Business Law: Employment, Securities, and Emerging Trends

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Business Law: Employment, Securities, and Emerging Trends

This course is part of Business Law Specialization

Instructor: Cheng Yu Hou

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Spot legal risks in employment, workplace safety, securities, privacy, antitrust, and international business.
Use real-world scenarios to make smarter decisions, ask better questions, and know when to involve legal counsel.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Learn how law shapes some of the highest-stakes decisions businesses make today -- from hiring and workplace safety to securities disclosure, privacy, antitrust, international operations, and AI governance.

In this course, you’ll build practical legal awareness for real business situations. You’ll learn how to spot common employment law risks, recognize when securities rules apply, understand how compliance failures can create organizational liability, and evaluate emerging legal issues before they become costly problems. Through clear explanations, realistic scenarios, applied examples, and practice activities, you’ll explore how legal rules affect managers, HR professionals, founders, executives, and business teams. You don’t need to be a lawyer to benefit from this course. You’ll come away with stronger judgment, sharper risk-spotting skills, and a clearer sense of when to ask better questions, involve legal counsel, and make more informed business decisions.

Navigating employment law is essential to protect your organization from significant financial and legal risks. This module covers core workplace concepts, including at-will exceptions, worker classification, anti-discrimination frameworks, harassment liability, and wage regulations. By the end, you will be equipped to evaluate compliance risks and build legally defensible hiring, management, and compensation practices.

What's included

5 videos4 readings1 assignment

5 videosTotal 25 minutes

Instructor Introduction and Course Overview3 minutes
The Employment Relationship and At-Will Employment5 minutes
Federal Anti-Discrimination Law5 minutes
Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, and Retaliation5 minutes
Wage and Hour Laws5 minutes

4 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Course Outline5 minutes
Supporting Reading: The Employment Relationship and At-Will Employment5 minutes
Supporting Reading: Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, and Retaliation5 minutes
Review: Module Key Concepts5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Practice Assessment: Module 120 minutes

Proactive compliance with regulatory frameworks protects organizations from severe legal and financial liabilities. This module covers OSHA obligations, the National Labor Relations Act, and disclosure requirements under federal securities laws. By the end, you will be able to build defensible safety programs, navigate union activities legally, and evaluate capital-raising and ongoing disclosure risks.

What's included

4 videos3 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 21 minutes

Workplace Safety and OSHA5 minutes
Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining5 minutes
Securities Regulation and the Securities Act of 19335 minutes
Securities Exchange Act and Ongoing Disclosure Obligations5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 15 minutes

Supporting Reading: Workplace Safety and OSHA5 minutes
Supporting Reading: Securities Regulation and the Securities Act of 19335 minutes
Review: Module Key Concepts5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Practice Assessment: Module 220 minutes

Navigating complex legal frameworks is critical as your business operations expand globally and digitally. This module covers corporate accountability under Sarbanes-Oxley, antitrust constraints on market conduct, data privacy obligations, and international trade regulations. You will ultimately be equipped to recognize legal risks, evaluate compliance requirements, and adapt strategies to a highly regulated and dynamic market environment.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 22 minutes

Corporate Governance and Sarbanes-Oxley5 minutes
Antitrust Law and Competition Policy5 minutes
Privacy Law, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity6 minutes
International Business Law and Emerging Legal Trends6 minutes

2 readingsTotal 10 minutes

Supporting Reading: Corporate Governance and Sarbanes-Oxley5 minutes
Review: Module Key Concepts5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Practice Assessment: Module 320 minutes

Business law comes together when you have to make decisions under pressure, across employees, investors, customers, competitors, and global markets. In this final module, you’ll connect legal duties, compliance systems, enforcement risks, and emerging obligations across the course. By the end, you’ll be able to evaluate real-world scenarios and justify sound, legally informed business decisions.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 assignment

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Instructor

Cheng Yu Hou

University of California, Santa Barbara

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