1: Assignment

In each week the learning assignment is designed to demonstrate your competence with the Terminal Course Objectives of the course. Prior to working on the assignment, you should read through the week's chapters and lecture.

Clearly identify your work with your name, the date, the week number and the assignmentname, and upload work to the Dropbox.

The questions are designed to probe the higher levels of thinking and learning such as analyzing, evaluating and creating, and so there often are no correct answers. Instead of focusing and who wins or loses the case, you should analyze, evaluate, and create alternative solutions to the various issues presented while arguingand debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.

Terminal Course Objective: A

Video Case Study: Court Systems and Jurisdiction-Supreme Court Sides WithWalmart
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/streaming/bp/2013/business_law/BLaw2013_Court_Sys.html

Watch the video case study and then write a one- to two-page reflective paper (double spaced) on the following questions while discussing the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.

1. This story is about the Supreme Court's decision. What process did this case have to go through to get to the Supreme Court?

2. In the story, two justices wrote differing opinions about the issue. Discuss the differences between a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and a dissenting opinion. What effect does each type of opinion have on the state of the law in America?

3.What type of jurisdiction did the federal courts have in this case? Was it a federal question case or a diversity of citizenship case? Why?