Assignment Instructions/ Description
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. 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
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.
Prepare an 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the board, with speaker notes for each slide (excluding title and reference slides).
Address the following in the presentation and use the following boldfaced phrases for section headings:
Evaluate the impact of business tort liability on the pharmaceutical industry in general.
Determine the growth of business tort liability in the pharmaceutical industry and discuss where and why tort reform is needed.
Explain how business tort liability can be reduced through the implementation of the risk management process.
Analyze how business tort liability can escalate to criminal liability.
Cite a minimum of 3 references taken from a business or legal resource. One reference must be from the University Library.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines for reference citations.
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