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Business Law
Ethics, sources of law, and legal system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Administrative Law | body of rules created by government agencies |
| Case Law | courts decision based on an appealed cases in which appellate court issues a ruling based on their decision and new rules deciding appealed case, sets future rulings in cases. |
| English Common Law | the system that came into being as a result of custom based laws being unified by a system of appellate courts in England |
| Ethics | Deciding what is right or wrong action |
| Greatest Good | examines whether the action will cause the greatest good for the greatest number of people |
| Law of Precedent | when a judge is required to follow an earlier decision when |
| Statutory Law | An act of a legislature that declares, prescribes, or commands something; a specific law, expressed in writing. Local statutes or laws are usually called “ordinances” |
| The Golden Rule | “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” |
| Consequential Ethical Reasoning | first looks for alternative ways to change the current situation and then evaluates each alternative that generates the greatest good |
| Rule Based Ethical Reasoning | using fundamental ethical rules of either a recognized authority or human reasoning, acts themselves are judged as right or wrong |
| Ethics as Reflected in U. S. Laws and the U. S. Constitution | in this system, laws are judged to be right or good when they affected the majority of the people in a positive manner |
| Department of Homeland Security | Their primary mission is: prevent terrorist attacks in us, reduce the vulnerability of the us to terrorism and minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery |
| Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Mission | enforce the controlled substances law and regulations, bringing forward originations involved in the growing, manufactured, or distribution of controlled substances. |
| Executive Branch | consists of the president and vice president |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | to uphold the law by investigation of violations federal criminal statuses. 5 different areas- Criminal Law Enforcement, Foreign Counterintelligence, Investigative and Operational Support, Law Enforcement Services, and Direction, Control, Administration |
| Judicial Branch | consists of the supreme court. Decides if something passed is constitutional. Also checks if the executive branch goes over the power of the constitution if so then the action/ decision in void |
| Legislative Branch | consist of the us senate and the us house of representatives |
| North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) | a division of the NC Department of justice and assists local law enforcements with criminal investigations |
| North Carolina State Highway Patrol | reduce collisions and make highways safe |
| Police Departments (local) | officers in there corporate limits and one mile out of have powers vested to all officers by statue and common law, to enforce laws and statutes of the state of NC |
| United States Marshal Service | apprehend federal fugitives, protect the federal judiciary, operate the Witness Security Program, transport federal prisoners and seize property acquired by criminals through illegal activities |
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