reasoned, impartial manner
Fidelity bond - correct anwersinsurance policy that pays the employer money in the case of
employees' theft
Impartiality - correct anwersidea that the same ethical standards apply to everyone
