Homework: The Legal Environment of Business
I. Watch one of the following six options:
• "The Men Who Built America" - (Season 1, Episode 7 "Taking the White House" on Amazon. On regular television, it was originally Ep. 3 where Congress begins to regulate the titans of industry; free with Amazon prime, $1-2 to rent an individual episode)
• "Dark Waters" - (the 2019 version starring Mark Ruffalo - available for a fee on Amazon ($14.99) or Redbox (DVD $1.80 and on-demand $14.99); possibly on Showtime).
• "The Post" (2018/19 version with Meryl Streep; on Amazon for $3.99 rental; Redbox rent on demand $2.99; also on cable tv occasionally)
• Any episode of "Dirty Money" on Netflix.
• Any episode of "The Profit" on MSNBC (regular tv)
• Any other program of your own choosing that involves a conflict of business and legal issues.
II. Write a 1 to 2 page report about what you watched in the EXACTLY following format:
• Identify the program and generally describe the storyline.
• Describe the business decisions made in the story.
• Describe the impact of the law on those business decisions (or lack of impact).
• Describe your own thoughts on those business decisions and how they positively or negatively impacted those described in the story.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.