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Business Law Topics & Resources:

The following is a sampling of major legal topics affecting current business practices.

General Business Law Resources

Businesslaw.gov
- The Small Business Administration's website for legal and regulatory information
Southern Illinois University Law Library
- Resources for international trade and business law topics
University of South Carolina - Business Law Info Guide
- Elliott White Springs Business Library's information guide provides links for business law
Upstart Small Business Legal Guide
- Legal information for people wanting to start a business

Consumer Protection

Consumer Product Safety Commission
- The consumer protection agency of the United States government that provides information about product safety laws and regulation
First Gov for Consumers
- United States government gateway for information about product safety laws and resources

Employment Law

Elaws
- The Department of Labor's website for employees and small businesses
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- United States agency charged with ensuring that laws pertaining to workforce discrimination are enforced

Environmental Law

Environmental Law Net
- Resource for current laws and cases pertaining to the area of environmental protection

International Business Law

Eye on International Business Law
- Aggregator of international business laws and resources
Hieros Gamos ~ Business & Law Guides
- Legal resources for various countries that will assist with starting businesses
International Bar Association
- Association that provides educational materials, professional development and networking opportunities for legal professional around the world
International Economic Law Websites
- Collection of links for various international law topics

Legal Ethics

American Bar Association ~ Legal Ethics
- The ethics resource page for the American Bar Association
Duke University School of Law Library
- A legal ethics guide that includes links to cases
Ethics Case Studies
- Over 90 cases dealing with ethics of various subjects
The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
- Legal ethics research and resources

Product Liability

Sexual Harassment

American Bar Association ~ Sexual Harassment
- Legal resources and guidelines for sexual harassment laws in the United States
University of Miami Law Library
- Federal, Case and Civil Rights laws
Wikipedia - Sexual Harassment
- Definition of the term and links to other resources

Social Responsibility of Corporations

Business for Social Responsibility
- Organization that provides information about trends and laws dealing with corporate responsibility
Haas School of Business Center for Responsible Business
- University of California at Berkeley's educational institute that does research about corporate social responsibility
Mallenbaker.net
- News aggregator for corporate social responsibility

Workplace Diversity

American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc.
- Non-profit think tank providing resources for diversity leadership skills within the workplace
Society of Human Resource Management
- Contains trends and resources for diversity in the workplace
Workplace Diversity Network
- Think tank of diversity professionals that provides links to their publications and other diversity resources