PUBLIC POLICY IMPACT ON AN AMERICAN CORPORATION

As we discussed in this class, society, through its laws and policies impacts business, and business in turn impacts society. The purpose of this paper is to give you experience in writing a brief analysis of a law that impacts a business corporation in California. You can choose a law and a corporation with which you are familiar. For example, you might analyze The Sarbanes Oxley Act, 2002, or the Family and Medical Leave Act, 1993, Americans with Disabilities Act, or some other law. You can use the following as guidelines to structure your paper. Make sure your title has some indication to what you are analyzing-do not be so creative with the title that it obscures the focus.

• Introduction to the paper (highlight the law and the corporation you have chosen)

• Analysis:

Why did the law come about? (i.e., what did society find lacking that led to this (the creation of this law?)

How the law has impacted (or how will it impact) your corporation?

What are the benefits of the law? (i.e., who has the law helped and why?)

What pressures/costs has the law placed on the corporation? (i.e., is this law fair to all concerned?)

What might be likely to happen to amend the law or change it in some way?

• Summary & Recommendations

• Bibliography